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News Headlines Archive
April 09, 2008
Miscellaneous
  • West Bengal panchayat polls on May 11, 14 and 18
  • Industrialisation is the only solution: Swraj
  • Come July, TAM radio division will RAM into Kolkata
  • Kolkata: Parsis delighted with the vultures' return
  • TV Southasia to be aired in Kolkata from April 15
  • Anil bets big on HR consulting
  • National film institute to be re-opened April 15
  • Meet Chipra Rani, Bengal's longest serving elephant
  • Orissa town remembers Bankim Chandra on death anniversary
  • Emcon Technologies plans to setup plant in West Bengal
  • ‘We’ve got used to living with mediocrity’
  • The Statesman
    The Telegraph
  • Basu is ‘God’ to Subhas
  • Siliguri strife over state demand
  • Hill bandh till Friday, many tourists stuck
  • Road clear of children, father’s wheel crushes 3-year-old son
  • Theft in Tagore town
  • Name woman’s, not picture, in voter card
  • Hospitals in growth drive
  • Twin deals in hospitality
  • What's on in town
  • Grand footfall plans for Old Mint
  • Closure deadline set for 8 eateries
  • Men muscle their way in
  • Feel-good pledges for safer roads
  • Besu calls off fast for now
  • Howrah murder accused arrested
  • Film school guards shifted
  • JU quartet found guilty
  • Gun-runner walks into police net
  • Cops turn away man for week
  • Four decomposed bodies in Hooghly
  • Schoolboy falls off bus
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • Three boys go missing in Jaigaon
  • Bloc refuses to soften stand
  • Compensation within 19 days of fire
  • Morcha hits back with shutdown call
  • SMC meet has few takers
  • Venue lost but chance to bash Cong alive
  • Funds siphon slur on rural body chief
  • Minister praises song, raps staff
  • Growing popularity pays off
  • Support from allies in plains
  • Cops too lazy, man traces stolen bike
  • Times of India
  • Robbery at gunpoint in jewellery hub
  • JU's anti-ragging move for freshers
  • Tram crushes sleeping man
  • Arms racket busted, kingpin held
  • Hills shutdown after Gorkha clashes
  • 'I saw papa kill my mother'
  • Fee hike pinches parents
  • Reckless bus driver thrashed
  • 7 beaten up for protesting eve-teasing
  • Explosives seized near Siliguri
  • Indian Express
  • Post-Kestopur, govt scraps commission system
  • Cash in hand, minister chalks out plan for fire safety
  • ‘9 people still missing in Nandigram since Nov 10 BUPC rally’
  • Ray institute to open soon, new security agency will take charge
  • Entally jewellery store robbed
  • Inter-state arms dealers held in joint operation
  • Swraj Paul reiterates his recipe
  • SUCI leader goes missing after launching tirade against boss
  • TMC to storm KMC, wants permanent jobs for labourers
  • No gram pradhan post for teachers
  • Asian Age
  • SUCI leader goes missing, leaves letter
  • Hills on the boil, GJM on warpath
  • Salary for bus drivers mooted
  • Subhas: Basu is Lord Krishna
  • Students end fast, probe begins
  • JU to segregate 1st-yr boarders
  • Illegal arms dealer held in city
  • Upgradation of emergency services
  • Labourer slips to death
  • Hindustan Times
  • Body exhumed for second time in six months
  • Culling to begin in Tripura today
  • Sports
  • No free tickets at Eden
  • Form legal body for I-League: AFC’s suggestion to AIFF
  • Zandu reaches last eight