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News Headlines Archive
July 21, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • Massive traffic jam due to Trinamool rally in Kolkata
  • Kolkata job index up 12 per cent in June
  • Fake army recruitment racket busted in Kolkata
  • Bengal PPPs land in acquisition row
  • Mamata criticises Congress for Bangla bandh
  • Derek O'Brien gets a new role in Railways
  • A day in Lalgarh: Protests, lathicharge and landmines
  • Konark Sun Temple in knee-deep water
  • Singapore’s Changi buys 26% stake in Bengal ‘Aerotropolis’
  • Landmine explodes in Lalgarh on second day of bandh
  • SAFF Cup football tourney likely to be shifted in Bangla
  • Priyadarshan’s Bong connection!
  • The Telegraph
  • Bengal hatches rare vulture
  • At work: rally machine
  • Shield for inter-caste marriage
  • What's on in town
  • Nip ’n’ tuck at Singur home for Nano
  • Rally boost for black brolly
  • What happened on July 21, 1993
  • Cop shoots down fleeing suspect
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • Weekend woes for days lost
  • Will finds way to beat rally
  • Man held for mid-air harassment
  • Accused leads cops into honey trap & flees
  • Silver success for Meghalaya choir
  • Call to close schools in hills
  • Gujarat saved as terror struck Calcutta
  • Death for minor rape & murder
  • Glare on Ulfa camps in Karbi Anglong
  • Gaur gores two, dies after sedation
  • Morcha withdraws NH closure
  • The Statesman
  • 14 held for stealing green tea leaves
  • 3G spectrum auction likely next year
  • A Raja to pay magazine in defamation case
  • A mammoth undertaking
  • Anil flays oil ministry, writes to PM
  • Anti-Gorkhaland groups detain vehicles carrying replenishments
  • Armstrongs hope crumbles
  • Arrest heat on GPO head over jobless dues
  • Asok demands ban of Gorkhaland personnel
  • BJP wants ceiling on docs fees
  • Bangladesh near historic series victory
  • Bent upon hara-kiri
  • Biz Briefs
  • Blame game continues in Cong MLA bashing
  • Boy wizard casts his spell
  • Briefs
  • CPM hails govt stand
  • CPM selects SMP sabhadhipati
  • CPM, Cong bases show erosion signs as many join Opp
  • Chandauli incident unfortunate, says Antony
  • China for anti-separatism law in Xinjiang
  • Cong welcomes JD-S, shuts door on NCP
  • Cops aid Aila victims
  • Fifth member of Deve Gowda family in politics?
  • Fishermen celebrate CMZ proposal
  • Floods bring Kalahandi to a halt
  • Forests cleared to save wildlife from trains
  • Girls finger chopped off in flesh trade row
  • Gold imports fall 50% in June
  • Govt pulls up 3 telecom operators
  • Govt to review BSNLs performance
  • HC convicts Nanda, reduces jail term
  • HDFC cuts lending rate
  • Housing complex under scanner
  • I am guilty, says Kasab in court
  • Illegal mining rears ugly head in state, officials mum
  • In aid of Aila victims
  • In search of learning
  • India-USA defence pact
  • JSW Steel net up 55%
  • Jakarta: Police find links to JI
  • Kashinagar fears flood repeat
  • Konark rain waterlogs Sun Temple
  • Lords Test umpires hauled over the coals
  • Making best use of bandh relaxation
  • Manzoor & Yousuf miss centuries
  • Maya reward in arson case irks Congress
  • No room to house anti-Naxalite cops
  • Opp councillors flay KMC over disease row
  • Parents fume over fees hike
  • Photo ID imprint on new ration cards
  • Poms day in the sun
  • Railway hopes in remote hamlets
  • Rally road restrictions
  • Recruiting riots Too common to ignore
  • Resume bridge work over Kulick, demand locals
  • Rooney vows to fill in for Ronaldo and Tevez
  • SC issues notices to RIL & RNRL
  • SSC results declared
  • Sensex soars
  • Sikkim govt appointments for civic polls
  • Sikkim teachers go off to UK
  • Son grabs, sells land leaving mother homeless
  • Spanish teenager makes history
  • Speculation in pulses, sugar to be curbed
  • State ups the ante against Centre
  • Third land link to Europe envisioned
  • Trinamul to observe martyrs day today
  • Under-trials daughter dies in Raiganj
  • Vedanta University project: Protestors observe Black Day
  • Want better grades?
  • Workers stage protest against exploitation
  • briefs
  • letters to the editor
  • 70% of defence equipment imported
  • A pup of a bomb shelter sold
  • Afghan bomb kills 11 civilians
  • Corrupt party men irk Mamata
  • Demand for agriculture budget needs to be
  • Fight terrorism within law
  • Growth projections unacceptable
  • Lanka not to punish child LTTE soldiers
  • Let the CM speak and not be spoken for
  • No decision on T20 tournaments
  • Times of India
  • CEO toons
  • Flyer molests US student, held
  • Mamata showcases a responsible face
  • Four decades on, Left fails loyalty test
  • Mamata to revamp party
  • Trinamool supporter shot in Nanoor
  • Intellectuals shower praise on Didi
  • Business takes a blow, schools & offices deserted
  • Barriers Break At Mega Mamata Rally
  • Pollution stifles schoolkids
  • Buses to blame for toxic air
  • 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
  • Chaos was order of the day
  • Marxists grant state Governor’s Gandhian wish
  • KMDA lost Rs 70 lakh in ad tender delays: CAG
  • Comptroller and Auditor General dead in Birbhum
  • Turncoats see straw in wind
  • Taxi loan pain: Banks blame it on govt agencies
  • NHRC puts police in dock for Mangalkot incident, sends notice to state govt
  • HC orders protection for Burdwan couple
  • Perched on shaky dikes, villagers pray aid comes before killer waves
  • At Esplanade, Mamata sees road to Writers’
  • Kolkatans keep an eye on sky despite dark clouds
  • A long way into history: Mamata brings victims of Nandigram and Tebhaga on one platform
  • Trinamool chief gives lessons of humility to workers, says their job is cut out for 2011
  • Hindustan Times
  • Engineering graduates rampage school in WB
  • Landmine explodes in Lalgarh on second day of PCAPA bandh
  • S Asia Solidarity Group to hold picket on Lalgarh issue
  • Sports
  • Heavyweights for IFA Shield
  • Ganguly to represent Bhukailash SC
  • Record entries for Telegraph Merchants’ Cup
  • Arjuna Award for Poulami
  • Poulami: Nice to be honoured