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News Headlines Archive
April 28, 2008
Miscellaneous
  • West Bengal Power seeks 50,000T/month coal
  • Bengal's film-makers find no cheer in cheerleaders
  • BJP exempts Bengal from May 2 strike
  • Shristhi plans Rs 800cr hotel
  • BJP, Congress out to divide country: Buddhadeb
  • Maternity leave upsets announcements at Kolkata airport
  • About a Jailed Doctor
  • Mamata fears violence in Bengal rural polls
  • Gandhi makes veiled criticism of Buddhadeb-govt over Nandigram
  • Visva-Bharati discovers illustrated Tagore manuscripts
  • The Statesman
  • Talk of theTown
  • Trinamul rebuffs Cong alliance call
  • Buddha admits to cracks in LF
  • No choice for forgotten Santhals
  • Ghosts of Suchpur reappear
  • Troubled bridge over waters
  • Sops for CPM supporters
  • Benoy takes a dig at FB
  • Villagers boycott polls in protest
  • Bandh: BJP spares Bengal
  • The Telegraph
  • Sonia barb at Bengal’s violent politics
  • Politburo meeting to iron out dichotomy
  • Ericsson to hire 400 hands in Calcutta
  • All Nandigram booths tagged sensitive
  • ‘Little eater’ at lunch
  • Metro for temple town
  • ‘Ghost’ train goes round in circles
  • What's on in town
  • JU teachers protest admit card rules
  • Biz brains’ date with the Oracle
  • Armed cadre at Alimuddin
  • Barreto files contempt plea
  • Dummies for police jobs
  • Hair, mall & home therapy
  • JEE parent denies claim
  • Holiday fare to Southeast
  • Water from Orissa, ACs for lights
  • Denied cellphone, son stabs father
  • Truck mows down man
  • Boy held for rape
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • Train ride from enclaves
  • Trouble stalls hospital work
  • Villagers cry for forest rights
  • Nepali writer returns award
  • Siliguri’s Samson pulls train, eyes Guinness record
  • Pep talk for Bengal leaders
  • Walkout on added wards of SMC
  • Morcha to start fast
  • Kotwali serves special fare
  • Sonia barb at Bengal’s violent politics
  • Times of India
  • Travel fest draws huge crowds
  • Priyanka Todi, father visit Tarapith
  • Credit card fraud: Exec duped
  • Crime outsourcing gang busted
  • Cops to train kids in traffic rules
  • Protest at Infy, Wipro project site
  • Cops bring prisoner back on their lap
  • Sex racket busted at Bangur, 5 held
  • Family row sparks CPM-FB clash
  • Glaring loopholes in JEE planning
  • Indian Express
  • Enteric? Mayor says diarrhoea
  • Man detained with pistol at CPM headquarters
  • Subhas bullish about his politburo chances
  • No checking open ovens, cops admit in court
  • SUCI, Trinamool to put up strong front against CPM
  • Cricket takes a backseat at Eden as conspiracy theories hound IPL
  • To accommodate Left, Presidency teachers in bid to scrap admission test
  • Chattra Parishad protests against Habra Hospital authorities
  • Mayor considers grievances of safai karmacharis
  • Other side of smoke rings: Bidi harms consumers and its makers equally
  • AIE planning to launch flights to Dhaka
  • EU to fund environment projects in India
  • Barreto initiates contempt proceedings against customs
  • Winning hearts in Malda over sandwiches and paintings
  • States also to blame for price hike, says Sonia
  • Police-recruitment racket busted, four arrested, search on for former cops
  • Denied a cellphone, youth stabs father
  • 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
  • Sonia criticises law and order in Bengal
  • Shah Rukh not to perform at Tuesday's IPL match
  • Sports
  • Electricity and telephone cables stolen at Eden Gardens
  • T20 is making coaches struggle, says Sambaran
  • Abhishek stages comeback in style in Classic Open