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News Headlines Archive
August 4, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • Trinamool-CPM confrontation in House over Bengal killings
  • COKUSS plans to take Bengal craft to global market
  • A mass leader deeply influenced by Jyoti Basu
  • Child radio reporters 'in making' at Kolkata
  • Subhasda was a ‘father figure’ for Kapil Dev
  • Kolkata, Delhi most IT-savvy cities: TCS survey
  • Kolkata auto drivers protest against old vehicle ban
  • Bound and gagged
  • Tata Communications opens data center in Kolkata, eastern India
  • The Telegraph
  • Village feeds off others’ Aila aid
  • Lightning kills 9 in one stroke
  • Blame on ‘people’ for cop kidnap
  • Money for Maoist zone
  • Retail spreads wings to ride festive wind to revival
  • What's on in town
  • Mixed-bag batch at Joka
  • Copy slur on Tolly film
  • SC turns down deadline plea
  • State enraged at Sibal call
  • Green autos defy union bar
  • Doctor down with swine flu
  • Policeman in road scuffle
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • Airport restriction for August 15
  • Auto escape to smoky future
  • Food unit to come up in Naxalbari
  • DM prods juniors on cheque initials
  • A teacher in Bangla enclave for Rs 30 a day
  • Ministers in Dooars to stem RSP rot
  • Patient dies, doc home targeted
  • Hospital guards skip duty after clash
  • Ragging axe on tech students
  • Bridge in danger as pillars lose plaster
  • Cop boss warns Morcha brigade
  • The Statesman
  • Well miss you comrade...
  • 26/11~ a boost to jihadists morale
  • Abduction: Where are the cops?
  • Afghan blast kills 12
  • Anil launches fresh offensive
  • Arab nations lack human security
  • BIT ties up with US firm
  • BJD ridicules EVM allegation
  • Bad news for Bengalis
  • Bangalore sizzles over statue row
  • Besu deserves better
  • Bharti, MTN extend exclusive talks period
  • Bluff called High-fliers prove chicken
  • Booths chosen for SMC polls
  • CM to act on officials extra income
  • Casio aims big in Indian market
  • Cautious Mamata sets boundaries
  • Clarke century ensures draw
  • Companies Bill re-introduced
  • DRDO proposes upgraded version of Kaveri engine
  • Exports fall for 9th month
  • Fewer Hilsas thanks to Aila
  • Former Maoist regrets surrender
  • Four world records on final day
  • Game for innovation?
  • Gill, OCA chief oppose board & cricketers
  • Girl dies after being hit by truck
  • Govt retreats on judges Bill
  • Govt to look into airlines grievances
  • Hawkers at stations The problem is uniquely Bengal
  • Headmaster assaulted, classes halted
  • Hilsa back on diners menu in state
  • History of crime goes Online in UK
  • How cricket can conquer the world
  • Husband slits wifes throat
  • Hyundai to hire 1,000 this month
  • India funds get $211m
  • Khamenei formally endorses Ahmadinejad
  • Law students association launched at KIIT
  • Lecturer held on charges of torturing minor
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Locals allege malpractice by ration dealer
  • M&A deal value drops 70%
  • MCOCA: ATS takes a blow
  • Maidan mourns sports ministers death
  • Massa leaves hospital
  • Micro-finance lacks manpower
  • Mob ransacks Sealdah stn
  • Modi to compensate Sohrabbudin kin
  • Modular switches from Philips
  • Music college celebrates annual social
  • Mutu ordered to pay
  • Nalco CMD confirmed
  • Nitish goes radio gaga
  • No seizures on Day 3
  • North Korean hand in Burmese bomb?
  • Onion MEP up $20 a ton for Aug
  • Opp suffering faction feud?
  • PHE-installed water units lie defunct
  • PTTI students look forward to ministers meet in Delhi
  • Paikamal rape case: Juel dares CM
  • Pilferage worries Shew Mangal school
  • Prisoners want to study
  • Pune girl first Indian to die of Swine Flu
  • Ragging: Student flees school
  • Raipur tea estate back to life...
  • Reliance row rocks LS
  • Roll up your sleeves, work with current knowhow
  • Rs 400-cr Emami project in Ethiopia
  • Rules rot, traffic riot goes on
  • Saeed goes scot-free
  • Sea of mourners to halt traffic
  • Sensex ignores poor trade data
  • Sikkim to have B Ed college
  • Siliguri mourns Subhas Chakrabortys death
  • Subhas dies in hospital
  • Subhas leaves CM in a tight spot
  • Such a long journey
  • Temporary permits for idle buses
  • The Corporatised State~I
  • The creative eye
  • The green verge Army, police and parties on alert
  • Third malaria death
  • Tribals assault headmaster
  • Tribals attack Vedanta team
  • Tribals take to roads to protect forest rights
  • Unnayan Parshad allots fund for Rabindra Bhawan
  • West Indies win by five wickets
  • Wildlife team checks Similipal
  • Winning lead for Sri Lanka
  • Women in cooperatives
  • Zest for life
  • Biscuit Bandits strike again
  • I have an openers technique
  • Times of India
  • CEO toons
  • SC refuses to stay Kolkata clean air drive
  • SC refuses to stay Kolkata clean air drive
  • Ruckus after cop hits' local
  • Ladies special: Rlys finds a way to bypass EC code
  • Autos & taxis ready to switch, not buses
  • Villagers lock up cops
  • Kids to connect cops with masses
  • Children enthral audience at dance competition
  • HC admits plea against Bangla film
  • Two models for Nayachar future, NKID unsure
  • KMC axes 2 contractors
  • Insomnia's rocking birthday bash!
  • Insomnia's rocking birthday bash!
  • Can't stop loving you, MJ!
  • 85 & still going strong
  • Of fun and friendship
  • Indian Express
  • Is it all sound and fury in Lalgarh?
  • Cong leaders make beeline for Trinamool
  • Lightning strike kills nine in Burdwan
  • Man knocked down by bus, dies
  • City stands still for dear comrade’s last lap
  • He switched gears on vehicles ban
  • Schools stay closed
  • At Writers’, ministers jostle with commoners
  • Old vehicles ban: No interim relief in SC
  • Hindustan Times
  • Lok Sabha adjourned over West Bengal killings
  • Rebel, mass leader Chakraborty dead
  • Sports
  • Jose Barreto injured, shall go back to Kolkata
  • ‘He was always ready to help...’
  • Kolkata to decide on captain and coach