A guide to Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal and Bengali culture.
News Headlines Archive
August 31, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • Left rally in Kolkata leaves commuters in lurch
  • Maoists gun down two CPI(M) men in Bengal
  • West Bengal govt plans to keep UCBs up and running
  • Rally vs rally in Kolkata: CPM takes on Mamata
  • Land row, not footballers behind Kolkata resort arson
  • Kolkata resort managing director in police custody
  • Traffic drops 4 percent at Kolkata airport
  • Accused in theft of Brazilian monkeys remanded
  • Commuters unhappy with Kolkata's extended Metro line
  • Globsyn talks to two US firms for acquisition
  • Two suspected KLO militants arrested
  • Mamata effect: West Bengal industry caught in a cleft stick
  • Delhiites can ride a new train to Bengal this puja
  • BJP, CPM form alliance to win panchayat polls
  • Films can't change society: Rahul Bose
  • The Telegraph
  • Left plays land card
  • Security success: 15km trek to cover 2.5km
  • Girl hurt, teacher hit
  • Woman rural chief thrashed
  • Low-key 400 for puja older than the city
  • What's on in town
  • Techies protest push to BPO
  • Their rally versus her rally
  • Killer of techie wife arrested
  • Roadhog pandal denied clearance
  • Taslima return plea falls on deaf ears of ‘rivals’
  • Roads turn parking lot
  • Class II boy mowed down
  • Realtor in blame game
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • Row over spot checking rule
  • Martyr mother with ‘daughter’
  • Vedic boss claims ignorance
  • Palace lights to flash again
  • Dial China via Nathu-la
  • Nano Seven harp on aam admi appeal of Tata car
  • Pollution pledge must for permission
  • Four held with fake notes
  • 32 schools locked in primary job protest
  • Bonus hike for Dooars tea workers
  • Shift in puja power play
  • The Statesman
  • 100 days of UPA government: FIIs infuse 23k cr in stock markets
  • 15 cops killed in Pak suicide blas
  • AIGL resumes work in the Hills
  • Ahmadinejad urges for cabinet approval
  • Akram eyeing dual role with KKR
  • Anti-Ibobi civil bodies ultimatum to legislators
  • Board to pay 33 crore to IMG
  • Bus accident injures 20
  • CISF cover at Jamnagar
  • COs to go the way of the Raj
  • CPM to intensify stir on price rise, drought
  • Celebrating Tagore, a different way
  • Children given HIV+ve blood transfusions?
  • Diarrhoea hits Birpara, 35 in hospital
  • Disciplinary agency to quiz Rajiv
  • Farmers confront traders over jute rates
  • Federer relaxed on eve of title defence
  • Fisichella makes history
  • Fulohar gets emergency flood protection
  • Gujjars pay as Kashmir burns
  • HP High Court judges to declare assets
  • Health industry records 42% growth
  • ISRO formally calls off Moon mission
  • Illegal blood transfusion in Raj district; probe ordered
  • In a fix with fixed deposit
  • India to seek inspiration from past
  • Jha defiance plunges Nepal into crisis
  • KLO leader nabbed
  • Lalu predicts BJPs destruction
  • Landslide threat looms over Hills
  • Leave coal prices to market: Plan panel
  • MTN facing identity crisis in Bharti deal
  • Madarihats water woes
  • Maha seeks 15,000 crore to tackle drought
  • Major fraud allegations in Afghan vote top 500
  • Mamata chides jealous CM
  • Marmosets to be kept under observation
  • Minor gangraped, villagers lynch accused
  • Mohammedan SC manage a win
  • Now, a spacecraft to save Earth
  • One killed in road mishap
  • Opp set for landslide win in Japan
  • PDS benefits not reaching people: Jharkhand Governor
  • PDS route to beat price rise
  • PTTI students demand fair share, protest over advertisement
  • Pak accused of altering Harpoon missiles
  • People and Places
  • Police nab KLO leader
  • Police remand for Modi
  • RIL denies gas hoarding charges
  • Raje in Delhi, fate likely to be decided soon
  • Rashtra rishis in schools?
  • Sri Lanka complete whitewash
  • The true colour of dinosaurs
  • Young & old at Statesman scrabble
  • Financial crisis not to impact remittances
  • No change of guard
  • Sangh to walk the hard line
  • Seek permission to leave jurisdiction
  • Times of India
  • Tata may meet Nirupam today
  • Zoo theft kingpin flees as cops doze on train
  • PCPA to relax bandh for a week
  • Mollah vows to silence detractors
  • Optional CBSE exam finds little support
  • Titagarh tense over gang war Kolkata: A
  • Snatcher held for techie wife killing
  • Ships collide near Haldia port
  • Boy killed in Tangra jeep accident
  • Victoria order violated again
  • Kolkata’s date with fashion at Tantra
  • Kolkata’s date with fashion at Tantra
  • It’s Bollywood all the way
  • Roxy, The Park, rocked!
  • Livin’it up with Orient Express!
  • Indian Express
  • Future tense, Buddha digs up past to whip Cong
  • Rally clogs Kolkata streets, red flags rule the roads
  • Biman’s lie on Trinamool ‘goons’ blows up in his face
  • Correct mistakes, win back people’s support, Basu tells partymen
  • Hindustan Times
  • West Bengal renegotiates pact with Salim Group
  • In a first, robots play soccer at IIT-KGP
  • Local clubs in Bengal distance themselves from CPM
  • Sports
  • India beat Syria to lift Nehru Cup
  • Goalkeeper Paul shines as India win Nehru Cup
  • Akram keen on dual role with KKR
  • Vikas stuns Akshat
  • Sporting and Air-India start with wins
  • Sourav in final