News Headlines Archive

August 22, 2010

Miscellaneous

Bengal drought drives farmer to suicide Top Bihar Maoist held in Kolkata West Bengal to discharge 350 mentally-ill convicts West Bengal hastens to save paddy in drought-hit areas Save cultivated crops: Buddhadeb It cost more than Rs11 lakh to fly files for Mamata Banerjee MP to hold industry interactive session in Kolkata on Aug 31 Hilsa gets new avataar Bengal cancer institute to get second campus West Bengal Liver Foundation to assess impact of hep C in India RPG restructuring to be completed by year-end: Goenka Prabhat Roy coming up with new movie Ektu Onnorokom Rituparna awaits challenging roles in Bollywood

The Telegraph

8 months after arrest, police spring a riddle Hitler barb at Trinamul Bomkesh most wanted, from reel to racks Bomb-on-flight call nets duo Tagore theme at theatre fest There to frisk, not play spot-the-star 220 sets robbed in cell shop night raid Three in net for match bet Stop, seconds before crash You share your birthday with... What's on in town Smart buses hit New Town road Morcha sees cell torture in disappearance Drama label on escape Security protocols flouted, lapses in Nickole search too 4 hurt in clash FIR against doc in dock

Times of India

Cricket betting racket busted, 3 held Starvation & debt stalk Bengal's parched Hungry, homeless & without help Hope fades for fish farmers as ponds dry up Callous state turns rice bowl into death cauldron Hunger gnaws but rice mills shut down Wife sees plot in disappearance Hills braces for fresh spell of turmoil Morcha activists block Ghisingh path Two arrested for making hoax call to airline office

Indian Express

Villagers flee as forces step up action in Ayodhya Hills Womens panel visits tribal girl paraded naked 2 lynched for misbehaving with women pilgrims Now, anomalies in list anger PTTI students Two Manipuri terrorists held in Kurseong Sonia to attend Eastern region meet Environment activist held in Jitushol violence case Kishenji wants talks, ceasefire by both sides A hole in the Citys Heart City of Joy second last in Global Cities list Maoist held in Sarenga In heartland of red terror, red tape ties welfare schemes into knots Student in trauma after ragging at Siliguri engg college On talks eve, GJM leader held for Tamang killing A Red model for Saffron in madrasa education Cornered, Mamata plans offensive against Oppn Bengal gets Central nod for counter-insurgency school at Salua Outlawed, ragging rages in Bengal Train mishap averted at Sankrail station Somnath unplugged: from Karat to Rahul Kolkata Confidential In brief

Hindustan Times

First farmer suicide in drought-hit Bengal Purulia worst-affected by Bengal drought Key accused in Madan Tamang murder case escapes from custody

Sports

Badminton: Rituparna bags a double Former Bengal Ranji player dead Chidi sick, sent back from Mohun Bagan camp