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News Headlines Archive
December 25, 2008
Miscellaneous
  • Manna Dey awarded DLit by Jadavpur University
  • A Bengali grammar book, now in Polish
  • High alert at Metro stations in Kolkata after bomb scare
  • Kolkata airport upgrade to be completed by May 2011
  • Three held for Lahore blast, Kolkata resident charged of being Indian spy
  • Lifetime achievement award for RP Goenka
  • GJM calls off Darjeeling bandh
  • Celebrating Christmas, the Bengali way
  • The Telegraph
  • Maoists target CPM duo
  • CM rules out hiring on contract
  • Ore rush leads to port jam
  • Safety measures to stay
  • Dress circle rules the party zone
  • Adultery whiff in murder
  • Chaos marks Day I of diversion
  • What's on in town
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • Five-day NSG drill to foil hijack
  • Stinking body in emergency
  • GRP forms dog squad
  • Manager at cop door as workers pluck on their own
  • CM hits out hard against Morcha
  • Dooars trio in talks team
  • ABGL, rivals set to flex venue muscle
  • Permanent job promise before polls
  • Sukna Gold Cup from Saturday
  • Egg blow to Yuletide fare
  • Axe on health clinic for wrong report
  • High alert on Bangla border
  • Antlers seized from saw mill
  • The Statesman
  • Andal farmers against Aerotropolis project
  • BJP to hold poll talks with NDA
  • Buddha likely to take up Maoist menace with PM
  • Cong team to meet UP Governor
  • Cong may rope in RLD
  • Database on witch hunting soon
  • How to do it
  • KMC in holiday mood...
  • Mamata inconsistent: Biman
  • Oldest trade at Poush Mela
  • Opposition keeps up tirade on Antulay, adopts resolution
  • Rizwan: High Court grants bail to Pappu
  • Terror alert at Metro stations
  • Xmas cant cheer up market
  • Times of India
  • Chinatown dream takes shape
  • Kalighat temple project bogged down, state fears fund slash
  • Freeware finder on a mission
  • Park Street ushers in quiet Xmas
  • Fraudsters tap details to get duplicate credit cards
  • Poll problem? Call up Ananda Babu
  • Myanmarese arrests: Three touts held
  • Abducted youth found dead
  • A tinsel take on making of Jyotibabu
  • CPM faces uphill task in Nandigram
  • Indian Express
  • Bally murder case: Three friends detained
  • A Time to pray... and party
  • The cakes from Saldanhas
  • Nothing dampens celebrations at Bow Barracks
  • Hacking: Officials refuse to share probe details
  • Companies pull out, say trade fair site lacks infrastructure
  • Minister clips wings of CM’s special panel
  • IIM-Calcutta increases stipend for PhD students
  • Buddha invites Morcha to contest polls for Hill Council
  • Hindustan Times
  • HC grants bail to Pappu in Rizwanur suicide case
  • Sports
  • Defiant Dalmiya hits back at Bengal coach
  • Bhowmick back as East Bengal coach
  • ‘A good Indian captain has to be thick-skinned’
  • Moin, Arshdeep in title clash