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News Headlines Archive
April 21, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • EC to hold talks with tribals
  • Want a job? Head for Kolkata
  • Employment outlook in Kolkata bullish in downturn: TeamLease
  • Bollywood in Bengal
  • Amartya Sen warns against banning English
  • Bangladesh announces $500 mn stimulus package to face recession
  • UltraTech Cement forays into Bengal
  • Intense heatwave-like condition continues in West Bengal
  • Ganguly great as captain: Shoaib
  • The Telegraph
  • Rape graffiti offend CD party
  • CPM 3 pulled out and killed
  • Cong date tussle for Gandhis
  • Polls bitter after ‘false’ hope
  • Father thrashed for tease protest
  • CMC debut in hospitality biz
  • What's on in town
  • Melting point minus power
  • HS teachers boycott evaluation
  • Citizen vote goes to library
  • 4 charged in museum scam
  • JU writes exams by candlelight
  • IIM course for railway officers
  • Two-hour torment spares none
  • SRK appeal for inmates
  • 9-yr-old witnesses mother’s murder
  • Another gherao for exam nod
  • Two killed in mishaps
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • Trader shot at & shop looted
  • ‘Promises’ keep voters away from campaigns
  • Yechury effort to boost cadre morale
  • Boycott call for metalled road
  • Hashem gets Rahul, Mausam none yet
  • Bridge horror haunts junior public works minister
  • Cancel-poll plea to President
  • Poll worry for parties, not for shut gardens
  • Crack repair delays Rajdhani Express
  • FIR against forest villagers
  • The Statesman
  • 450 buses plying sans permit
  • Deepa fights against odds in Raiganj
  • Forensic test report confirms baby swap
  • Handicappedman kills self
  • Kudos to VU staff, says V-C
  • Man held with forged passport
  • Meeting to discuss poll in Lalgarh tomorrow
  • No cakewalk for MP in Jhargram
  • Six Trinamul activists beaten up in CPM area
  • Students gherao principal for attendance waiver
  • Teachers attribute it to pay hike of state staff
  • Times of India
  • Violence in W Midnapore spreads, CPM cadres killed
  • Power staff put on poll duty in midst of crisis
  • Woman found dead on tracks
  • Big ships may stop coming to Haldia
  • Project to fight cervical cancer
  • Protests in city over power cuts
  • Woman killed, 9-yr-old son only witness
  • Polls add to drought woes in Malda
  • Extortionist produced in Howrah court
  • No respite from heat soon
  • Audio release of 'Cross Connection'
  • Cheerleaders enthused the cricket-buffs !
  • Big day for Swapan Ghosal!
  • I'm not an outsider in Uttar Pradesh: Azharuddin
  • EC biased towards Congress, alleges Mayawati
  • EC turns down Varun's request for transfer of DM, SP
  • Indian Express
  • No respite in sight as heat wave sweeps through south Bengal
  • CU passes the buck to colleges, says they should take a call on protests
  • OBCs hold parallel show to halt BSP’s elephant
  • Five held for Keshpur violence
  • Bose rings up Ghosh to let Nandigram ghosts lie buried
  • Cong gets Gandhi power to add poll punch
  • SRK bats for TV in Alipore jail, cops not amused
  • CITU washes its hands of CD affair
  • In Bengal, Maya skips Left to write off Cong, BJP
  • All the behenji’s women
  • It’s neck-and-neck in clash of titans in Bankura
  • To script old story, RSP has new face
  • Hindustan Times
  • 2 injured in landmine blast in West Bengal
  • Tribals to allow central forces during polls
  • Sports
  • Must-win match for Mohun Bagan