News Headlines Archive

January 20, 2010

Miscellaneous

Coal ministry urges Bengal to relocate 3 steel projects Doctors mull preserving Basu's brain States should join hands to fight inflation: West Bengal FM Darjeeling march to protest Gorkhaland India, Bangladesh to jointly celebrate Tagore's birth anniversary Tripura resident dies, shocked by Jyoti Basu's death Catholic Church to offer special prayers for Jyoti Basu Santiniketan's cultural properties will be preserved: PM Mamata avoids Sonia, skips Basu function Basu’s Middle Path: Experiments in Indian Politics I sense winds of change and that's why I'm here: Kaushik Basu New Theatres bounces back Suman Mukhopadhyay's Mahanagar@Kolkata

The Telegraph

Ratna debate resurfaces in CPM Heat over Basu house Cops lay hands on Kishanji laptop City to host women writers’ meet Who’s dat? A Bengali in US football His route to Writers’ unchanged Circle of life at Citizens’ Park Cool deals on hot wheels Four held for college violence Cold days here to stay Merc models in city debut Body guards in lonely vigil Award for 35 years as teacher You share your birthday with... What's on in town Ulfa plan to attack unearthed Twin pujas on campus after union rivalry Morcha delays R-Day display Scrap dealer body found Kickboxer eyes slot in national team

The Statesman

3 held for involvement in Trinamul-SFI clash Banners galore to mourn Basu, courtesy KMC Basu relatives to perform last rites in Jalpaiguri Confusion over bridge funds Down to earth man behind a towering personality Drive to ensure transparency in building plans Foreign tourist drugged, robbed on train High priority for seed preservation KMC mourns Basu’s death with banners Kishenji flees but laptop recovered Minority body to gherao Parliament on 15 March NGO on a clean Ganga mission Over 1 lakh jobs for IT professionals within the year Simple man behind towering personality Trinamul Cong to launch literacy drive Turning a blind eye to diabetes Using technology to win back disaffected tribals Varsity witholds appointment after plagiarism cry ‘Courts must stay within jurisdiction’

Times of India

Kishanji flees police raid, laptop seized German student drugged, looted on train Police team nabs notorious goon IndiGo flight makes emergency landing Indira Bhavan may be turned into Basu museum Rituals and memorials to remember Basu Former jailer recalls tryst with leader Final adieu spurs demand for flowers Benoy, Anil bodies have been used by medics: NRS Visionary eyes may get new life today Jazz special night in Kolkata Jazz special night in Kolkata Nightlife in Kolkata certainly rocks Turning on the heat at Tantra! Kolkata connections

Indian Express

Left to invite all parties to condolence meet With no word on talks offer, Trinamool decides to go ahead with rallies in Maoist den Number of school dropouts stays the same as governments spend crores PIL challenges construction of road ‘near’ wetland Bengal woos Infosys to set up base in Kolkata Briefs Mamata’s misses send down chill in Congress-Trinamool relations Delhi’s NIMHANS keen to study Basu’s brain As bird flu strikes again, villagers oppose culling

Hindustan Times

Kolkata streams out as nation bids farewell to Basu Jyoti Basu: No memorials, no flowers at his grave Sheikh Hasina, Sonia Gandhi pay tributes to Basu Jyoti Basu pulls in the crowds - one last time Mourners pay homage as Basu's body lies in state Counter-evolutionary Rituparno Ghosh's Abohomaan set for release Government employees salute Jyoti Basu Suman writes to Manmohan praising Naxal cause

Sports

Never scored so many goals: Jose Barreto I can't wait to play at the Eden: Bond