A guide to Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal and Bengali culture.
News Headlines Archive
August 27, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • CPI(M) leader killed in Lalgarh
  • Singapore group to invest Rs 2-lakh cr, rope in Salim Group
  • Sonia's rally renders Bengal farm useless
  • Mother Teresa’s birth anniversary observed
  • CPI(M) for mass movement against price increase
  • Webel SL raises Rs 45.40cr
  • Kolkata band is ready for trial by fire
  • Food processing in ITI syllabi soon
  • Konkona's gorgeous, says director
  • The Telegraph
  • Little cover for girl-death hostel
  • Flight on Monday? Follow Biman’s tip
  • Maoists raid CPM offices
  • Gang loots Rs 20 lakh
  • Peace nudge from Jaswant
  • Home hurdle after Patil pat
  • Paired transplants save two lives
  • Autonomy for tech colleges
  • US fast food chains eye Calcutta pie
  • Gherao for Puja, promotion
  • Traffic patrol on key roads
  • Contraband haul in raid on jail hospital
  • Clash over route share
  • What's on in town
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Bus kills, pool car wounds
  • Court slams shut auto escape door
  • Study must for master plan: Sen
  • 4 hours to bag angry reptile
  • Jaigaon bandh in school demand
  • Tata Tea estate to re-open today
  • The Statesman
  • 2 fatal mishaps in one day
  • 26/11 trial: Judge surprised at home ministers remark
  • A monster takes on its creator
  • A true hero
  • AI talks fail, strike continues
  • An icon departs
  • BJP rebels up ante, Jaswant likens party to Ku Klux Klan
  • BRIEFS
  • Becoming someone great
  • Biz Briefs
  • Citys eastern lung upgrade planned
  • Cong leader attacks Pawar
  • Crucial victory for India
  • Customs officials assaulted in Malda
  • Dinosaurs Hit Rivals Like Athletes Hit Balls
  • Edward M Kennedy dies at age 77
  • England dwarfed Australia, says Langer
  • Enlightening evening
  • Forget Old Trafford, Wenger tells squad
  • Gaffar holds the key
  • Ganguly says Saha has to wait because Dhoni fits the bill
  • Globalisation hits the marginalised
  • Go after big fish, PM tells CBI
  • Govt may file defamation suit against RNRL
  • Hallabaloo in the Guava Orchard: Kiran Desai
  • IN SCHOOL
  • Infra growth slips to 1.8%
  • J&K turned into virtual Guantanamo: Mehbooba
  • Karzai widens lead over Abdullah in Afghan vote
  • Kulkarni joins rail panel
  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
  • LeT man was headed towards Aurangabad
  • Left fight for universal PDS
  • Liverpool need Aquilani to rescue poor season
  • Metro miseries continue
  • Mobile banking picking up
  • My first play and rotten tomatoes
  • Now, salman in talks to buy ipl team
  • Obama has one-week, 2,300 pages to read
  • PSBPC man pays for Left links
  • Pak rejects 6th dossier on Mumbai attack
  • Passion for tigers
  • Police to ask Army to produce 2 officers in fake currency case
  • Proteas plan prolonged domination
  • Quaoar wins
  • Red rage on rly & cops
  • Rly office ransacked
  • SC judges to declare assets
  • Safina precedes Serena
  • Silent poet
  • Smile please!
  • Spiderman takes on Col. Kasab!
  • Sri Lankans gain
  • Students wary of college ways
  • Superb performances
  • Swine Flu has three new victims in city
  • Taliban rivals cut power deal
  • Task force to address small units problems
  • Tata Motors to raise fund via fixed deposits
  • Trinamul cant fight CPM alone, feels Cong
  • Under the umbrella
  • Unending angst
  • Vedic villains
  • Virbhadra Singh steps up heat on HP govt
  • Whistle-blowers tale
  • Youths cry corruption, lock up party office
  • Times of India
  • HC talks tough, rules out 2-stroke auto conversion
  • ID queue may spark 2nd flu surge in city
  • Smoking row triggers office attack
  • Brand Ashok plans to set up airport property
  • Puja ploy to grab pavements
  • Full-Time Citizens, Part-Time Heroes
  • Can't buy best hilsa? Go for khoka
  • Biz experts give cops tips on better policing
  • Mexico theme at 2010 book fair
  • Two held for jewellery theft
  • Roxy, The Park, rocked!
  • Roxy, The Park, rocked!
  • Livin’it up with Orient Express!
  • Party hoppers let their hair down!
  • It’s fusion all the way
  • Indian Express
  • At 7, Sana Ganguly dazzles Kolkatans with debut Krishna act in mom’s play
  • Woman held for bomb scare
  • IIT-KGP student’s body found in river
  • Rape bid foiled in hostel, scared girl dies
  • ‘Clones’ haunt a doubting Bengal
  • School of Tropical Medicine not prepared to test H1N1 virus
  • Top JU officials’ 24-hour ordeal ends
  • Book fair at Milan Mela again as plea still pending in SC
  • Bus mows down man
  • Vedic fire: resort official held for land grab
  • HC bans non-LPG autos in Kolkata, just kits won’t do
  • ‘Convert’ autos drive into a dead-end
  • Bengal invokes Nehru to end Mamata’s name game
  • Hindustan Times
  • Satyajit's private eye enters comics' world
  • ‘I am follower of Marx, won’t join Trinamool’
  • Marxists vandalise West Bengal station, train services hit
  • GJM confident BJP won’t shy away from statehood for Gorkhaland