A guide to Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal and Bengali culture.
News Headlines Archive
December 08, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • Kolkata mass rally prays for success of Copenhagen climate summit
  • Kolkata Raj Bhavan goes green
  • Several huts gutted in Chetla area
  • One killed by suspected Maoists
  • Peerless to launch MF products
  • Rlys' revenues beat estimates, register strong growth
  • Left Front govt fails in every front in West Bengal: BJP
  • Trinamool-Congress alliance to oust Left, says Mamata
  • 'Dr Mamata' gives tips on health
  • Satyajit Ray’s Charulata inspires a Malayalam short film
  • Annu's new stint with Bengali show
  • Soumitra and Sharmila go down memory lane
  • The Telegraph
  • Trinamul threat to PM plan
  • Mike cloud on House
  • Minister dubs CM Tughlaq
  • Vision Howrah to battle climate change
  • Students remember special teacher
  • Fire guts 30 shanties
  • Suicide nudges JU into action
  • Vedic accused gets bail
  • Cops deny final farewell
  • Winter is back with licence to chill
  • Pool cars: two steps back for one forward
  • C for confusion in CAT at a click
  • Neglect earns cops court rap
  • Transport minister’s call to eliminate touts
  • Woman run over by tram
  • Pool car plunges into pond
  • Flu suspect tracked down
  • What's on in town
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Fringe villagers plan forest strike
  • Snubs fail, Nanda fires Tughlaq salvo
  • Manab reminded of promised plots
  • Work eludes Raiganj job office
  • Mime & song for children
  • Morcha looks up to AP
  • Fences to keep away the wild from the pet
  • Garden manager shot at
  • The Statesman
  • Bangladeshi seeks refuge in Balurghat jail
  • Buses on 10 routes have stopped plying
  • Chirag win out
  • Cong gives clean chit to Vajpayee
  • Dept harassing vehicle owners
  • Dubai World may sell assets to finance debts
  • FBI team meets Indian investigators
  • Gandhi and climate change
  • Gayle-force Windies hit Australia
  • Govt offices reek of corruption
  • Hungry stomach & duty do not gel
  • Ichamati land being grabbed
  • India held by New Zealand
  • India reduces measles deaths
  • India, Russia ink N-deal, military pact
  • Jet domestic traffic up 33%
  • Letters To The Editor
  • Maha Opp to table leaked Pradhan report
  • Modi loses again
  • Murder mystery solved by Nilagiri police
  • My friend Kalada
  • No illegal mining in Karnataka, says Yeddyurappa
  • No need to disinvest CIL
  • OVL mulls refinery in Africa
  • Of Maoists, mosquitoes and ailing jawans
  • Opp discusses key issues
  • Opp walkout in RS over climate, govt denies change in stand
  • Paddy procurement: Still farmers worst nightmare
  • Pakistan propose series with India
  • Panasonic to invest $300 million
  • Parties fight it out over water-logging concerns
  • Prez for exploration of research scope
  • Primary councils demand tight exam security
  • Project to oversee womens right implementation
  • Public participation in N-debates welcome
  • Recession? Drive down to Bihar for the real picture
  • Red Barons Death Certificate Found In Poland
  • Rurals await jobs as NREGS money lies unused
  • SC notice to Centre, Mont Blanc over Gandhis name
  • SIT submits status report on Gujarat riots to SC
  • Sad state of Tut-ankh-amuns tomb
  • Sebi nod to Peerless MF products
  • Special Article
  • State prepares for President Patils visit
  • Strings that weave magic
  • Teachers on hunger strike
  • Telcos fudging revenue figures: Govt
  • Time not right to send team to Lanka, says Krishna
  • Trader shot at Belghoria
  • Trader shot in Kamarhati
  • Trinamul, CPM fight it out over water-logging concerns
  • UB & Heineken join hands
  • USA to launch new operation to hunt Osama
  • Woods was to leave his wife in a flash
  • A Muslim can become PM
  • Cong will not accept Koda support
  • Curb anti-China protests in Nepal
  • Funds needed to save Sunderbans
  • India killing Test cricket
  • Public participation in N-debates welcome
  • Telangana stirs up Hyderabad UT
  • Times of India
  • Spelling Bee competition to kickstart in Siliguri
  • Sector-V BPO sacks 38 workers
  • Mamata's slogan, now playing on CPM stage
  • Court reins in son, sends mother home
  • Assembly gate collapses, 1 hurt
  • Asansol gets country's first commercial solar unit
  • This is the fashion the Tagores designed
  • Neighbourhood soiree has residents up in arms
  • Aila-hit find a friend in Dominique dada
  • Presidency varsity row gets uglier
  • Looking for a 'Fresh Face'
  • Desi beats for Kolkata's party hoppers
  • Another Ash gets hitched!
  • Indian Express
  • 5-yr-old sings on railway stations for a cause: to raise money for Aila-hit
  • In protest against Presidency upgrade, WBGCTA proposes signature campaign
  • Fire destroys shanties near rly track
  • DD conducts raids to bust fake challan racket
  • Trader murdered in Dankuni
  • Vedic Village: Mollah’s bail plea rejected
  • Buddha urges PM to waive off MAMC dues
  • Bengal clears didi’s plan for Singur rail coach factory
  • Central forces trimmed, Bengal to send its own ‘Greyhounds’ to Lalgarh
  • Stormy session ahead? All parties check out the sound system that failed
  • ‘Low budget has weakened women protection Act’
  • Hindustan Times
  • 'Politics ruining quality of research in Bengal'
  • Police nab Maoist leader in Lalgarh
  • Maoists kill CPI-M activist, torch another's house
  • Reform the reformer
  • Abanindranath Tagore inspires IIT-K to teach green engineering
  • Sports
  • Chess: Satyajit still in the lead
  • Football: Gauranga scores Chirag winner
  • Football: India make semi-finals