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News Headlines Archive
November 6, 2008
Miscellaneous
  • Chinese-made small car from Singur?
  • Singur: SC to hear plea against Tatas, Bengal
  • Forget Nano, Chinese car maker eyes Bengal
  • Minister slapped me: airline official
  • NRS nurses protest after colleague dies
  • 'Land shortage cripples warehouse expansion plan'
  • WB pollution board gives ultimatum to 31 industries
  • Buddhadeb’s security to be tightened
  • Congress seeks more orders for defence shipyard in West Bengal
  • Land clearance delaying Kolkata Port container terminal
  • The Statesman
  • 3 locked in vehicle killed in accident
  • Accident kills three locked in vehicle
  • Australia mulls exchange scheme for mining students
  • Businessman kills self, murders sex-worker
  • CPM man, wife & social activist shot dead
  • Citu factions to clear dues of jobless?
  • Cop held for selling arms to criminals
  • Discontent over cops suspension
  • Education minister meets PTTI body
  • Health order goes missing
  • Hornets wreak havoc in Kalna
  • Hospital premises turn into garbage dump
  • Industrial units hauled up for air pollution
  • Maoist menace on the rise
  • Muslim votes hold key to Nandigram by-poll success
  • NGOs help at hand for platform children
  • Nurse in shock after losing co-worker in Maoist blast
  • Patients suffer due to hospital strike
  • Red-faced govt ups security
  • Satellite images reveal ways of saving port
  • Student groups clash in Besu 
  • Tutor murders college student, commits suicide
  • Warehousing network need of the hour
  • Woman renews complaint of husbands murder
  • The Telegraph
  • ‘Maoist’ duo and informer in Salboni net
  • Biman slams party paper
  • 007’s back to shake box office
  • Sting toll rises to 24
  • Quiet carries heavy price
  • Campus shut on rating eve
  • Disco train rolls to Goa
  • SSKM dirty and dangerous
  • Threat to Rizwanur judge
  • Project to save species
  • Land block to power project
  • Malaysians held for illegal entry
  • Delhi nod to Sikkim rail link
  • Teacher shortage grips primary schools
  • Trolley rides on forest tracks
  • Employees sign but refuse to work
  • Morcha appoints youth leader
  • Times of India
  • Besu classrooms turn battlefield
  • State neglect fodder for Maoists
  • Rizwan judge gets threat letter
  • Bureaucrat's cash 'stolen' in transit
  • Oscar archive to restore Ray film
  • Salboni blast: 7 cops showcaused
  • ‘Maoists’ kill CPM man, wife
  • Truck crushes robbery victims
  • Man kills sex worker, shoots self in brothel
  • Indian Express
  • Citizens can criticise court judgments, says Biman
  • BESU erupts again, students asked to vacate hostels
  • UGC asks Calcutta University to identify colleges with ‘potential for excellence’
  • Trinamool renews demand for return of land in Singur
  • CPM calls Mamata an ‘ally of Maoists’...
  • ...Mamata says Maoists are CPM cadres in disguise
  • Paswan was the target of Salboni blast, says LJP
  • Presidency, JU students accuse cops of harassing villagers
  • Govt aims to raise contribution of mining sector to country’s GDP, says minister
  • Paschimanchal funds remain unutilised
  • US academy has restored Ray films, see them at film festival
  • Blame game on at airport after collision averted
  • 2 die in Kolkata, one in Howrah
  • Who cares about WHO guidelines
  • Cops failed to dig deep, avert Salboni blast
  • Cop posted near Tata factory found dead
  • Hindustan Times
  • Clashes in Singur, 15 hurt
  • Akhilesh Prasad Singh alleges frame up in assault case
  • Sports
  • Warm reception for Sayantan Das
  • Damage control: Consolation prize for Arindam
  • Cloud over PHL, Dec 4 hearing