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News Headlines Archive
December 29, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • West Bengal looking at alternatives to Darjeeling
  • West Bengal Raj Bhavan to continue power cut measure
  • Kolkata records coldest Dec 28 in last five years
  • One dies in dispute over Muharram procession in West Bengal district
  • Tiger roams free in West Bengal village
  • Kolkata revives its elite bankers’ club
  • Rajasthan, Gujarat, Bengal to lead solar power mission target
  • West Bengal targets 115 mw solar power by 2013
  • Mamata 'setting' agenda for West Bengal government
  • Karat & Co looks inwards
  • ‘Restoration of Innocence’ entertain Kolkata
  • The Telegraph
  • Maoist chat bar on officials
  • Chill kills 6 in a room
  • Trinamul man held with ammo
  • Mother accused of boy murder
  • Humidity breaks Celsius fall
  • Bag, items missing on flight
  • Swanky bus fleet to expand
  • Busted: Rs 5cr car racket
  • What's on in town
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Shocker for party shopper
  • Terrace, the place to party
  • Metro lifeline for ghost train
  • DM warns against rural graft charge
  • ‘Scared’ docs & nurses shun hospital duty
  • Good news for Dooars Tea Three
  • Baby swap charge at medical college
  • KPP to govt: ‘State’ talks or agitation
  • Siliguri lines up sizzlers as mercury dips
  • The Statesman
  • 15 PwC tax officials will move to KPMG
  • 32 dead in Karachi suicide attack
  • 3G spectrum auction to be delayed
  • A little drop of joy
  • A tweet for trouble
  • Australians hold firm
  • Auto industry against mileage rating plan
  • Centre to crack whip on FIRs
  • Davydenko ready for new season
  • Decision on Kotla episode in a month: Lorgat
  • England bounce back
  • Escorts Q4 profit at Rs 60.03 crore
  • India Asian chess champions
  • Juve disgraced
  • Kaka stresses greater concentration
  • LG India recasts top management
  • Letters To The Editor
  • Loadshedding with a sting
  • Poachers back in business
  • Strike at Colgate factory
  • When fear factor lifted Rooney
  • X-category security for gangster draws cops ire
  • Bourses to be buoyant before ringing in 2010
  • Investment from Japan subdued
  • Times of India
  • Year-end dance sans foreign thrill
  • Cheers to whisky this festive season
  • Cops blow lid off car racket
  • Solve Hills problem, Asok appeals to Buddha
  • Govt to crack down on illegal pool cars, lay stricter norms
  • Caught in traffic, Mamata takes auto
  • Kona speedway trips on green drive
  • CISF jawans detain flier at Kolkata airport
  • Five-hr inspection fails to pinpoint Eden lights mystery
  • Workers found dead in cramped quarters
  • ‘Restoration of Innocence’ entertain Kolkata
  • ‘Restoration of Innocence’ entertain Kolkata
  • Throwing Ekla Ghar open to all!
  • Premiere of Amar Sangee in Kolkata
  • A perfect tee off
  • Indian Express
  • Top babu gets a rap for chat with Kishenji, others warned
  • In Maoist den, another CPM man slit dead
  • Congress, BJP want Presidency as a Central university
  • Team meets home secy for a ‘Kamtapur’ state
  • ‘Pool car owners not complying with government guidelines’
  • Dilapidated, unfinished Milan Mela scares away traders
  • Six labourers found dead inside a hatchery room in Bankura
  • 2,000 dead birds set off flu fears in Bengal
  • Mother held for hacking 13-yr-old son to death
  • CPM, Trinamool rally schedules clash, cops seek a safe formula
  • ‘Chidambaram should stay, talk to people’
  • Hindustan Times
  • Mamata rides autorickshaw to airport
  • Buddha draws flak from opposition over Kishenji remarks
  • Sports
  • 115 years old Elliot Shield revamped
  • FIFA trophy, a treat for Kolkata soccer fans
  • East Bengal gear up for ‘grudge’ match
  • Bhutia wants to win Cup