A guide to Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal and Bengali culture.
News Headlines Archive
April 21, 2008
Miscellaneous
  • Strike over inflation shuts down West Bengal
  • Fund mismanagement hits development of 6 north Bengal districts
  • Mamata prevented from entering some areas of Nandigram
  • Eden power snag sparks blame game
  • Kanorias drop plans for Nayachar
  • Women not safe in West Bengal, says Mamata
  • Americans flocking eastern metropolis
  • Bangladesh to propose means to ease train service with India
  • ‘I was an off-spinner’: Bappi
  • The Statesman
  • State to have 10 new fire stations
  • Disrespect to tricolour?
  • City prepares for bandh today
  • Temperature touches 39.6°C
  • KMC may net Rs 26 lakh from IPL matches
  • JEE culprits bail plea rejected
  • Cops beaten up after youth drowns
  • Grievances
  • The Telegraph
  • Court clears road to development
  • Mamata faces Nandi flak
  • Drink-driving kills 3 kids
  • Child death rage on hospital
  • Green eye on forest resorts
  • Culture hub with tall claims
  • Tips for fine tipple
  • Rs 2cr watch, at a shop near you
  • Chaos on eastern corridor
  • What's on in town
  • Sahitya Parishad gets museum
  • Demand for test scrap
  • Mamata strikes, Rafique starves
  • Staff rescue patients from hospital fire
  • Three held for boy kidnap
  • Cricket betting racket busted
  • Tools for Salt Lake fire station
  • Cops claim press proof
  • Unnatural death nets husband
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • Soccer for Terai tea workers
  • Cops to be trained in mob-control tactics
  • Tenant drive in Jalpaiguri
  • CPM seeks Morcha shield
  • Royal rides befitting the maharajas
  • HC removes block on highway work
  • Life cut short, dream kept alive
  • Forest clearance first for fringe hotels
  • Tibetans observe Black Monday
  • Mob brings down godown
  • Times of India
  • Woman kills self, husband held
  • Betting racket busted
  • Same ring behind last year's JEE leak
  • Behala-Joka tram route may shut down
  • Nandigram takes over 'price rise' bandh
  • 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
  • Indian Express
  • 10-hr Trinamool strike a blow for city
  • Coordination Committee sees red over Subhas comment
  • Politically unsuccessful, says CITU
  • Five killed, two injured in accident
  • Paper leak culprit absconding, students who sought help admitted in colleges
  • ‘Free information boosts business’
  • CU exams for vocational courses rescheduled
  • Priyanka, Rahul ‘bandh’ in Kolkata
  • Cricket betting racket busted
  • No fire clearance for warehouse
  • Blame game begins for Eden power failure
  • 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
  • Train services hit, life affected in Bengal due to bandh
  • West Bengal bandh begins
  • Sports
  • Eden crowd laps up cricket's new avatar
  • Hat-trick by Wrobeh
  • Manandeep, Abhishek are Indian football’s latest finds
  • United FC start I-League qualifiers