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News Headlines Archive
April 18, 2008
Miscellaneous
  • U.S. nationals sent to correctional home in Siliguri
  • Panel for recruitment in madrasas
  • West Bengal suspends private Kolkata-Dhaka bus service
  • West Bengal still struggles with bird flu
  • Rising cyber crime haunts Kolkata Police
  • Left’s concerns over price rise haven’t been addressed: Yechury
  • Dasmunsi “Best Parliamentarian”
  • Tibetans observe day's fast in West Bengal
  • Cash-strapped Mamata turns to public to fill party coffers
  • Buddha urges Raja to publish commemmorative stamp on Derozio
  • Nandita Das honoured with French award
  • The Statesman
  • Few specialists to fight malaria
  • CU senate poll today
  • Governor calls on students to do their rural bit
  • IT professionals prone to health hazards
  • Mutt head stabbed 18 times
  • LPG stricture for eateries off Old Mem
  • Scientific gear easy on pocket!
  • Few specialists to fight malaria
  • Garbeta goes unopposed, once again
  • Who was Kalipada Das?
  • Mutt head stabbed 18 times
  • Former GSI staff designs student-friendly apparatus
  • Student withdraws complaint against examiner
  • The Telegraph
  • Justice for daughter’s dowry death, after 2 years of toil
  • ‘Wronged’ cop piles heat on govt
  • Miner rage after coal mishap
  • Winner for CPM, terror for widow
  • Bullet beau says sorry
  • Revival plea on graft suit
  • Wings to student dreams
  • Child gets a home
  • Scan on river pollution
  • Extra cover for stars at Eden
  • Medical boon for the heart
  • Heat push for power demand
  • Coal chunk kills jute mill worker
  • Minor molest tag on tutor
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • What's on in town
  • Murder fingers at four monks
  • Party, CU one on top job
  • Watch elephants from tea bungalow
  • Rural chief ousted from poll fray
  • Sunday start to Dooars plan
  • Petrol pump siphons card cash
  • Bolt from blue wreaks havoc
  • Olympic break for Everest
  • Probe panel head in Dinhata
  • Party, CU one on top job
  • ‘Deepest’ apology by bullet beau
  • Times of India
  • Turmeric can undo liver damage
  • Makeover for Swabhumi to increase footfall
  • A medical dream takes shape
  • Jewellery stolen from dead patient
  • Infighting led to murders: Math
  • Math murders: Property angle under probe
  • Fire dept strictures for Park Street eateries
  • Mystery shrouds math attack
  • LF partners face off before polls
  • Indian Express
  • Centre wants BHEL norms, local machines in power plants
  • Fire dept to check fire-safety in markets
  • Suranjan Das named Calcutta University Vice-Chancellor
  • ‘Let’s have Rabindra Jayanti first, Nazrul Jayanti could be the next’
  • Panel to probe bird flu source
  • Cops approach other states to find Das’ antecedents
  • 3 cattle rustlers die in Coochbehar border firing
  • Petrol pump owner steals credit card details, arrested
  • Fresh tension in Nandigram ahead of panchayat elections
  • SC, ST funds: CAG indicts state for bungling
  • Derozio’s house listed for heritage building status
  • CPM cautious about who they ask to stay in Bengal
  • Red faces in Tripura govt over minister ‘links’ with HuJI man
  • Industry strikes back at Bangla Bandh again
  • IPS alleges harassment by state
  • Asian Age
  • Priya for united fight at Nandi
  • Suranjan set to become V-C
  • CPM fields Basu to pacify partners
  • Murder arrest leads to flare-up
  • DVC likely to enter capital market
  • Bloodbath at ashram suspected to be inside job
  • Fresh violence erupts at Besu
  • Bird flu study
  • Hindustan Times
  • Seas rising @ 2.5mm/yr
  • Police fail to nab killers of Budhia's former coach
  • ‘Taslima is now India’s problem’
  • Sports
  • Kolkata decks up for first IPL match
  • IPL will witness intense encounters, says Ganguly
  • Kolkata Police demands six times more fee for IPL Eden match
  • Rahul Banerjee in final