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News Headlines Archive
June 04, 2008
Miscellaneous
  • Fire breaks out at Kolkata`s Burrabazar again
  • Lufthansa starts two new flights from Kolkata
  • Poverty, starvation stalk Bengal tea garden workers
  • West Bengal puts Dankuni project on hold
  • 13 killed in lightning in West Bengal
  • Wake-up call : panchayat elections have shown disquieting trends
  • 2 bird flu notified blocks of Darjeeling distt under lens
  • Narrow gauge 'heritage' trains to be updated soon
  • Left to meet amid 'pull the plug' murmur
  • 'Anuranan' director bags another Award
  • Now, Mithunda's got his own comic!
  • 'Reality time' for Sayantani
  • The Statesman
    The Telegraph
  • Poll setback and prospect lead to tax slash
  • Officers for VIP bags
  • TVS enters Bengal on bike
  • Citu locks up Haldia factory
  • Student faces axe for teacher pictures
  • Fire-safety check after four warnings
  • What's on in town
  • Generators threaten heritage site
  • Reckoner of CU courses
  • Students in ‘B’ trouble
  • Crores gone at Memorial
  • Bystanders shun bus hit-and-run victim
  • Price protest on bridge
  • Cops slap neglect case on 4
  • Peon bungles con job
  • Honk up the wrong track
  • Fear factor in tech town
  • Three-year-old crushed by bus
  • Woman hurt in cave-in
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • Officers at MP ‘baggage’ service
  • Money aid for jawan mom
  • ATM fraud victim seeks damages
  • College faces SFI wrath
  • Wait for first monsoon shower
  • Boy axed for clicking teacher
  • Big screen debut for students
  • Seat-share bother for CPM
  • Fuel price hike hits home
  • Ban on plastic fails to take off
  • TVS entry with Salim
  • Tax slash born of political need
  • Times of India
  • Bandh blot on battered Bengal image
  • US envoy, biz honchos slam shutdown
  • Neighbours, girl testify against 'killer' father
  • Marriage of minors sparks tension in North 24-Parganas
  • Rs 6-lakh gadget stolen from CU
  • Three killed, 10 injured in mishap
  • Sick woman appeals for mercy killing
  • 7 kids rescued from trafficker
  • I was drugged for kidney: Woman
  • Water shotrage in govt hospitals
  • Indian Express
  • ‘Decision to take land by consensus is absurd’
  • Bandh effect: Colleges reschedule admission dates
  • ‘SFI securing votes in garb of classes’
  • RSP uses petrol barrel to fire at CPM
  • Govt had consulted UPA partners, says Dasmunsi
  • After small car, bikes come to Bengal, production by 2009
  • CBI raids Victoria Memorial, interrogates staff
  • CPM leader accused of illegally using beacon
  • Green housing to make an entrance in city
  • No-honking hour is a honking gimmick, say activists
  • Now, CPM rolls up beside Trinamool with a bus strike
  • Bengal cushions hike with sales tax cut
  • State faces 5-day closure
  • VIPs flood police with calls for security during bandh
  • Asian Age
  • Left, TMC impose bandhs on state
  • Varsities postpone exams
  • TVS to invest $100 million in Salim unit
  • 2 Victoria employees detained
  • AIDS patient ostracised
  • Youth arrested for cheating employer
  • Hindustan Times
  • Fire breaks out at Burrabazar again
  • Now Mamata targets Salem Group projects
  • Sports
  • Kolkata Knight Riders made maximum profit: Modi
  • Leander, Mahesh come together again
  • Goa govt to help Churchill Brothers in team-building
  • Football Santosh Trophy : Exciting competition likely in Group B