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News Headlines Archive
April 25, 2008
Miscellaneous
  • Infosys to recruit 20,000 in Kolkata
  • Infosys, Wipro to jointly invest Rs 1,000 cr in Kolkata
  • Bengal's revolutionary freedom-fighter is dead
  • Rural polls: spotlight on Nandigram
  • West Bengal attracts Rs 63,961 cr investment proposals in 2007
  • Rs 24 lakh spent on anniversaries of Gandhi, Bose in '07-'08
  • First ‘test’ Nanos roll out from Uttarakhand
  • Population to touch 1.20 billion by 2011
  • After two years, Kalpurush to be finally released
  • The Statesman
  • CAB asked to avoid fiasco re-run
  • Electricity, crematorium top villagers wish list
  • CPM enlists cadres to capture panchayats
  • JEE culprit gets 14-day police
  • Police rifle goes missing
  • Minister worried over red tape
  • A house divided: Sibling rivalry at the polls
  • Walk to save the tigers
  • Girl dies of neglect
  • Convocation
  • RSP clings to Big Brother despite CPM threats
  • Waiters to be vaccinated
  • CPM, Trinamul fight over counting venue
  • Development will only continue if LF returns to power: ZP chief
  • Parents miffed over fee hike
  • Heat waves claim 6 lives
  • Parents miffed over fee hike
  • CPM enlists cadres to capture panchayats
  • Pvt medical college a distant dream?
  • Electricity, crematorium top villagers wish list
  • Revamp for Eden Gardens
  • Unsung hero of Quit India Movement dead
  • Kapil says its time for a change
  • The Telegraph
  • Morcha firm on Siliguri plan
  • School runs on hope & free service
  • Prawn, hilsa on Sonia plate
  • NGOs step in for shut civic clinic
  • Board moves court to block scrutiny
  • Radarless during day for repairs
  • Look west to pray for rain
  • Out for lunch, trader dies on road
  • Ticket trauma strikes Knight fans
  • Foul-air slap from Delhi
  • Dacoit trail leads to killer
  • Boy run over on VIP Road
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • What's on in town
  • Brands before mini factories
  • Fire notice to 80
  • Taxi rule for tourists
  • Tamed bull goes wild, kills 1
  • Tour & get branded tea for life
  • Smuggler suspect gets CPM help
  • Ghani family draws up menu
  • Morcha changes plan, gets ready for talks
  • New CII head charts path to growth
  • Manab car hits red light before polls
  • School runs on ‘hope’
  • Result fiasco rerun in NBU
  • Poll toll on CU test dates
  • Times of India
  • Airport staff on leave, operations affected
  • 72-yr-old drops dead in searing heat
  • Delhi murderer netted by city police for burglary
  • 9-yr-old, college student killed in accidents
  • Woman stabbed on train
  • Sidewalks vanish, accidents on the rise
  • Travel to Patna in two hours by train?
  • Traffic cops chalk out green corridor plan
  • Sleeping cop loses rifle
  • Teenager murdered, family alleges rape
  • Indian Express
  • Kolkata rallies to save the tiger
  • Manipur militant held in city
  • ‘Contract’ killer, accomplices held
  • Calcutta University reschedules exams
  • Local alliances: Cong not to take action against partymen
  • CPM cadres accused of assaulting Trinamool worker
  • It’s advantage CPM in Nandigram
  • Ten held for selling IPL tickets in black
  • JEE paper leak: Student who gained now stands
  • Students reluctant, their certificates pile up at CU
  • NSHM introduces animation courses in collaboration with Adobe, Autodesk
  • Affidavit before HC: MoEF admits city pollution, blames other agencies
  • No respite from power crisis
  • In Bengal village, CPM office is spruced up with NREG funds
  • Left and Right unite against cheerleaders
  • Minor girl rescued from NSC Bose airport; 1 held
  • 'Bank robber' confesses to murder in Delhi, say cops
  • Asian Age
  • Delhi contract killer arrested
  • Temperature drops in city
  • Cheerleaders face Subhas’ ire, ministers demand ban
  • Youth refused admission at 4 state hospitals
  • Apollo plans private medical college soon
  • Hotel to come up on Bypass
  • Airport man held for girl trafficking
  • Buddha to attend rallies
  • Hindustan Times
  • India blames Bangladesh as bird flu spreads
  • Remembering legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray
  • Sports
  • Chirag United downs Vasco
  • Ponting enjoying his IPL stint
  • Bengali-Burmese friendship soccer match for solidarity with Burmese rebels
  • It’s yoga focus for juniors golf camp in city