News Headlines Archive

January 8, 2009

Miscellaneous

Meet new CPM, champ of industrialisation! Trinamool, Congress tie-up unlikely in Bengal Communists are the greatest consumerists! Retired Ganguly to pick babes for Knight Riders Amartya, Mittal in PM’s Global Advisory Council

The Telegraph

Fewer licences in liquor policy Tribals free roads in Lalgarh Food park in Pranab town Discount hope for phase-out Four strokes to ferry people in peace Clean-air mission on two wheels Automatic rise in killer count School rally against education bill Cyclist run over by lorry Go-slow in death probe City stopover for French festival Clerk wanted for crore fraud Long queues by day, empty tanks by night Husband & girlfriend arrested Govt set to play 7-month card 3D break from 2-stroke Katatel raids on the fringes  You share your birthday with... What's on in town RTI answers cloud act’s aim Briefcase triggers bomb scare Brisk business for hill burglars in ‘winter break’ Probe holds up treatment Drive to demolish hooch joints Fuel supplies run low on strike Day 2 BSF fires at smugglers in Malda, kills camels Rohini girl recalls horror Morcha Delhi unit shuffled

The Statesman

12,000 autos ready for conversion 2 fall off train Agitation off Howrah jail, CID inside Another day of disrupted schedules Centre to develop Maoist-hit areas City teams triumph at state drama festival Fog disrupts schedules, Met officials predict drizzle Haldia stir to hit oil firms very hard How To Do It Man held near Bangalore for employers murder Now, 12,000 autos on switch path Shortage of oil to grip state Stop outdoor fogging, KMC advisory group says Twist to NGOs New Years wish

Times of India

Govt's 2-stroke auto phase-out plan in HC today 'Extension likely, but no hollow promises please' Bus, taxi operators plan 'painless' schemes Tug shortage leaves ships stranded Kolkata petrol pumps set to run dry Schoolkids falling prey to SMS spelling howlers Teen jumps to death Green Card holder refused boarding pass Drivers risk cancer, lung disease

Indian Express

‘Trinamool ousted 1,000 CPM workers’ PWD, organisers to clean up Maidan after Gangasagar Bike Baba drives high on Esteem Gurudas demands probe into scam, writes to PM Clash in Midnapore town after Muharram procession stopped In Kolkata, Muharram brings traffic to a standstill Girls from Bengal in Surat prostitution net, 1 rescued New liquor excise policy in the offing Four held for siphoning Rs 1 cr from barrister’s account Govt yet to receive a single suggestion on road safety Warmest winter in Kolkata, courtesy fog Unhappy with edu bill, Christian schools seek legal opinion Panel to look into new modes of livelihood for women in Singur ‘Demand keeps prostitution alive’ Clashes mar Muharram processions, 30 injured Fuel stations go dry as oil strike enters Day 2 Satyam recruits in state in a quandary Auto ban: Now govt says ‘no’ to extension of deadline

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