News Headlines Archive

November 2, 2008

Miscellaneous

Bengal CM survives Maoist attack Buddhadeb, Paswan escape IED blast “Health sector facing manpower shortage” 14th Kolkata film festival from November 10 New controversy may further delay Nano Awareness stepped up against malaria, dengue in Kolkata Six companies of CRPF withdrawn from West Bengal Latin American films to dominate Kolkata film fest Tea Board panel on pesticide levels JSW Steel project rekindles West Bengal's industrialisation dream Film Review: Bhalobasha Bhalobasha

The Statesman

14th Kolkata Film Festival to begin on 10 Nov Are IT, ITeS closed to the physically challenged? Maoists kill CPM leader before CMs visit Retired employees to be recruited as polling personnel Tapasi case hearing on 11 Nov Foreign goods seized in multiple raids

The Telegraph

Security misses 1200m trigger wire Enemy of development at work,says CPM Many plans for Singur: Buddha Clash snaps cop patience Pictures with message for Salboni November launch for slew of projects Muslim women to get a hostel Merc steps on the pedal Blasts prompt security scurry at film festival Murder charge on teenager’s friends Fever fear stings city Two in net for theft You share your birthday with... What's on in town A festive report card Kite run ends in airgun attack Bulldozers to hit illegal hill houses Tour sales tips: include Bhutan Homage to jawans on Trishakti ‘birthday’ Garden opens but doubts brew Docs came, saw but failed to find cause of deaths Killed after bank taps power pole 2 held for branding worker witch

Times of India

Presidency alumni on trip down memory lane Kite runner shot with air gun Cops to look for Pak PoW in Bengal jails Drunken driving led to death: Howrah accused Varying ticket rates leave fliers puzzled Struck by terror, bonded for life Teen murdered in Howrah, 2 friends held Chinese opera to perform in city Fliers fleeced at airport shops Panic breeds in fever pockets

Indian Express

Two deaths in districts, toll rises to 25 Assam blasts: efforts on to make rail stations safer Travel agents resort to ‘Gandhigiri’ State sitting on proposal to buy explosive detection machine Stringent visa rules lead to a dip in Bangladeshi tourists Kolkata confidential Jindal factory off to a start in Salboni Twelve German auto majors abandon state Neighbour shoots at 14-year-old kite runner Buddha, Paswan escape ‘Maoist’ assassination bid Singur turns battlefield again

Hindustan Times

BJP, Trinamool part ways in Bengal Hometown bound I don’t take myself seriously: Konkona Sen

Sports

City giants look to make amends