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News Headlines Archive
August 15, 2010
Miscellaneous
  • Villagers hand over 4 Maoists to police
  • Come for talks, Pratibha tells Maoists
  • Hindustan Motors to restyle Ambassador
  • Sonia to visit Kolkata for party meet
  • Security stepped up in Maoist strongholds
  • Mukherjee visits Mamata, denies political agenda
  • Passengers agitate in Kolkata airport
  • Another Naxalite surrenders
  • Eastern Railway uses novel kit to trace criminals
  • Panchaputra concert in Kolkata
  • Vidya Balan runs to her freedom on I Day
  • Theater night for Kolkata
  • Basmati pulao & rat flesh, a Bengal village clings to old habits
  • 10-year-old in West Bengal dies playing with mom's saree
  • I am doing a Bengali film: Jayasundara
  • I will never act again: Monalisa Dasgupta
  • Aath Pake Bandha Coming Soon
  • Rani helps Debasree to save stray dogs
  • The Telegraph
  • Hill tour project shelved
  • Bagan camp from Aug 16
  • Poor rural power rap for NTPC
  • Subash seeks special status on hill deal eve
  • Babu booked for Rs 1 crore job fraud
  • ABGL meet without hurdle
  • Students caned for speaking to girl
  • Turned away thrice, kid dies
  • The writer, his lover and her boyfriend
  • For better mental health
  • Times of India
  • A bit of adhesive is all that's needed to steal from ATM
  • Price puzzle leaves buyers in the lurch
  • 'Paraded girl reminds me of Phoolan'
  • Mamata likely to attend Parliament, says Pranab
  • Dabbawala among techie killers: Cops
  • Pledge for a lead-free Puja
  • Pilot reports sick, flight delayed by over 3 hours
  • Jet Airways, ATR flight, Kolkata airport
  • Nursing home ransacked
  • Dress code: Teachers complain to SDO
  • Indian Express
  • Pranab visits ailing Mamata
  • Mediator role for Mamata? CPM wants a neutral party
  • Maoists blow up forest beat office
  • Bengal at CWG: Organisers refuse to bear expenses of dance troupe
  • CRPF personnel shoots self
  • Hindustan Times
  • General alert in WB, no specific threat
  • Not seeking clarification from Mamata on Lalgarh speech: Pranab
  • Sports
  • Winning Bengal squad felicitated
  • Deep Sengupta wins two titles in France
  • Sandipan held to draw
  • Deepan holds Ganguly