A guide to Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal and Bengali culture.
News Headlines Archive
January 19, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • Centre approves plan to study Toto tribe in north Bengal
  • Kolkata couple invent fuel-less, battery-less auto engine
  • Siliguri shuts down over demand for separate Gorkhaland
  • Kolkata college celebrates 150th anniversary
  • Get cracking for tough LS polls: Biman to cadre
  • Birla Corp withdraws lay off at WB auto trim plant
  • 2 Bengal madrasas turn a chapter, more Hindus than Muslims on rolls
  • CPI-M's Kolkata committee demands jobs for urban youth
  • Pranab praises Buddha, 'attacks' Mamata
  • The Telegraph
  • Bid to stop ‘ethnic’ conflict
  • Morcha peace pledge, threat
  • Lid off gun factory
  • Recession-proof roll the flavour of the season
  • What's on in town
  • Five guilty of doctor murder
  • Talks table for two-stroke
  • Cops foil homoeo suicide
  • Record numbers in town for JEE
  • Axe attack on grandparents
  • Bandh called on Thursday
  • Drivers to strike work
  • NSG hub outside city
  • Winter on its last legs
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • Bike gang loots bank
  • Para glows in chess champ pride
  • Tea garden locked out after manager assault
  • Bayern butterflies for selected Mayor XI
  • Siliguri link to Nepal sex trade
  • Patient kills himself in hospital
  • Campus counter to IT job jolt
  • Forester in net for job bribery
  • Beaten up, cops open fire in Cooch Behar
  • Sikkim culling begins today
  • Bimal ready to camp in Dooars
  • Five guilty of doctor murder
  • 1.1 lakh to vie for 21000 seats
  • The Statesman
  • Beds for Bird Flu patients? Sorry, taken by staff!
  • Businessman shot at in Hooghly
  • Cops take accident rate blame
  • DPL staff abducted and found, all in a day
  • Indo-Bangla military camp begins in Feb
  • Mamata flays Pranabs flak
  • Man gets brother thrashed for childrens marriage
  • Metro Rail accepts sole bid for shopping plaza
  • Murder mystery unsolved a year after
  • NRS initiative to keep pvt labs at bay
  • Rail boost for Hooghly and Bankura tourism?
  • Recession has hit drive for industry: CM
  • Two die in road mishaps
  • Times of India
  • Teen hacks grandparents, aunt
  • Teen crimes may rise: Psychiatrists
  • Locals chase away tree hackers
  • Vandals target police housing complex
  • Only 44 autos cleared for loan
  • CU crackdown on campus graffiti
  • Accident victim left 'unattended' dies
  • Five guilty of doc's abduction & murder
  • Arms unit busted, goon arrested
  • Terror theme for Urdu book fair
  • Indian Express
  • High on gains, Mamata snubs Congress with ‘ekla cholo’ call
  • CM fetes docs for ‘miracle’ surgery
  • KMC says a flat no to rehabilitated canal dwellers
  • UGC boss asks state colleges to buck up
  • Govt briefs advocate general on auto ban
  • Schoolkids try hand on social issues
  • CM lays foundation of IT park at Bantala
  • Teen stabs aunt, grandparents to ‘avenge’ dad’s death
  • Buddha makes offer of peace, Gorkha leader still seethes
  • NSG team begins scouting for land
  • Silt dumping project hits a bump, canals clogged
  • Hindustan Times
  • Rizwanur death accused released on bail
  • Terror strikes designed to hurt Indian economy: Pranab
  • Sports
  • Hardworking Ganguly snatches lead
  • Hablar shines
  • Only Sachin an automatic selection in team: Ganguly