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News Headlines Archive
July 20, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • Indefinite transport strike in WB from July 24
  • Pranab rules out division of West Bengal
  • Pranab favours Sixth Schedule status for Darjeeling
  • 120 puja specials this year
  • All budget promises will be kept: Mamata
  • Bengal fails to find developer for tech hub
  • Dead tiger in Sunderbans had swallowed king cobra
  • Gokul Refoils to set up castor crushing plant
  • The Telegraph
  • Lalgarh student ‘shields’ caught between police and protesters
  • Rahul touch by GeNext
  • Hawker menace on pavement
  • Extra buses, launches for Puja packages
  • What's on in town
  • Boy wizard waves his wand at the box office
  • Delay in MA result
  • Here come cloud & chaos
  • Accused flees cop custody
  • Brace for traffic-stopper today
  • All smiles on ladies’ local
  • Gujarat saved as city took hit
  • Cloud over eclipse experience
  • Officer shunted out after custody death
  • Skewer attack on child worker
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • Labourer hacked, boy points finger at mother
  • Border sky watch ahead of eclipse
  • ‘Choose between strike & talks’
  • Pranab targeted for state rejection
  • Morcha to revive Dooars agitation with fast
  • Rush to stock up hill larders
  • The Statesman
  • 16 killed in chopper crash
  • 47 injured as US trains collide
  • Adebayor can be replaced: Wenger
  • American Center attack accused in police custody
  • Asia likely to lead global economic recovery
  • Assocham move to boost Indo-Pak trade
  • Authorities prevent teachers from entering school premises
  • Bandh in Hills relaxed for 10 hours
  • Bangladeshi fishermen imprisoned
  • Bengal, Karnataka in tourism tie-up
  • Clarke revives Aussies
  • Competitive exam fees exempted for women
  • Compromise may hold key: Analyst
  • Compulsory paper row hits CU, colleges
  • Cong leaders to boycott local administration
  • Cracking all tests sans private help
  • Devotees throng Hardwar for Kanwar mela
  • Employment exchanges to focus on counselling
  • Essar eyes stake in African firm
  • Explosives found, 3 held
  • Fans annoyed at Wanderers ban
  • First black to be miss England?
  • First ladies special rolls on Bengal track
  • Flood death toll rises to 32
  • Fresh arson in Mangalkote
  • From mantra to taboo
  • Is BJP serious about welfare of Dalits? 
  • Its La Liga v Premier League
  • Joshi attack: Cong seeks CBI probe
  • Kamblis case is just a repetition of history
  • Language, arson & virginity test ... House witnesses major debate
  • Lawyers gherao sub-collector
  • Liquor manufacturers seek CMs help to check hooch tragedy
  • M&A activity picks up momentum
  • Murshidabad gears up for AMU campus
  • NTPC in coal crisis, power supply hit
  • No commonality
  • Operators fear losses
  • Pak under watch, says Clinton
  • Patna university professor pays for marrying student
  • Pietersen reveals injury fear
  • Pranab rules out Gorkhaland demand
  • Promoting a safe Australia
  • River sedimentation affects tea plantations
  • Sikkim gets a six-day respite
  • Sri Lankans seek a whitewash
  • Strong will needed
  • Tatas threaten to scrap Vista launch in UK
  • Tigers stage a fight back
  • UP town erupts over firing
  • When Verity destroyed the Aussies
  • They must be great players to Bhowmik
  • Times of India
  • CEO toons
  • A week of bandhs, strikes and rallies
  • Truckers stay away from July 24 strike
  • Headmistress thrashes 7-yr-old
  • Buoyed by hope, ladies' special starts journey
  • Mamata plans mega show of might
  • Rally jitters: Many schools to stay shut
  • School runs inside market complex for want of land
  • Citizens insecure in political battle
  • Lalgarh: Cops lathicharge agitating students
  • Cops sit on info on Maoist leader Kishanji
  • Saturday night fever at 'Underground'
  • Saturday night fever at 'Underground'
  • People enjoy their weekend at Soho
  • DJ Akhtar enthralls Kolkata
  • Musical treat for Kolkatians
  • Indian Express
  • Wanted Mahato has a line open for LF allies
  • Sleeping with the enemy: Left unions side with Trinamool
  • Minister frowns after CM issues showcause
  • Police will seize non-LPG autos after August 1
  • At ground level, unions give a split verdict
  • Undertrial’s death: OC shifted, ASI suspended
  • State issues writ for Mangalkot entry
  • Stocks over, govt suspends potato business
  • KMC cancels sewerage contract worth Rs 56 cr
  • Cong-Trinamool marriage on the rocks?
  • GJM slams Pranab, gives 10-hour break from bandh
  • Aila relief: Sad tidings loom over Sunderbans’ shaky new dikes
  • Transporters vow to strike, govt edgy
  • Cong to attend Mamata's Martyrs’ Day rally
  • Hindustan Times
  • Two flights ’disappear’ from airport’s radar in Kolkata
  • Lalgarh ke sholay
  • Sports
  • India bags bronze medal
  • Niraj has the last laugh