A guide to Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal and Bengali culture.
News Headlines Archive
August 10, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • Left red-faced over Bengal guv's comment
  • Kolkata: A New Hot Spot in India
  • Another body found in Lalgarh area
  • Kolkata's air quality improves
  • StanChart to raise $1 m for Kolkata eye-care facility
  • 8 rare Brazilian monkeys stolen from Kolkata zoo
  • Kolkata Port invites EoIs for developing port at Sagar island
  • Bengal government unveils Sharadotsav-2009 for pacakge tours
  • Nabard to give Rs 157cr more for infra in Aila-hit districts
  • CPI-M playing political game with arms: Mamata
  • Movement of vehicles disrupted on NH 31 following gas leakage
  • Homecoming for Dibyendu?
  • The Telegraph
  • Green flag must for Mamata
  • Gandhi letter to stress neutrality
  • CPM search for fresh blood
  • What's on in town
  • Varsity suspends PhD admission
  • Taxman rediscovers father of taxation
  • Girls hurt in pool car mishap
  • Poran Jai... a copy, says court
  • Twin blows to transport lobby
  • Swine flu classes in schools
  • Trinamul raid on lock-up
  • Arrest for mall theft
  • Bihar ‘killer’ held in city
  • Security boost in hotels
  • Meet focus on space for art
  • Tribute to first taxman
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • Bus tours of the city
  • Job scam charge comes under attack
  • Darjeeling SDO takes charge
  • Swine flu suspect in medical college
  • Morcha plan for Delhi and day in hills
  • Shield for Buddha in Midnapore blast belt
  • The Statesman
  • 13 rescued from child labour fate
  • 14 killed in Pak clashes
  • 8 marmosets stolen from Alipore Zoo
  • ABAVP 12-hour bandh scheduled for 11 August
  • Advani move takes RSS by surprise
  • BoB open to overseas acquisition
  • CAG seeks oil ministry help in RIL audit issue
  • Chelsea win Community Shield
  • Coal minister dismisses royalty hike
  • Cost of crisis is $11.9 trillion: IMF
  • DM orders probe into job racket
  • Deal with Danish firm
  • Didi ratchets up Mangalkote
  • ECHS needs to have clear strategic vision
  • England pull out
  • Erosion worsens in Malda district
  • Essar eyes UKs oil refinery: Report
  • Fire breaks out
  • Flu in mouth disease? Azad says sorry
  • Flu toll now four, PM steps in
  • Former secy for public debate
  • Friend in need: Jackos pal claims paternity to kids
  • Govt for constitutional changes to break Naga impasse
  • Hardly rational, this demand!
  • Hill students demand hike in quota
  • IIFCL to increase infra lending
  • Indian hopes resting on Saina
  • Jaswant to skip Delhi talks
  • Land Bills shelved The shortcomings must now be addressed
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Looking ahead A N-propelled carrier? Why Not?
  • MI5 accused of cheating MPs
  • Maoists kill police informers
  • Ministry nod for Vedanta project
  • No lessons learnt yet...
  • Oz level series
  • PCB official stirs up new controversy
  • PTTI students take their troubles to Asok
  • Pakistan crush Sri Lanka in final ODI
  • Panel to take up issues of road transport ministry
  • Pension stopped, reason unexplained
  • Poms are lazy, says Langer
  • Raise a glass to Voce
  • Rajapakse party wins Jaffna polls, TNA wins Vavuniya
  • Rio Tinto to invest $100m on mining
  • SMC poll pact announcement soon
  • Sand sculptor dedicates award to Dalai Lama
  • Sania closer to Vancouver ITF title
  • Second shot at JEE counselling
  • Siri cows face threat of extinction
  • Slowdown hits global M&A activity
  • Spurious strength Citu shuts the ATMs 
  • Suleiman killing case cracked
  • Tatas start work in Kalinga Nagar
  • That which plagues NH-33, ails railway tracks too
  • Tiruvalluvars statue unveiled
  • Tribal girls flee school alleging harassment
  • US museum to exhibit Indian Comics
  • US museum to exhibit Indian
  • Wenger ready for Arsenal revolution
  • Willing buyer, willing seller
  • millions to stop poppy farming
  • I always wanted to be striker
  • No added responsibility
  • Times of India
  • CEO toons
  • SC refuses to stay HC ban on vehicles
  • Zoo director suspended over theft of monkeys
  • Mamata to meet biz captains
  • Jackal kills three-year-old girl
  • Centre to put Gorkhaland onus on state
  • Railways to recreate past with steam engine trip
  • MLA in Writers' security ruckus
  • Girls fall ill after midday meal
  • Maoists claim murder of DYFI leader
  • Jailbreak guards suspended
  • Raising a toast to WBNCCI
  • Raising a toast to WBNCCI
  • Silver Jubilee of togetherness!
  • Remembering Habib Tanvir
  • Gary Lawyer performs for Kolkata
  • Indian Express
  • Trinamool gheraoes Mangalkot police station
  • Kolkata police’s detective department to probe the case; Cong, Trinamool raise outcry
  • HC upholds govt stand on autos
  • 2 Koreans among 5 new suspected flu cases
  • No advantage to PTTI trainees in teachers’ recruitment, says govt
  • Pipeline leaks not repaired, dry run on in south Kolkata
  • High Court bells the copycat, bans blockbuster Poran Jay Joliya Re
  • Court admits plea for UAPA withdrawal on arrested Bankura Maoists
  • Miscreants ransack police station, four arrested
  • GJM brass to stay off tripartite talks today
  • Nazrul Islam to join Mamata in Railways
  • Down with cold, Buddha skips office
  • No monkey business this — Brazilian simians stolen from Alipore Zoo
  • Hindustan Times
  • Trinamool, police clash; 100 injured
  • IIT Kharagpur to expand its seats
  • Police baton charge Trinamool supporters, Mamata fumes
  • Sports
  • Handball : Titles shared
  • I miss Bhutia upfront: Barreto
  • Controversy pains PK Banerjee