News Headlines Archive

Februrary 21, 2008

Miscellaneous

West Bengal hardsells Kolkata to semiconductor industry Nano production set for October Nano sets date with Durga Dutch keen on port alliances Bandh hits life in Darjeeling Mob sets ablaze lorry driver in West Bengal Gangopadhyay elected Sahitya Akademi president Clashes in Nandigram injure 11, houses ransacked Let pupils learn Bengali and Mandarin Calcutta HC grants bail to 40 arrested in Dinhata Darjeeling tea tasting party in Dubai Mother, son killed by train

The Statesman

10 ill after consuming anti-malaria medicines Body demands Urdu as an official language of the state Industries extend care & concern KMDA redraws flyover plans MMIC to examine if KMC can gift lands Mob sets truck ablaze after kid run over Mother kills self after self after son dies Only 8% Rajarhat land allotted for public use Presidency owes property tax to the tune of Rs 1.5 crore Steel units gift to Bharat Sevashram Students pay for college failures Sunukpahari ~ Bankuras new tourist hub Ten ill after consuming anti-malaria medicines Three held for forgery World Bank warns CU of fund withdrawal

The Telegraph

Tiger paws put village on toes After-hour relief in porn case Plot purchase, not takeover Murder case on 23 for driver death Hill fast at Ghisingh doorstep Supplier stranglehold halts work Woman dies in dacoit ward-off Singapore beckons with dream home Legality of Book Fair challenged Eatery broken into and burgled Truck amok in BBD Bag What's on in town  You share your birthday with... Hunger strike line lengthens Bandh hits Sikkim vehicles Explosion forces office shift Six picked up in bank draft case Cable thefts disrupt calls NHPC delay puts highway under threat Sambar falls prey to ‘protectors’ ICSE, ISC dates unchanged

Times of India

US grant for bird flu battle Tiger pugmarks trigger fresh scare Govt to hire developer for port Police vehicle mows down teen Robbers throw woman 4 floors to death Suspected bird-flu case in Meghalaya Kolkata book fair again in trouble 5 injured in blast in Jalpaiguri Live cartridge found at airport

Indian Express

Dacoits rob jeweller, kill wife in melee State to educate eunuchs about AIDS, sexual health Govt to buy land at Dankuni on PPP Kalyani Group to set up steel, power plants New generation, new causes Vegetable prices shoot up after truckers’ strike Market dynamics behind rising estate prices: Sen State wants extension of policy on software parks Look who is padding up for IPL: Usha Uthup ‘Mahasweta Devi campaigned against me’ Another legal cloud over Kolkata Book Fair Speeding bus crushes schoolgirl at Baguiati Kolkata airport, deep-sea port get green signal from Planning Commission Senior citizen mowed down by lorry at Writers’ Cops keep Morcha out of Siliguri

Asian Age

Life still out of gear in Darjeeling TMC, CPM men arrested Woman thrown off from terrace Rs 6,500 cr for new steel plant State to invite bids directly: Sabyasachi Murder case against 23 held 14-yr-old crushed to death One held for rape attempt

Hindustan Times

4 injured in bomb blast in Jalpaiguri Four injured in CPI(M)-Cong clash in West Bengal Captured tigress returned to the wild Hand grenade, bullets found in Howrah station

Sports

Aloke named EB’s interim coach Ganguly happy with Kolkata team Money won’t affect Manoj: Mother We Managed To Come Out Of Difficult Times - EB Coach