News Headlines Archive

January 13, 2008

Miscellaneous

Army firemen brought in to fight Kolkata fire Kolkata fire rages for the second day 36 hrs gone, big blaze in Kolkata market rages on Fire at Darjeeling tea estate Thousands homeless as fire guts Kolkata markets Divided Opposition fails to take on CPI-M Mamata slams disaster management in WB CPI-M's formula: market > Marx France picks Amartya Sen, Joseph Stiglitz to advise on growth Indian old-timer recalls his meeting with Sir Edmund Hillary

The Statesman

Fire-proof hutments for Ganga Sagar Mela Robbers decamp with centuries-old idols Farmers detained for travelling without tickets First among equals, always Kalam bats for nuclear deal Give one million Nano cars free, Mamata tells Tata Survey photographs may help settle disputes over waterbodies Surrogate motherhood emerges as a job option Illegal rooftop cooking still continues Women weaned away from prawn farming Absent-minded passenger gives airport a bomb scare NHRC makes child rape probe recommendations

The Telegraph

Promise of acquisition with a heart Life’s labour lies gutted Bravo for army in fire fight Fancy fare for footloose What's on in town Days of fun and games Hawala gets a body blow ‘Inside was dark, dreadful’ Building burns, Buddha at Brigade Cave-in fears draw demolition squad A scorcher of a tour on ninth floor, beyond a ‘python’ in slumber  You share your birthday with... Caught with skin & bones Shoot-to-kill order to stop booze bear Homeless after jumbo rage Upgraded PF office faces staff shortage Special teens eye Jamshedpur Feb 6-7 dates for MP panel recce Residents block embankment plan Home and ‘family’ for orphans Army takes on Myanmar in sport Petrol pumps fuel fire fears Forest mafia kills cop Buddha salve on landlosers Buddha follows Karat line over Ratna Bird flu fear after chickens die

Times of India

Kolkata fire continues to rage Choked roads leave Kolkata gasping Girl molested, rescuer slashed Kolkata fire: Life's savings destroyed Fire at tea estate, crores of loss CPM leaders stress on a united Front West Bengal sounds bird flu alert after chicken deaths Building collapse fears in Kolkata's Burrabazar Fire at Kolkata's Burrabazar rages on

Indian Express

Third alternative is the need of the hour, says CPM Pedestrians, party cadres break rules Impetus to n-technology in Left’s own backyard Day 2: Ganga Sagar sees footfall of 4.5 lakh Maths no jinx, arts students bell cat KIT hikes rent of ‘business-oriented’ cricket centres Government plans 800 schools for state With diesel and LPG to feed it, Burrabazar inferno rages again Jamaat-e-Islami Hind to launch new wing Army uses specialised equipment Flames rage on despite efforts, trader dies of heart attack

Asian Age

TMC warns to stall production 51 passengers off-loaded No outcome at CPI(M), Bloc meet Cartridges found, 2 held Small savings: State fails to lure investors Santiniketan update

Hindustan Times

4,000 shops gutted in Kolkata fire Darjeeling mourns hero’s death

Sports

It’s a Bengal show West Bengal posts win Ganguly admires Australia's desperation