A guide to Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal and Bengali culture.
News Headlines Archive
April 20, 2008
Miscellaneous
  • Insurance on Tagore's stolen Nobel medal yet to be received
  • Fresh trouble in Nandigram, two women allege rape
  • ‘No plans to relax ban on non-basmati rice exports’
  • Rats nibble at dead infant's body in Bengal hospital
  • Bengal master's work showcased after 25 yrs
  • Videocon warehouse burnt down in Kolkata
  • Warwick Manufacturing Group ties up with IIT-Kharagpur for joint projects
  • Entrance exam put off amid fear of paper leak
  • DVC to boost power capacity
  • Tagore & Jamini Roy to go under hammer
  • Vernal melodies in a spring bag
  • 'Pankh' is a crazy role, but I like it: Bipasha Basu
  • Mithun's and Bappi Lahiri's sons team up to create history
  • The Statesman
  • Blaze damages Sector V warehouse
  • Khejuri violence
  • Trinamul seethes over Cong bandh call
  • Nandigram clashes continue, 15 hurt
  • Andamans seek green power help from Bengal
  • Rat feeds on dead baby
  • CPM applying Kespur formula to capture Belpahari?
  • The Telegraph
  • CPM showers stones on Mamata convoy
  • In jaws of death, jobless find a living
  • Safe water saves money
  • Five messiahs land in forgotten village
  • Poll threat slur on policemen
  • Training college for varsity staff
  • Hospital plans to expand chain
  • Drive against coal ovens
  • Planner rues loss of group housing
  • Fire fighters without the arms to fight
  • A pageant for the third sex
  • Hottest day of season
  • Conductor at bus wheel
  • ‘Kidnapped’ boy back home
  • Probe reveals JEE leak last year
  • Man of the match goes to.…
  • What's on in town
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • Cleaner’s body found in truck
  • Axe likely on six civic staff
  • Hunger strike for Subba’s trial
  • Learning through fun and play
  • Bridge collapse stalls traffic
  • CPM too scared to contest
  • Storm-hit families left in lurch
  • Big catch turns out to be gharial
  • Safe water saves money
  • Stones for Mamata in Nandigram
  • Poll threat slur on policemen
  • Gurung kitty has a little for all
  • Siliguri link in Knights’ win
  • Bus mishap claims seven
  • ‘Shifted’ after road death
  • ‘Deliverance’ lolly for tribals too
  • Times of India
  • West Bengal Opposition's bandh against price rise begins
  • Puri priest assaults pilgrim from WB
  • Two die of cholera in Murshidabad
  • Gang of 4 kills man
  • Boy returns after father pays ransom
  • Workers tortured in Nashik vineyard
  • One held for faking identity
  • Woman sells eggs to fund Everest dream
  • Goods worth crores burnt in blaze
  • Rats nibble at child's eye in hospital
  • Indian Express
  • Cheerleading eves save the evening at Eden Gardens
  • Policemen occupy hostels meant for SC, ST students
  • Guruma murder: Police still clueless about the identity of Kalipada Das
  • kolkata confidential
  • Kidnapped boy returns home
  • Knights of Eden prevail again
  • CPM activists assault Mamata in Nandigram
  • Heavy security during Trinamool, SUCI bandh
  • JEE: Govt may fail to comply with court order on results
  • 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
  • Potato farmers face losses despite bumper yield
  • Beauty pageant with a difference
  • Mithun Chakraborty re-invents himself
  • Sujata is very unlike me: Indrani Haldar
  • Sports
  • IPL : Kolkata beats Hyderabad by 5 wickets
  • No starting trouble for Dinda
  • IPL: Rs 20,000 cr rides on the betting league
  • Banerjee loses
  • Bengal Govt. not to allow pub at Eden