A guide to Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal and Bengali culture.
News Headlines Archive
June 9, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • Bengali theatre mourns Habib Tanvir's death
  • Regional tag unwarranted: Mamata Banerjee
  • Government to address problems at Kolkata and Haldia port
  • WB jewellers on 3-day strike; to meet Pranab
  • Ahead of new innings, Ahamed faces 'unhappy' Mamata
  • Locals agitate against Sourav's school
  • Kolkata musicians are doing an item number!
  • 'Madly Bangalee' success party in Kolkata
  • Red Panda to be bred in Sikkim
  • Metro extension on a priority basis:Mamata
  • Zidane to visit Kolkata: French Consulate
  • Pranab constitutes eight-member core committee of WBPCC
  • RSS relief work in Sunderbans, Sangh reaches where LF govt. failed
  • When real translates to reel
  • Paoli's going international
  • 'I can’t be banned from playing Suchitra'
  • The Telegraph
  • Aila damage severe, says Delhi team
  • Felled posts stay put
  • What's on in town
  • Politics of Sourav plot
  • Crater on runway, flight in air
  • Our mangoes to target their tastebuds
  • Plea in teen murder case
  • Sleep comes with tears for flu suspect
  • Chief secy to decide on tainted cop
  • NRS nurses cease work
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • BRO push to better links with Sikkim
  • Cough, not spit, says teacher
  • Last rites as hope fades
  • Rs 345-crore relief request
  • Student drowns in river, civil defence blamed
  • SFI sorry for attack
  • The Statesman
  • 16-year-old beaten to death in Behrampore
  • Aila focused on human settlements
  • Arms seized from CPM workers houses in Khejuri
  • Blame game over relief mismanagement
  • CU for tuition fee waiver, admission time extension
  • Campaign for legal awareness among the poor
  • Central team visits Aila-affected areas
  • Central team visits Patharpratima
  • Cong, Trinamul to fight Sainthia civic polls separately
  • Cops up the ante over risk allowance
  • Dancing to narrate tales of Gods
  • Debate on Aila impact
  • Diamond Harbours rich history uncovered
  • Govt likely to move HC over two-stroke autorickshaws
  • Govt ignores plight of freedom fighters widow
  • Health department orders probe into Swine Flu case
  • IGP begins probe into allegation against Bag
  • IPS officer flouted SC ban on child labour
  • KMC money for the homeless
  • Parents wait for justice
  • Property tax of woes
  • Relief stops short of Sunderbans village
  • Sattar wants quick disposal of OBC cases
  • Students pay for authorities lack of coordination
  • When melody was queen
  • Times of India
  • Meet ghosts at a restaurant in Kolkata
  • Swine flu suspect found, tests done
  • Hole in runway prevents landing
  • Monkey business at Howrah court
  • Trinamool leader shot at
  • Ethics to fight ragging
  • Rare 1857 reports on Bengal uprisings
  • 'Village court pronounces death penalty on witch'
  • Trader escapes from abductors in Assam
  • 'Madly Bangalee' success party in Kolkata
  • Scary vampire night at Tantra, The Park
  • Absolute Temptations Nite at Soho!
  • Know your ministers
  • Indian Express
  • Impose Article 355 in Bengal: Trinamool to Gandhi
  • Left Front appeals for calm but with ‘pre-plan’ twist
  • Sourav’s dream school gets an intellectual headache
  • Police pin hope on all-party meet for peace in Khanakul
  • Bankura attack: No arrests yet
  • Colleges offer relief to students from Sunderbans
  • Fisheries lost nearly Rs 14,000 crore
  • Aila effect: polls in eight gram panchayats postponed
  • Flower market too loses sheen
  • Body found in trunk: woman identified, husband suspect
  • Love triangle: ex-student killed IIPM man from city
  • Jewellers to approach Pranab
  • In hot, humid Kolkata, power outages add to woes
  • Mamata men flex their victory muscle, launch revenge attack near Nandigram
  • Central team lukewarm on national calamity label
  • Polls over, results out but landmine blast victim’s wife yet to get compensation
  • Tribals’ anger simmers in ‘calm’ Dooars
  • Hindustan Times
  • Enteric diseases kill eight in Bengal's Aila-hit areas
  • IPS officer accused of beating 8-yr-old kid
  • Sports
  • Mohun Bagan suspends Bhutia for six months
  • Kaustuv emerges winner at Intra-Alekhine chess
  • Bhaichung can seek IFA help
  • No comment, Wait and watch: Baichung on suspension