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News Headlines Archive
March 19, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • An artificial heart for Rs 1 lakh, courtesy IIT-Kharagpur
  • West Bengal poll panel to start 'violation index'
  • Campaigners try new methods to woo voters
  • Govt invites fresh applications for KoPT chairman post
  • Idea, Shyam Sistema acquire prime space at Kolkata tech park
  • West Bengal braces for tough fight in LS polls
  • Poll panel to review preparations in West Bengal, Orissa
  • Mahasweta Devi, Naipaul named as Booker contenders
  • Ghising to contest from Darjeeling again
  • 'Tagore's nationalism was inclusive and objective'
  • Aparna Sen’s take on global crunch
  • The Telegraph
  • Mamata, Pranab set Saturday date
  • Japan trip for Nayachar
  • School gate shuts on govt
  • Structure of stitches & she
  • Teen vrooms into CM’s convoy
  • CU scraps course for lack of teachers
  • Terrace blocked to rein in JU boarders
  • Favourite city of favourite people
  • Terror catch in ticket queue
  • Hoax call triggers airport scare
  • Ticket room in Writers’ singed
  • Jawan suicide in barracks
  • Holiday ends in tragedy
  • Gelatine clue in slums
  • CU to revise exam dates for polls
  • Metro timing on Sunday
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • What's on in town
  • Consent hoax after horror
  • Forest staff set arrest deadline
  • Rajdhani escapes blast by a whisker
  • Strike blow to hill traffic
  • Morcha nod to property, excise tax
  • RSP asks MP to justify tribal stand
  • Apologise to voters for mistakes, Biman tells cadres
  • Morcha threat to tea flow in hills
  • Unit for disabled students
  • KLO hand in blast, say police
  • Shock & loss numb families
  • The Statesman
  • 5 of a family killed mysteriously
  • Bird Flu: ARD feels polls may fan spread
  • CID to look into gelatin recovery
  • CPM men join Trinamul, Congress
  • CPM man accused of violating Model Code
  • Citu firm on SAIL cease work issue
  • Election Briefs
  • HS examinees find report writing tough
  • How To Do It
  • Ineligible HS examinee turns to forgery
  • JU hostel students clash with locals
  • Jumbo rampage in Bankura
  • KMCs smear drive against defaulters
  • New tray dryers to expedite spices post-production
  • PTTI pupils clash with cops
  • Party wants Satabdis security upped
  • Pygmy hogs get a new lease of life
  • Ramkumar Chattopadhay passes away
  • Residents demand CBI probe into land scam
  • So much for Nayachar nod
  • Times of India
  • Youth on bike breaks into CM's convoy
  • Engineers demand non-practising payout
  • Artificial heart a revolution, say doctors
  • Jolt to CPM in E Midnapore
  • Lalgarh victims' kin get no party support
  • Party MLAs slam Buddha over killings
  • Govt staff worry about poll duty
  • Transfers led to intel failure
  • EFR jawan commits suicide
  • Indian Express
  • CEC promises roving eyes on every booth
  • PDCI’s list of 10 out, won’t fight Trinamool chief
  • Cops nab terror suspect, say is ex-Pak Ranger
  • From bomb suits to explosive detector, Metro plans to buy all with Rs 40 cr budget
  • No headway in Alipurduar blast probe
  • Bomb hoax call on sat phone sends airport in a tizzy
  • No leads yet in Demusna family death probe
  • Train services affected as people squat on rail lines
  • Basumati closure: CITU puts Buddha on mat
  • Mamata dumps ‘bogus’ voters’ list at EC door
  • Varun must prove tapes doctored, says CEC
  • Buddha rages: Cong key in razing Babri Masjid
  • Left Front, Trinamool ply EC with complaints
  • Hindustan Times
  • Trinamool Congress fields father-son duo from Nandigram
  • One killed in West Bengal blast
  • Sports
  • No objection to revised schedule: West Bengal
  • Ritwick crashes out, Saurav advances