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News Headlines Archive
December 13, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • PSBJC bandh turns violent
  • Lawlessness, zero governance in West Bengal: Mamata
  • Bengal governor leaves behind green imprint
  • Maoists demand autonomy for three Bengal districts
  • Nod for Telangana does not mean new States elsewhere: Pranab
  • Haj pilgrims' kin hold protest at Kolkata airport
  • CPI(M) calls Trinamool Congress leaders “merchants of death”
  • Mamata announces Rs.5 lakh compensation for constable's family
  • Rohit Roy, Resshmi Ghosh, Gauri Karnik in 'Pa Ma Ga Re Saa'
  • The Telegraph
  • Bus balm before bandh
  • Shutdown call for Kamtapur
  • Jute mill talks fail
  • Basu ‘happy’ with Gandhi
  • Family waits for civic arm to rebuild house
  • New Year date for Bypass hospital
  • Homicide charge for fatal crash
  • E-visa confusion grounds couple
  • He follows in her footsteps
  • Hair’s how: black on grey
  • Weather toll on flights
  • KKR boss keeps captain waiting
  • You share your birthday with...
  • What's on in town
  • When the twain did not meet
  • Morcha buses to help escape Morcha bandh
  • Dilemma for schools: to remain open or not
  • The Statesman
  • Ammonium nitrate unloaded at Haldia
  • Mamata seeks Singur clarification
  • 17 injured in students union clash
  • 20 ministers quit
  • Aboline wins 2000 Guineas
  • Apple sues Nokia over mobile tech
  • Arroyo lifts Martial Law
  • Billing the Indian, thrilling the corporations
  • Blair defends Saddam removal at any cost
  • Cyber crimes to worsen in 2010, says report
  • Dinakaran impeachment petition likely
  • East Bengal share points with Chirag
  • Everton add to Chelseas woes
  • Finally, family first for Woods
  • Fourth phase polling in Jharkhand peaceful
  • India slams move to make domestic
  • Jaswant for early formation of Gorkhaland
  • KMC promotions expose rift within Left
  • Liverpool boss Benitez hits back at critics
  • MCC tramples on tradition to trial pink ball in Abu Dhabi
  • Market set to consolidate above 17k
  • Meters to ascertain amount of water supply
  • Plan to amend laws to implement GST
  • Prohibitory orders to usher in peace in Bolpur
  • RSS stamp to be visible in new BJP set-up
  • Real estate gets a reality check in Maharashtra
  • Saved 40 kids? Not really...
  • Slapgate controversy gets murkier
  • Telangana unrest hits pharma industry
  • The positive side of recession... yes, it has one!
  • Two sides of the same coin
  • Vettoris century steers Kiwis past Pakistan
  • Walcott finally wins his poetry professorship
  • Ancient Bible fake, finds study
  • Indias trade with Belarus to hit $800m in 2010
  • Times of India
  • 21 die as trailer in wrong lane crashes into bus
  • Trinamool dharna from Monday over CPM violence
  • Guv visits ailing CPM patriarch at Salt Lake home
  • Burglary in Bar library, vital case papers
  • Truant kids return to school
  • Blueprint ready for IIT campus at Rajarhat
  • Girl goes missing after scolding
  • Deer poaching racket busted, 4 held
  • Celebrating 50 years of social service
  • Fliers suffer after fog delays flights
  • Students from BESU fight for Fresh Face title
  • Students from BESU fight for Fresh Face title
  • Debopriya bagged the Miss Fresh Face title
  • When DJs stole the show
  • Norman never stops
  • Indian Express
  • 19 dead in bus-lorry collision
  • Missing students traced, say ran away to escape corporal punishment
  • Not invited for Mumbai festival, city filmmakers write to I&B minister
  • Sourav, SRK light up Dadagiri grand finale
  • IIT-Kgp students get multiple offers, fat pay packages
  • Kolkata confidential
  • Briefly State
  • Gandhi bids adieu to Mamata, Buddha separately
  • Centre responsible for peace in the Hills, says GJM chief
  • Gandhi’s parting shot: Stop the violence, provocation, distrust
  • Not in favour of separate Gorkhaland, say Pranab, Mamata
  • Hindustan Times
  • CPM formula for comeback: hire women, dump God
  • Maoists now eye north Bengal
  • Bengal braces for intense stir for Gorkhaland
  • 'Zero governance' in West Bengal, alleges Mamata
  • Sports
  • Hockey: Semifinalists spotted
  • Confident Mohammedan all set for Federation Cup
  • De Ridder: A fantastic performance
  • IFA Secretary files complaint against Bob Houghton