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News Headlines Archive
January 1, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • Kolkata under security cover
  • Maheshtala to get Rs1000cr township
  • Kolkata could be the next target:IB
  • Amartya wants politicians to stop threats
  • Now, a film on S.D. Burman
  • Basu greets Hasina
  • Haldia Petrochem expansion on track
  • By invitation only!
  • The Telegraph
  • Cops cry against peddler bails
  • Notes carrier in net
  • Morcha leader beaten to death
  • Wails of the homeless rent air
  • Leaderless GNLF blamed for attack
  • Funds ready, but no nod to river work yet
  • Gogoi pins peace hope on Hasina
  • Civic wrath on Dooars fests
  • CM happy with Delhi stand
  • JU fixes fees for foreign students
  • Revelry within safety ring
  • Ban, what ban? It’s autocracy
  • Dance in club but dine in dhaba
  • Friend held for youth murder
  • 482 feel police party punch
  • Howrah prison riot singes superintendent’s room
  • Matador turns turtle, 1 killed
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • What's on in town
  • Cops cry against peddler bails
  • Notes carrier in net
  • Deadline flouted after minister assurance
  • Wails of the homeless rent air
  • Leaderless GNLF blamed for attack
  • Funds ready, but no nod to river work yet
  • Gogoi pins peace hope on Hasina
  • Civic wrath on Dooars fests
  • CM happy with Delhi stand
  • The Statesman
    Times of India
  • Only 6 autos seized on 1st day of ban
  • Kolkata to host docu film festival
  • Catch elite commandos in action
  • Bally murder: Youth's friends hatched plan for quick cash
  • LF chairman in troubleshooting mode at meet
  • Dhruba to stay on as Guv's press secy
  • Park St dream: Thoroughfare by day, pedestrian plaza by night
  • Cops at PVD door for technical help
  • Any concession will be contempt: Lawyers
  • LPG stations gear up to meet demand
  • Indian Express
  • Transport operator held with heroin worth crores
  • Ban? Autos ply illegally in city
  • Front yet to chalk out LS poll campaign
  • Trees to be trimmed for Buddha’s convoy route, but who will do the job?
  • Hospital liftman demands money to carry dead body
  • Govt to highlight state’s role in 1857 war of independence
  • PM to attend St Xavier’s 150th anniversary celebrations
  • Another friend arrested for murder of Howrah youth
  • Nandaram traders burn Mayor’s effigy
  • Child found murdered, body dumped in pond
  • GJM leader lynched after clash
  • CM wants Rs 255-cr Central fund to strengthen city police
  • Inmates at Howrah jail spark rebellion
  • Hindustan Times
  • Gas leaks in Tata Steel unit, one dead
  • Sports
  • Guha opens with a win
  • Premjit Lall is no more