News Headlines Archive

August 26, 2008

Miscellaneous

Tatas set 2-week Singur deadline Buddhadeb to meet industry captains today More Troubles for Tata's Nano JSW steel-plant project in West Bengal on schedule Singur row: German business teams ignore Kolkata Singur-type protests will stall growth: Nath Mamata rejects Buddha's talks offer No plans to leave India: Taslima Land or better compensation for Singur farmers: BJP College autonomy test for Bengal Kolkata gets radical! Tata Motors scrip immune to Singur development; surges 2 pc Striking out economic growth?

The Statesman

Talk of theTown Why govt policies fail to meet target Mayor visits Rajarghat Plans pending for PSU handover to JU Local resistance hits slum project Price of PDS rice reduced Animals, poor drainage pose threat at airport Trained priests for Pujas Health dept still mulls proposal Sterilisation facts belie state claims Local resistance hits slum project Mamata stir halts vehicular movement The everyday heroes awarded Crematorium closed, locals suffer Nine-day training camp for priests begins today Bihar MLA's face flood victims ire Soren inches close to chief minister's post 60% attendance in Tata plant YSR Reddy invites Tata State plan to bring down drop-out incidents

The Telegraph

Threat to choke all roads Rehab plan ready, not land return: CM CPM opts for tough talk Sun too hot for sons of soil, others fill in Buzz back in plant Mars email a hoax Eyes wide shut in Sector V Chaplin pull down by Puja RBU plans Tagore house revamp 17 airports, one safety officer Men licensed to extort What's on in town City flavour in first Asian F1 40-yr wait for widow’s dues Bar on baggage job Hit & snatch at bus stop Saris worth lakhs recovered, 2 held  You share your birthday with... Online support for Nano plant Morcha occupies GNLF house Finger at Cong, cops for murder Trial of Czech duo Chhatra Parishad takes over train ‘WB’ blacked out of hill number plates Trafficking slur on govt worker

Times of India

Eight children vanish, parents at Guv door Buddha straight-talk rattles comrades Mafia rule burning ghats: Mayor Choked road may push up prices Singur effect takes its toll on industry CSTC takes downhill plunge Lid off Kolkata' crematorium racket Bengali parents prefer Hindi Dengue strikes Salt Lake, civic body caught napping No evidence yet against terror email suspects

Indian Express

Mamata set to widen Singur agitation CPM, Trinamool rallies to shut down city Private domestic carriers thrown out of six airport terminals Wife to get pension 40 yrs after teacher’s death No clue what shlokas mean? Priests will explain this Puja Civic body eyes profit, ignores illegal boards State to help private investors boost tourism KMC to soon ask slum dwellers to vacate land Tamil Nadu woos state tourists with attractive packages Govt to initiate awareness programme on potato consumption To clear Mamata’s block, Buddha may hike land rate Truck operators rev up demand: end the siege Life stuck on Expressway, livelihood ‘Govt is in no hurry to solve crisis’

Asian Age

LF talks tough on Singur agitation IB to keep eye on bank officers Man dies of heart attack after brawl Security breach at Assembly 2nd, 3rd yr varsity results out Autopsy says hotel worker pushed

Hindustan Times

Withdraw Singur siege: Buddhadeb urges Mamata Tata Motors work affected at Singur Forget the Nano, forget the Tatas, it’s about Bengal’s future Trinamool protest chokes highway in West Bengal Tata threat a loss for West Bengal Not a nano question

Sports

Kolkata Football : East Bengal 2 - Md. Sporting 0 Fed Cup all set for a revamp Mixed signals on Dalmiya