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News Headlines Archive
April 27, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • Election authorities gear up to thwart Maoist challenge
  • Poverty-stricken Purulia grittily awaits another election
  • Left has to choose between Mayawati, Mulayam: Amar
  • Trinamool candidate abuses Buddha
  • Bengali couple was killed by known persons
  • Sister Blitzer At Housework
  • Darjeeling support overwhelms Jaswant
  • Trinamool armed us to fight in Nandigram: Naxal leader
  • The Telegraph
  • Biman bars Nandi query
  • 4 fall in killing spree
  • Starved, cops leave Salboni
  • What's on in town
  • Airline unveils city plans
  • SSKM goes soft on hostel protesters
  • Six suspended at film school
  • Court raps cops for Maidan maul
  • Library holds its breath
  • Hike your fees, but have a heart
  • Youth held for 50-lakh theft
  • Robbers in taxi held
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • Heat hurdle on campaign trail
  • Lessons on saving lives
  • Party dons designer robes
  • Hottest spell in Met history
  • Makalu team leader glides down
  • Parents fear pupils may face protest brunt
  • Juvenile thieves on rise: Police
  • Bhandari rides high on comeback hope
  • Boycott boon for BJP: Asok
  • Fatal fall at Sonia venue in Samsi
  • The Statesman
  • Dasgupta not bothered by delimitation, ex-Left opponent
  • Fire fighters ill equipped
  • GJMM terrorising Hill voters: Cong
  • Jogamaya students go on hunger-strike
  • Muluk murder case: Families of those convicted to get cash & rice
  • SHORT TAKES
  • Senior citizens deserve better
  • Skipping lectures for poll debates
  • Sneak peek as parties battle it out in Bankura
  • Summer of woes gets a healthy work culture
  • Vague replies and rude behaviour from BSNL
  • Times of India
  • Schools tweak routine to tackle heat
  • Illegal buildings mushroom in election season
  • What's in a name? Why recast a title?
  • Pro-Left intellectuals appeal to voters
  • Fought Opp then, battling CPM now
  • Lifers to run snacks canteen at Alipore jail
  • Contest tests language skills
  • NGO meet on BSF torture
  • City sinking into solid waste morass: Report
  • Security pointers ignored, cops fume
  • A starry Kolkata event
  • Rina Dhaka's collection beats the heat
  • Big day for PC Sorcar Jr
  • Sanjay sorry for 'jhappi' remark, says Maya like his sister
  • Police raid office of filmmaker-politician Prakash Jha
  • I don't fear going to jail: Varun Gandhi
  • Indian Express
  • Left closes ranks, returns Gandhi fire
  • Trinamool won’t say sorry for Kalyan’s ‘slur’ on Buddha
  • 11 battalions of BSF deployed in sensitive areas
  • Student unions pitch in for political mentors
  • Ex-marine docks in BSP, finds a PM in Mayawati
  • High Court reserves verdict on DYFI
  • SE appeal to institutes on fee hike
  • Sonia, Mamata close the gap, go after Left
  • Mamata dotes on ‘dear Pranabda’ for votes
  • One dies as crowd surges for Sonia peep
  • Mob lynch man on a killing spree, 5 dead
  • Hindustan Times
  • Ghani Khan’s niece to swing votes her way in Malda?
  • Sports
  • Basudebpur wins
  • IPL is over for Tiwary