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News Headlines Archive
January 5, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • Thirteen die after drinking poisonous liquor in Kolkata
  • All eyes on Nandigram
  • ONGC coal bed methane project faces further delay
  • Beyond the chalk-talk method of teaching
  • At public meet, Mamata bats for 'underdog'
  • A monk who’ll buy a Ferrari
  • IIMTF witnesses sales worth Rupees 300 crore
  • Change mindset: Amartya to unions
  • The Telegraph
  • Kidnap finger on jealous pal
  • Teenagers’ newborn stolen to hide shame
  • Peaceful polls in Nandi & Malda
  • Warts show in showpiece
  • What's on in town
  • Horror rides, Himesh & me
  • School heads meet to tackle challenges
  • Flirt with Akon, dance with Desi girl
  • Fog, collision hit Delhi trains
  • Hooch hub under cop nose
  • Bangla to Belgium, via Bengal
  • Celsius rise & light rain
  • Hooch attack as toll 25
  • Google job bait to cheat
  • Seven hurt in college clash
  • Racing bus injures four
  • Court order to ‘free’ body from hospital
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • Dark alley of disaster
  • Carrot, stick and katatel
  • On Pilgrimage to Darjeeling
  • CPM leader’s house looted
  • Few planters go for new tea logo
  • Classes to begin today
  • Rs 70000 heist at Raiganj school
  • Assault slur on cop
  • Deepa flags off ‘dream’ train to Delhi
  • Chirag ton helps Gujarat lift trophy
  • Assam moots strict terror laws
  • Villagers part with poultry eagerly, 15000 culled
  • Central offices not spared this time
  • Four killed in Sikkim mishap
  • Cops let go of Pradeep for ‘larger interest
  • The Statesman
  • Auto meet today, Subhas adamant
  • Durgapurs abduction graph rises
  • Locals blame police for hooch tragedy
  • Metro to switch from tickets to tokens
  • Picnic ride culminates in canal, 34 injured
  • Spring Fest
  • Subhas for seizing two-stroke autos
  • Talk Of The Town
  • Three sandal trees stolen
  • Times of India
  • Time plea a smoke screen
  • Four-stroke autos easier on the pocket
  • 3 months too little, feel auto owners
  • Arrested men were notorious Bangla criminals
  • Govt suppressing death figure: Mamata
  • Hooch death toll mounts to 25
  • Wanted GJM man freed after Gurung threat'
  • Nandigram bypoll peaceful
  • Bantala bus accident claims first victim
  • Indian Express
  • No action even as spurious liquor marches on, say families
  • Auto ban: State to approach Calcutta High Court this week
  • Buddha wants his own man at Raj Bhavan
  • Mayor shows no sign of moving slow on water meters
  • Mayor wants police to act tough on hawkers
  • City-bound trains get delayed by 12 hrs
  • Trinamool, SFI supporters clash at Behala College
  • 4 Bangladeshi criminals arrested from Garia
  • Centre rules out change in NCTE rules, PTTI crisis continues
  • Three arrested for CPM-RSP clash
  • Prepare students to look beyond short-term achievements: Gandhi
  • Trickster who offered fake job letters to youths held
  • Nandigram by-elections pass off peacefully
  • A home for NSG in Rajarhat? Bengal searches on
  • Trinamool unleashing silent terror, says CPM
  • Perform first and then ask for benefits, say UPPCl
  • Hindustan Times
  • Bengal CM opposes fresh list of judges
  • Unprecedented security cover for Nandigram by-poll
  • BSF seeks more forces to curb Bangladeshi influx
  • Culling on in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling districts
  • Sports
  • CAB to call clubs to meeting
  • I still have a lot to learn, says Surya