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News Headlines Archive
June 24, 2008
Miscellaneous
  • Bangladeshi barge sinks in Hooghly
  • Slight improvement in flood situation
  • Gorkhas recruit hundreds in Darjeeling hills
  • Sugar costlier in Kolkata compared to other metros
  • West Bengal govt-GJM talks on June 27
  • Bengal School of Art exhibition to open in US
  • Sikhs take out protest rally in Kolkata
  • WESTSIDE extends its presence in Kolkata
  • Now, generate solar energy on rooftops to power homes
  • Unsung heroes
  • The Statesman
  • Bangladeshi woman with suspected terror-link arrested
  • Vaccine drive successful?
  • Taxi strike called off
  • Patients kin agitate at CMCH
  • book fair
  • No essentials, just frills at SSKM
  • Four held for finance company robbery
  • Man kills wife, 6-month-old son
  • Funds allocated for building canal in Behala misused
  • IPGMER regains research focus
  • ATC officials refuse to do extra work
  • Examinations
  • Girl strangled after being raped in paddy field
  • Bangladeshi ship sinks, crew safe
  • A closer look into the lives of the sightless
  • Biratis cause for concern
  • IPGMER regains research focus
  • Taxi strike called off
  • Woman with suspected terror link held
  • Worries persist still...
  • Funds for GAP
  • Opp to table no confidence motion against govt
  • Trinamul boycotts all-party meet on aerotropolis project
  • Flood funds: CPM leaders
  • The Telegraph
  • Death in bid to escape pothole
  • Lakhs looted from bank and pockets
  • Desperate for Dubai, youths lock up school
  • Bandits make merry in ghost villages
  • Trauma care units absent
  • What's on in town
  • Shield for the aged
  • Extended holiday turns sour
  • Held for teenager kidnap
  • HC scan on judge selection
  • Speed takes three lives
  • Police catch up with bike thieves & buyers
  • Students drive out ministers
  • Medical study eludes rank 222
  • Fewer flights after fuel hike
  • Cab drives away with three lakh
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • ‘Morcha’ teachers form body
  • Bullet Bonds recall tough trip
  • Truck tumble blocks traffic
  • 24x7 plan for rural health units
  • ‘Song’ gets ready to hit the ‘road’
  • Barb at Chamling, Narbula
  • Hills caught in children’s rally plight
  • Experts to steer jumbo herd
  • Bengal rules out use of force
  • Job cheats tied to tree & beaten up
  • Bandits make merry in ghost village
  • Guha case: Intuc rap for cops
  • Robbers strike Durga temple
  • Times of India
  • Dons pump crores into city realty
  • City boy wins global essay contest
  • Disaster management secy removed
  • Student raped by lover, school mate
  • Locals clash with cops over power cuts
  • Bangla barge hits sand bank, sinks in Hooghly
  • Teen 'raped', murdered in paddy field, 2 held
  • Man held for abducting employer's daughter
  • Doctors accused of rape bid on the run
  • Maoist top gun chargesheeted
  • Indian Express
  • Mini-bus crushes school children
  • Students, parents protest business classes in school
  • Kingpin of forgery gang arrested
  • Oil firms to slow down sales of ‘branded fuel’
  • Asian Age
  • State-GJM meeting on June 27
  • CM to ministers: Visit flood areas
  • Water woes: Mayor blames Trinamul
  • Demands for Siraj relic at site
  • Enteric disease outbreak feared
  • 2nd phase of Budget Session
  • Hindustan Times
  • The past master
  • Sports
  • A determined Dola Banerjee vows to perform
  • In-form Bahuguna captures maiden title
  • Country’s badminton top gun yearns to train under Gopi