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News Headlines Archive
August 26, 2010
Miscellaneous
  • Rainwater seepage into generator caused Kolkata airport black-out
  • Bomb scare in Kolkata multi-storey building
  • Now coming near Kolkata: Jyoti Basu Nagar
  • West Bengal kharif paddy production expected to fall 16%
  • Five years after ban, Kolkata rickshaw pullers yet to be rehabilitated
  • Guide Bengal in improving governance through IT: Buddha to Murthy
  • West Bengal minister offers free land to Mamata
  • Hand over Tamang killing investigations to CBI
  • Neutralise CPM army: Didi to PM
  • Kolkata prepares to celebrate Mother Teresa's birth centenary
  • Deep sea port not viable in Bengal: KoPT
  • Apex court sets aside CPI-M leader's jail term
  • Truck driver Gurjant Singh gets interim bail
  • Top Euro brands line up in Kolkata
  • WB govt sanctions Rs 10 crore to make Beliaghata canal
  • Tagore's works being translated into Chinese
  • Approval to stone quarries against compliance of safety norms
  • Family guard of slain Gorkha leader found dead
  • A musical treat for Kolkata
  • I'm open to all kinds of roles: Rituparna
  • Mithuns back in small screen
  • The Telegraph
  • Boiling water on teen help for delay
  • Rail staffer in Jnaneswari net
  • CBI stirs Nandi pot with SC plea
  • Lets help better our planet
  • City stage for jazz-fusion trio
  • Puja traffic-stoppers rear head
  • Mother to the whole world
  • Steps to make Setu safer
  • Ogo Bodhu release cancelled
  • Free slots few at Laldighi lot
  • What's on in town
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Bit of Bolly balm on dance floor
  • Glare on go-slow and speed
  • Lodestar for little minds
  • Sikkim best tour teacher
  • Shutdown looms as remand nears end
  • Call for halt to corrupt job selections
  • Queen of orchids for queen of hills
  • Juicy turn to farmers fortune
  • $200m ADB aid for roads
  • Times of India
  • Bengal's wagon unit draws global majors
  • First Maoist surrender under state package
  • Thrash docs, land in jail, SSKM warns visitors
  • No repairs turn bypass stretch a killer
  • Top economist favourite for Presi VC post
  • Film festival on Mother Teresa
  • HC seeks waste to energy project report
  • Central govt staffers can use Writers' parking lots
  • Boiling water poured on 14-yr-old maid
  • Indian Express
  • AIGL to discuss Gorkhaland, Tamang murder with Sonia
  • Environment activist gets interim bail
  • Mediclaim money proves elusive for KMC staff
  • Eight held after encounter in Salboni
  • Delay in payment, non-payment of compensation hits NREGS
  • 26 bighas missing from dumping ground, HC told
  • 100 years of Teresa - city set to remember its saint
  • Violence erupts as parties struggle to retain strongholds
  • HC asks Calcutta Univ to review result again
  • In brief
  • State silence on Pahari baffles Hills
  • Drought loss amounts to Rs 5,000 crore
  • Trinamool chief Mamata stands by statement on Azad
  • MCC, PWG divided over peace talks with Centre
  • CPM call for government stand on Maoist issue
  • Singur no longer important, says Buddha govt
  • Mamata case: Gurjant gets interim bail
  • Womens panel puts cops in the dock for tribal girls harassment
  • Three Maoists to surrender today
  • First Bengal Maoist avails surrender package
  • Freedom history biased, says Buddha
  • After 11 years, Trinamool holds rally at red Garbeta
  • Hindustan Times
  • 'Mother Express' to be flagged off
  • Bomb hoax in Kolkata IT hub, one held
  • Stephen Court owner arrested from Uttar Pradesh
  • Sports
  • Fed Cup qualifiers from Sept. 14
  • Chess: Deep to lead the challenge
  • FPAI announces award categories