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News Headlines Archive
April 30, 2008
Miscellaneous
  • KoPT to spend Rs 20 cr to upgrade HDC roads
  • "Sonia knows nothing about West Bengal"
  • German firm ready to bet big on Bengal
  • Left Front constituents are not united at all levels: Basu
  • Lalit Kala awards show Indian art coming of age
  • Govt-CPI(M) war of words escalates
  • Airtel to invest Rs 600 cr in Bengal
  • Allahabad Bank plans to raise Rs 1,900 cr from bond market
  • Muslim children enrolment at elementary level higest in W Bengal
  • Loan terms get tougher for IIM aspirants
  • W Bengal: CPI (M)-RSP cadres clash, 16 injured
  • Anti-Marxist forces ganging up against CPI(M): Karat
  • Mahindra & Mahindra's first regional project to star Mithun
  • Buddha's tryst with Atul
  • The Statesman
  • Roof-top construction fuels collapse fears
  • NREGA was a major failure 
  • Govt to share one-third of Metro rly extension cost
  • Hunt for job racket kingpin on
  • Nepal influencing Maoists?
  • CPM bridges gap to capture Nandigram
  • Road repair fails to appease villagers
  • Presidency scraps entrance exam
  • CPI confident of Nandigram success
  • Cong attacks Mamata for opportunities missed
  • CPM warns UPA on price
  • The Telegraph
  • Maoists gun down cops
  • Asok alarm for hill tourists
  • Dues, 12 years on
  • Rebels kill RSP leader
  • Colleges work hard on soft skills
  • Centre for green tips to industry
  • What's on in town
  • Bound to books for a better life
  • Backup pipeline for water mains
  • Lights, action off the pitch
  • Presidency to have board cut-offs
  • Man dies on road as cops dither
  • All shows lead to IPL
  • JU discards inquiry report
  • Police job racket net widens
  • Sedative kills robbed widow
  • Close shave on Metro tracks
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • ‘Night eye’ lined up for Bagdogra
  • Bonds get bail with riders
  • Man behind IPL duo
  • Tea prices on 6yr high
  • Morcha sticks to fast plan
  • New home for injured big cat
  • Nathu-la trade put off
  • Shun hills, Asok to tourists
  • Elderly man, woman die on road unattended
  • Times of India
  • IIM-C to publish merit list today
  • Man tries to rob trader with air gun
  • Board for early summer vacation
  • Drugged woman dies, thief eludes cops
  • Crowd leaves man to die on road in WB
  • Convicts to get phone facility
  • 18-year-old girl run over by Matador
  • Heat claims third victim
  • Plastic spanner in green move
  • Presidency: No admission test for 6 streams
  • Indian Express
  • Mayor says stray case but KMC staff differ
  • Tense hills: Govt cautions tourists
  • CPM acting like Fascists, says RSP
  • Congress candidates in jail for 3 years, out on bail
  • Centre okays Palta-Tala pipeline project
  • Rehman FIR: HC rejects Todi petition
  • Family arrested from airport for forging passport
  • Police recruitment racket: Cops arrest studio owner
  • Campaign against women trafficking launched
  • City on brink of arsenic poisoning, but is anyone listening?
  • 36-hour protest against Sarabjit’s hanging begins
  • 100% increase in gram panchayat pradhans’ salary
  • Police inattention costs man his life in Howrah
  • Top Maoist leader arrested, group kills 2 cops in another attack
  • Asian Age
  • Body lies on road for 4 hrs
  • 2 constables gunned down by militants
  • RSP worker shot dead
  • Rs 305cr for new pipelines in city
  • Bengal board schools to get early holiday
  • Woman dies from drug in health drink
  • Man foils robbery attempt at shop
  • Racketeer arrested
  • Hindustan Times
  • CPM puts Centre on notice over price rise
  • City looks to West Bengal for lonely rhino’s mate
  • Basu snubs Sonia for criticism of Bengal law and order
  • Sports
  • Injury worries for East Bengal
  • India's East Bengal take on Lebanon's Safa in AFC CUP
  • We lost due to poor batting: Ganguly
  • Tendulkar receives Sportsperson of the Generation award