A guide to Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal and Bengali culture.
News Headlines Archive
May 01, 2008
Miscellaneous
  • Kerala to go for Rs 60-cr rice shopping in West Bengal
  • Shyam Group to invest Rs 500cr in Siliguri area
  • Pirated books seized in Kolkata
  • Seat of Bengal government to cool itself down
  • Tourists should not visit Darjeeling this summer - Minister
  • US consulate in pact with an NGO to stop women trafficking
  • Haldia Petro issues loss alert
  • Dhaka-Kolkata train may cut two hours from inspection time
  • Trent buys out Landmark promoter
  • Tanishaa: Beautiful Bengali biwi?
  • ‘I need not be in every frame’
  • ‘I’d want to cast Bumbada’
  • The Statesman
    The Telegraph
  • Maoists gun down cops
  • Asok alarm for hill tourists
  • Dues, 12 years on
  • Rebels kill RSP leader
  • Colleges work hard on soft skills
  • Centre for green tips to industry
  • What's on in town
  • Bound to books for a better life
  • Backup pipeline for water mains
  • Lights, action off the pitch
  • Presidency to have board cut-offs
  • Man dies on road as cops dither
  • All shows lead to IPL
  • JU discards inquiry report
  • Police job racket net widens
  • Sedative kills robbed widow
  • Close shave on Metro tracks
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • ‘Night eye’ lined up for Bagdogra
  • Bonds get bail with riders
  • Man behind IPL duo
  • Tea prices on 6yr high
  • Morcha sticks to fast plan
  • New home for injured big cat
  • Nathu-la trade put off
  • Shun hills, Asok to tourists
  • Elderly man, woman die on road unattended
  • Times of India
  • IIM-C to publish merit list today
  • Man tries to rob trader with air gun
  • Board for early summer vacation
  • Drugged woman dies, thief eludes cops
  • Crowd leaves man to die on road in WB
  • Convicts to get phone facility
  • 18-year-old girl run over by Matador
  • Heat claims third victim
  • Plastic spanner in green move
  • Indian Express
  • Mayor says stray case but KMC staff differ
  • Tense hills: Govt cautions tourists
  • CPM acting like Fascists, says RSP
  • Congress candidates in jail for 3 years, out on bail
  • Centre okays Palta-Tala pipeline project
  • Rehman FIR: HC rejects Todi petition
  • Family arrested from airport for forging passport
  • Police recruitment racket: Cops arrest studio owner
  • Campaign against women trafficking launched
  • City on brink of arsenic poisoning, but is anyone listening?
  • 36-hour protest against Sarabjit’s hanging begins
  • 100% increase in gram panchayat pradhans’ salary
  • Police inattention costs man his life in Howrah
  • Top Maoist leader arrested, group kills 2 cops in another attack
  • Asian Age
  • Body lies on road for 4 hrs
  • 2 constables gunned down by militants
  • RSP worker shot dead
  • Rs 305cr for new pipelines in city
  • Bengal board schools to get early holiday
  • Woman dies from drug in health drink
  • Man foils robbery attempt at shop
  • Racketeer arrested
  • Hindustan Times
  • Master tactician eager to ambush Kolkata
  • Insurance victory for Indian prostitutes
  • Left backs Prachanda on reviewing Indo-Nepal treaty
  • Sports
  • East Bengal held to goaless draw
  • Mohd. Sporting qualifies
  • We didn’t have a fit striker, says Aloke