News Headlines Archive

December 17, 2009

Miscellaneous

Land unavailability for towers may hit power supply: WBSEDCL HCC Secures Rs.318 Cr. Road Project In Kolkata Jute mills strike enters third day AC coaches in Kolkata Metro soon ‘Mamata’s proposal to set up Railway project at Singur is welcome’ Talks on alternative to Gorkha Council likely Singur: Tatas may return land if. . . Bengal villagers’ wait for rail terminal continues 28 yrs on Disguised Aamir Khan visits Sourav Ganguly's home in Kolkata Sumitomo eyes stake in India steel plant West Bengal passes controversial health bill West Bengal to set up first silk park

The Telegraph

IIM works on freedom plan Docs protest rural practice bill Thieves empty Salt Lake home Transport hire right to owners Strokes, master to master Court orders OC’s arrest Court aid for duo Death triggers torture cry What's on in town You share your birthday with... Nachiketa numbers disturb examinees Intuc bandh in Malda today Gurung doubts no-statehood-in-talks claim 2 hospitalised in Kalimpong Dooars body calls strike Forester seeks report on junior

The Statesman

A payment system that dates back to Cromwell As Lake Town turns 50 BJP shaky again in Karnataka BSE, NSE to start trading at 9 am Bajaj hurt by sons move Ban on onion exports mooted Bank strike hits clearing Bengal in control Beware! says TRS chief Bishnupur Utsav on lines of Konark and Khajuraho festival Busy students give kites a miss in Pink City CPM leader has no faith in half-doctors CPM stir over Health Bill CPM winks at KMC slip on minister CPM worker dies of splinter injury Civil defence employees deprived of uniforms Cong, Trinamul backed forum demonstrates during BCA exams Controversy over Madhyamik test results Death compensation failed, victims widow cheated Dooars-Terai Nagarik Mancha threatens bandh on 21 Dec English Bazaar seeks Central assistance Excise dept helps liquor, drug traders Fresh tension at Tamluk, many hurt Funds remain unspent amidst demand for separate state Govt rapped on price hike Govt seeks time from doctors Group D staff demand posts in state-run medical colleges Gurung welcomes all to the Hills for talks Headley visa papers go missing Health dept steps up fight against malaria in tea belt High drama at climate conference Injuries rule Muralitharan & Fernando out Intel showcases new processor Italy invites Mahindras, Tatas to buy Fiats unit Jaswant quits as PAC chief KMC sits over crores meant for development Kallis punishes Poms LF wakes up to Cooch Behar development need after 32 yrs  Let pragmatism prevail Mercedes lure Schumacher Mismanagement plagues Islampur hospital Moves and counter-moves NGO to set up hospital NREGS helps villagers build road to happiness New visa rules would hit Indian-Americans No lessons learnt just yet Obama writes to Kim Jong II Only 50% Britons Consider Themselves Christians: Study Orissa rocked by scams, Naxal violence in 2009 Pak hails SC decision on amnesty Parliament passes sugarcane Bill Petty crime on rise in Raiganj station Pilgrim dies in plane Sanitation rating for cities soon Shell transferring jobs to India Sops for exporters in Jan Two killed, teacher & student shot at Val steady on its commitment to build aluminium park Vani Vihar elections deferred sine die Villagers seek police protection against Maoist cadres Womens quota Bill gets House panel nod Woods set to lose a lot Day-night Tests in two years Days darker than the 70s coming Situation conducive for tripartite talks land swap for settlements

Times of India

Taxi unions propose costlier pre-paid rides from airport Trees hacked in Golf Green, residents mum on culprit Who's who to meet in city for former teacher's b'day Burglary at Salt Lake home PIL to promote green energy Now, highrise IT destination in Sec V Rectify faults and unite: Front leader Maoists trying to cash in on potato farming crisis State ‘violates’ wetland Act for 4-lane road project And the show goes on... And the show goes on... 'Bonjour India' themed fashion show! A night dedicated to all music lovers Students from BESU fight for Fresh Face title

Indian Express

Teacher shot at by Maoists in school In red corridor, Marxists get dos and don’ts from cops Bloc begins its session, Karat to join today Panel figures ‘non-CPM’ nominee for V-C No pause to Bengal slide in NREGA implementation Delhi gifted spot in last eight Buddhist monks may soon learn science in monasteries Free hand In run-up, home secy somersaults again Mamata-Maneka spat in House Chief Minister’s convoy diverted after protests by Trinamool workers

Hindustan Times

Maoists announce ‘loan waiver’ for farmers Presidency university bill placed in Bengal Assembly 'Two persons die of TB in India every 3 minutes'

Sports

Delhi faces an uphill task Md. Sporting moves a step closer to Federation Cup Can’t change the past: Shukla EB-Bagan may play on April 2