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News Headlines Archive
June 12, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • Banks to restructure loans for Aila-hit farmers
  • At CPM meet, Karat and Buddha face the heat
  • Tribals lose confidence in Bengal govt, turn to Maoists for reforms
  • Kolkata metro corridor may hit Mamata hurdle
  • No let-up in Khejuri violence
  • CPI(M) State Committee reviews debacle
  • Singapore Airlines has a narrow escape in Kolkata
  • Jewellery shops open after three days strike in Bengal
  • Mamata makes a plethora of announcements
  • The Telegraph
  • Trinamul rally in former no-go zone
  • Bengalis slain in Manipur
  • Poison krait in babies’ lunch
  • Woman in net for bank loan fraud
  • Career fair on campus
  • Kidnap clean chit for 3
  • 150 girls expelled in rap on the rowdy
  • Teacher ‘rescued’ in Orissa
  • Jewellers at minister door
  • Nursing home shifts swine flu suspect
  • Mishap claims doc, father
  • Swelter bigger bother than power supply
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • What's on in town
  • Love dies young for her
  • Campus fury to protest silence
  • Anglers in Assam toil to raise fish for fun
  • Hospital head brings hope
  • Site cloud over AIIMS clone
  • Bamboo cash for militants
  • Demand to lift rafting suspension
  • Bhaichung bonhomie for hills
  • Morcha asks hills to stock up for ‘long strike’
  • 2 held for syringe racket, no complaint
  • Teachers slug it out in college
  • Snake in anganwadi meal
  • The Statesman
  • Allies advise CM to focus on pro-poor policies
  • Child undergoes rare stem cell transplant
  • Children still traumatised
  • College stand on admission sparks protest
  • Government asks Bag to go on leave
  • IT minister stresses on computer literacy in rural areas
  • Norwesters expected in the next 24 hours
  • Purulia: Eden for film makers
  • VU professors selection sparks off controversy
  • Violence continues in Khejuri
  • Woman commits suicide over fiances immoral activities
  • Times of India
  • CPM red-cards CM's industry line
  • Trinamool men push for Khejuri police boycott
  • Asok says sorry for KMDA slip
  • Tortured maid makes judicial confession
  • Beautiful Mind
  • Guv doesn't want second term
  • In-laws held for woman's death
  • Unruly college girls shown the door
  • State offers Rs 8000 for a cottah on AJC Bose Rd
  • Snake found in mid-day meal, 55 kids hospitalized
  • Hip Pocket stole the show in Kolkata
  • Making a fresh star
  • 'Pure Pleasure Party' in Kolkata
  • Know your ministers
  • Indian Express
  • Khejuri standoff on, Trinamool lays siege to police station
  • Lalgarh fury spreads its tentacles, in Bankura now
  • Presidency Jail death: High Court seeks report
  • Students seek Governor’s intervention in campus violence
  • At Writers’, children still serve tea to babus
  • State makes arrangement to bring bodies of Imphal victims
  • Will not stay back after term expires: Gandhi
  • Voters could not trust Third Front, admits Karat
  • Army leaves cyclone-torn areas
  • Boy dies in Bongaon, locals thrash doctor, ransack hospital
  • Hindustan Times
  • Post-poll violence continues in Bengal
  • Fresh violence rocks Khejuri in West Bengal
  • Didi cancels Lalu’s pass
  • Sports
  • Modest Bengal aim high
  • CAB clears air on selection
  • AIFF likely to allow extra foreigner
  • India mates back Bhutia