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News Headlines Archive
January 7, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • Carlsberg to introduce global brands
  • GJM resumes agitation
  • Kolkata's runway dreams
  • IMAX theatre opened in Kolkata
  • A clash of development
  • West Bengal govt to put land allotment for Satyam IT SEZ on hold
  • Vintage Kolkata trams glam up to make a comeback
  • Nandigram by-poll held under Trinamool terror: CPI(M)
  • West Bengal impacted by truckers' strike
  • Legal bodies rebuke CM for his 'undemocratic' remarks
  • I never suffer from insecurity
  • I scold Rahul even as an actor: Aparna Sen
  • The Telegraph
  • Body to monitor blood banks
  • Big cats off to hills to make space
  • Fingerprint expert for school heist
  • Culling ends, focus now on surveillance
  • Sikkim tech student dies
  • CID says Malda woman killed self
  • 20-yr-old escapes from brothel
  • Test goes wrong before transfusion
  • Morcha weighs options before polls
  • Body handed over to father
  • Fast off for Dooars focus
  • CPM grapples with two stands
  • On GNLF path to ‘fair’ politics
  • The clean autorickshaw that Calcutta won’t see
  • Europe giants shut visa window on city
  • What's on in town
  • Seat scan on Surendranath
  • Food courts, footfalls and fire-safety measures
  • Youths fall off train
  • Lawyer slumps after ‘rebuke’
  • Woman’s killer in net
  • Doubts on state gift of buses
  • Hunt for cop assailants
  • Shades of Riz in youth death
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • 2 strokes forward, 4 steps back
  • Zero visibility hits flights
  • Body to monitor blood banks
  • Big cats off to hills to make space
  • Fingerprint expert for school heist
  • Culling ends, focus now on surveillance
  • Sikkim tech student dies
  • CID says Malda woman killed self
  • 20-yr-old escapes from brothel
  • Test goes wrong before transfusion
  • Morcha weighs options before polls
  • Body handed over to father
  • Fast off for Dooars focus
  • CPM grapples with two stands
  • On GNLF path to ‘fair’ politics
  • The Statesman
  • 2 bridges to connect Salt Lake with city
  • Abduction: Cops clueless a week later
  • Arrested hooch seller dies
  • Digha draws crowds on New Years Day
  • Health dept puts on hold organ transplant
  • Hospitals turn down patient with burn injuries
  • Officials strike at Haldia Refinery
  • Rape accused arrests witness
  • Tugboat shortage costs Haldia dock crores
  • Vehicles: State govt to go slow
  • Bill must mention minorities
  • Times of India
  • Drivers risk cancer, lung disease
  • Kaata tel will destroy green auto engine
  • Sops on anvil for shift to green gear
  • Ballygunge killer held in Bangalore
  • Hooch toll mounts to 28, six held
  • Riz rerun: Father, daughter held after youth's death
  • City welcomes Victoria verdict
  • Netaji kin drives into Kolkata in a two-stroke auto
  • 14 injured in Dantan clash
  • Indian Express
  • New Year gift for JU: an 86-acre campus
  • Tribals continue to boycott admn in Lalgarh
  • Sudip defection spurs Cong to action, showcause on way
  • Kolkata a safe haven for Bangla criminals
  • Left govt keen to build model madrasas
  • Cops did not abet Rehman suicide, govt tells HC
  • Vehicles galore at no-parking zones, cops helpless
  • Buddha concern notwithstanding, trees continue to be felled in city
  • Chokhani murder accused arrested
  • New strategy to check vector-borne diseases
  • Mega food park will come up at Jangipur
  • Kolkata gets a taste of fog, trains, flights disrupted
  • Move us up on Naxal-hit list, says Bengal
  • Bangladesh verifying list of sea mishap survivors
  • Talks over, Morcha acts tough again, Hills shut down
  • Hindustan Times
  • Bangladesh student found dead in Siliguri hotel
  • Kolkata hooch tragedy death toll rises to 27
  • Sports
  • Bengal women in last four
  • Knight Riders sign up Haryana all-rounder
  • Azhar's son to try out for Kolkata Knight Riders
  • Prameya, Khushi win