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News Headlines Archive
April 17, 2008
Miscellaneous
  • GST in Bengal by 2010
  • Chem hub a threat to Nayachar: Minister
  • More people power
  • Congress gains in West Bengal
  • Class 10 pass a `doctor’ in Bengal’s government health centre
  • Gandhi's Leicester statue to be sculpted in Kolkata
  • Rich children teach poor in Kolkata
  • Two female monks stabbed in Kolkata mutt, attacker kills self
  • Speculation major reason behind price rise: CPI(M)
  • The Statesman
  • Diagnosing TB remains a tall order
  • HC puts public interest above pvt
  • No Pratt fee hike
  • Another jewellery shop burgled
  • Policemen among three hurt in mob fury
  • CESC not to be blamed
  • NGO head held for torturing minor help
  • Murders in mutt, devotee held
  • A tale of two-storeys, told by KMC
  • A fair for the small publishers
  • Trinamul says CPM used flood relief to influence voters
  • Debt kills couple
  • Two cops among three hurt in mob fury
  • Workers responsible for steel plants success
  • Power cut woes? not CESC
  • CLW celebrates new production record
  • Jewellery shop looted
  • Mamata rally to protest against price hike
  • CPM cadres beat up Trinamul kin
  • Illegal 2-storeys to get KMC stamp
  • For the love of books
  • Illegal 2-storeys to get KMC stamp
  • Leicesters Kolkata connection
  • Cong bags Kharba Assembly seat
  • FB rebels, fields candidates
  • Health scheme for staff awaits Cabinet nod
  • Health scheme for staff awaits Cabinet nod
  • The Telegraph
  • Merc maker on Sen’s radar
  • Pariah & pauper, on CPM order
  • Court push for BEd colleges
  • Free tickets for votes
  • Income ceiling for compassion jobs
  • Fiery end to costly demands
  • Surrender in brother murder
  • Flick trio treat beckons kids
  • Last-minute snag hits London flight
  • ‘Fraud’ groom under scanner
  • Burglars round it off with beer
  • Monk with temper turns into a killer
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • What's on in town
  • Blast detained include six trainee nurses
  • Morcha marchers skirt Siliguri
  • Shaven heads to mount anti-China protests
  • Fruitseller killed by bullet for contractor
  • Russian deal for north Bengal tea
  • 4 hours extra to release body
  • Times of India
  • Math murders: Property angle under probe
  • Fire dept strictures for Park Street eateries
  • Mystery shrouds math attack
  • LF partners face off before polls
  • Floor area ratio to increase in Salt Lake
  • Inter-school chess tournament
  • Monk kills sanyasins, gets lynched
  • Woman branded witch, killed in Burdwan
  • NGO official detained for 'torturing’ maid
  • US nationals in police custody
  • Indian Express
  • Security irksome at Gede, but it has a safe stamp
  • Left allies stall CPM plan to control
  • Protest bubbles over beer in Eden
  • TMC is using terror against partyworkers, says Cong
  • Madrasa service panel gets Cabinet nod
  • Mayor assures a flawless BPL list
  • UK help may make Howrah ‘Sheffield of the East’
  • JU among four universities to build research capacity
  • 9 injured as Bloc, CPM supporters clash in Howrah
  • CK Birla group to enter pathology lab business
  • Policing tools of cyber world: Digital forensic tests, softwares
  • As torch relay begins, students defy ban
  • Ashram murders for revenge, power
  • Mamata’s bandh now affects even the politicians
  • At Jamiat’s anti-terror meet, panchayat polls on menu
  • Asian Age
  • Award for city heart institute
  • CU exam postponed
  • Hindustan Times
  • Court nod to sale of Purulia case aircraft
  • SC asks Tata Motors to file reply on Singur project
  • Log in for their next concert, on YouTube
  • Sports
  • East Bengal loses to Jordan's Al Wihdat
  • Javed helps Kerala XI post 2-0 win over Mohammedan AC, Kolkata
  • Kolkata Knight Riders' 14-member squad