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News Headlines Archive
July 23, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • WB public transporters call for indefinite strike
  • Kolkata faces transport strike from today
  • People in the UK raise 8,000 pounds for Kolkata charity
  • Violence continues in Lalgarh
  • West Bengal fishermen returns home safely
  • Hardcore Maoists still present in Lalgarh, says WB govt
  • Mamata's big show makes Congress anxious for by-polls
  • Government gets basis for mass immunization
  • SSTL expands in 6 new districts of West Bengal
  • Bison creates havoc in tea garden in Jalpaiguri
  • Engineering graduates rampage school in WB
  • Book on Mrinal Sen released
  • Maoist strike affects three WB districts
  • A cameo role especially for Mithun
  • The Telegraph
  • Lalgarh-like recapture by CPM
  • Maoist real target: police intelligence
  • Close shave for BSNL exchange
  • Gang robs jewellery, cash from house
  • Job fraud with fake website
  • Ansari appeal finally finds a judge
  • Our chaos & their clean-up
  • Strike pushes back exams
  • What's on in town
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • Buxa among 11 spots to breed tigers in enclosure
  • Freeze on Abu Hashem MP funds spending
  • Centre told to tread in hills with caution
  • GNLF to govt: Stop moral talk, act tough
  • DM comment irks parents
  • Gardens close for fuel crunch
  • The Statesman
  • A talk with Mr Gilani 
  • AI board to be recast soon
  • AI bonanza for travellers
  • After treatment, tiger back on the prowl
  • Alterity races to thrilling victory
  • An emotional adieu to Gangubai
  • Angry Koertzen lashes out at cheating batsmen
  • Anguished union files case against V-B
  • Attitudes provoking anger in kids
  • BJP hauls state to court on breach
  • Babus feel insecure, approach home secy
  • Batla House encounter, Delhi police gets clean chit
  • Behind the anger and the angst
  • Bengal Prof to receive Fukuoka prize
  • Celestial Wonder
  • Chhatra Parishad locks up sports office over fake certificate issue
  • Chitrakonda on the boil
  • Colaco deals with Bhutia row
  • Commonwealth Games chief backs New Delhi
  • Cong leader held on murder charges
  • Cong threatens bandh, demands bridge construction
  • Continental Airlines apologises to Kalam 
  • DM washes hands of fee hike issue
  • Delayed reaction
  • Dhupgiri girl receives Uttam Kumar award
  • Direct tax collection up
  • Doctor blamed for death of 6 women
  • Duo in distress
  • East is East, West is West
  • Europeâs big boys in city league
  • Examinees denied right to view scripts
  • Foul play in mid-day meal scheme
  • Fund to rehabilitate refugees lie unused
  • GJMM responding positively: chief secy
  • Garbage dumping still an issue for EBM
  • Goods ban on Bangla border
  • HC backs tower construction
  • Hang me, My Lord, says Kasab
  • Hirakud reservoir releases water
  • IFFCO worker dies in plant
  • India, Lanka talk rehabilitation of displaced Tamils
  • Johnson is stolen
  • Lalgarh: Not much gained
  • MEA does some finger-pointing
  • Mamata, Cong in seat tussle
  • Mamataâs Heritage Train to hit the tracks
  • Metroâs mishap rerun, 1 killed
  • Money ministers spent on globe-trotting
  • Musharraf to appear before SC on 29 July
  • NHPC expects good response to IPO
  • Nalco donates Rs 1.51 crore for development of Koraput
  • No transit documents in Siliguri, transporters threaten strike
  • Opp unions now in Red bastions
  • PMO seeks oil ministrys views on Anils letter
  • Pak interior minister on the way out?
  • Patna fails but Bengal thrills
  • Pint of bitter to get scarce as recession kills UK pubs
  • RCom agreement with Etisalat
  • Raja alleges anti-quota bias
  • Rectification of BPL list is our first priority: Minj
  • Rising cases of contagious diseases plague Azad
  • Row over security withdrawal in LS
  • SBI Caps readying roadmap
  • Secure cyberspace heading for chaos?
  • Six arms racketeers arrested
  • Sketches of suspected Jakarta bombers released
  • Stateâs IT dreams under threat
  • Terrorists held in Kerala
  • Tiger treated, released back to the wild
  • Traffic congestion hits Haldia industrial hub
  • Traffic congestion hits industrial hub
  • Tribals seize lands in Narayanpatna, Bandhugaon
  • USA âready to boost Gulf defenceâ
  • Unbeaten 106 by Malik
  • Vehicle owners to have their way?
  • WBCW takes up issue of teachersâ âdress codeâ
  • Where have the Maoists gone?
  • Windies stick with weakened squad
  • Wipro Q1 net up 12%
  • Multi-format consistency elusive
  • No point in talks if GJMM continues stir
  • Times of India
  • CEO toons
  • Govt gives in to strikers for a day
  • Trinamool supporter killed in clash
  • 'Uttam not a big draw at Nandan'
  • Hidco toiling to provide infrastructure
  • Mega housing plans on track
  • Truck hijackers' mow down driver near Uluberia
  • Land rights for urban poor before civic polls?
  • Dacoity in Garia house
  • New grade system for CBSE exam
  • Two bureaucrats leave for Delhi
  • A musical eve with 'Soulmate'
  • A musical eve with 'Soulmate'
  • Perfect dance party for Kolkata
  • Saturday night fever at 'Underground'
  • People enjoy their weekend at Soho
  • Indian Express
  • In Maoist hotbed, CPM-Trinamool clash leaves one dead
  • Patna trip a washout for city’s solar scientists
  • Mangalkot violence: Cops fled scene as mob attacked Cong MLAs
  • ‘Rotten’ potato plan backfires, prices shoot up
  • On bandh eve, unions’ unity is first casualty
  • Student arrested for creating fake government website
  • ‘Mamata’s plan to train medicos will help end doctor shortage’
  • No takers for 2,000 engineering seats
  • Awadh ruler descendants complain against ‘fraud heir’
  • Malaria patients to get second line of drugs
  • Talks fail, bus strike begins today, taxis will be back tomorrow
  • Buddha’s disinvestment man will now do PM’s bidding
  • Buddha squirms as agrarian crisis stares in face
  • GJM pipes down on talks, wants ‘bad’ cops shifted
  • Hindustan Times
  • GJM mulls ending shutdown in Darjeeling hills
  • Sports
  • Kulothungan to play for Bagan
  • Bengal have two in hand before Ranji