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News Headlines Archive
December 5, 2008
Miscellaneous
  • Buddhadeb wants Maoists isolated
  • CESC, Essar Power seek government intervention for coal block
  • Kolkata AIDS care centre project shelved after protests
  • Kolkata-Bangkok air connection to resume tomorrow
  • Baby survives in West Bengal accident, family killed
  • Teacher beaten for hitting students in Kolkata
  • Wipro stalemate in Kolkata over, selected candidates backtrack
  • Packed programme awaits Maradona
  • 10 West Bengal jute mills resume work in despite strike
  • Castro-fan Maradona to meet Jyoti Basu
  • EU certification likely for Darjeeling tea
  • Five killed, 29 injured in road mishap
  • The Statesman
  • Adivasis mock CPM link claim
  • CM snubs Partha, blames Soren for Maoist trouble
  • Check on hoax callers
  • Clout runs VU show
  • Cops release Adivasis
  • Flights to Bangkok to resume today
  • HC to the rescue of 76 tech students
  • Mandarins blamed for little minority progress
  • Nandigram: 15 hurt in clash
  • PM to inaugurate new Tagore museum
  • Pool car collides with Army vehicle, four injured
  • Purulia on high alert after Mumbai attacks
  • Sainak School sets new records
  • Neurological disorders on the rise
  • Todi should not be granted bail
  • The Telegraph
  • Govt seeks 36 companies for Nandi poll
  • Three-day blackout for PM’s 25 minutes
  • Delhi nod to Andal airport city
  • Pay hike for state staff
  • Malaria fight lost in pipe dream
  • Dial for train ticket
  • Scare scars young minds
  • Damages to be paid in court
  • Tree fell: plea for CBI probe
  • Terror trail and trauma
  • Recce rush for VIP visits
  • Two killed in gang rivalry
  • 72-year-old dies on flight
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • What's on in town
  • Health key to Todi bail
  • Convoy tizzy over techie
  • Cop tabs on hill SIMs
  • Widow assault slur on Cong leader
  • CM to attend mayor meet
  • 3 held for drugging and robbing youth
  • Lights out for PM’s Malda landing
  • Photos sent to identify militants
  • Bike brigades block traffic
  • Mumbai scan on Calcutta
  • Times of India
  • It's this easy to get a SIM without papers
  • Long planning over 10-min flight of Diego Maradona
  • Tribals kidnap officials, free arrested comrades
  • Buddha shoots down sports dept's plea for Rs 5 cr
  • Cracks on bus for Maradona
  • City survivor recalls nightmare
  • Babudom tastes boardroom culture through CEO's
  • Former PM's death forgotten in mayhem
  • Extra cover: Police on security overdrive
  • 3 Kolkata SIM cards used in Mumbai attacks
  • Indian Express
  • Governor Gandhi not allowed to give valedictory speech at Visva-Bharati
  • HC upholds seizure of Todis’ passport
  • Hindustan Times
  • After Singur and Nandigram, Lalgarh has Buddha frowning
  • Ashok Todi files bail application in high court
  • Sports
  • Maradona to conduct clinic
  • Dhoni still on top
  • Federation’s shuttle policy for Fed Cup