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News Headlines Archive
November 8, 2008
Miscellaneous
  • British Airways to suspend Kolkata-London flights
  • Darjeeling faces total shutdown from today
  • Biman denies making derogatory comments against judiciary
  • Ray's 'Sikkim' to be shown at Kolkata Film Festival
  • AI announces Kolkata-Delhi flight for Rs 5,000
  • Why blame just Mamata?
  • Now, Salim Group moves to Gujarat
  • Bengal’s lost Nano India’s showpiece in Chile, Peru
  • The Statesman
  • 2 hurt after goons attack pandal
  • Bains aide arrested
  • Besu unrest: Who is to blame?
  • CM assures Jindal, ministers
  • Highway robbery, says CAG
  • Jagaddhatri Puja grandeur in Krishnagar
  • Magic, disco on wheels to Goa
  • Parents still in dark about sons death
  • Rays Sikkim to be shown at Film Festival
  • SC to hear Todi plea on 10 Nov
  • Security to be beefed up
  • Seminar on science in 40 schools
  • Students held in blast case let off
  • Three injured after goons attack puja pandal
  • Trainees vent ire on convoy
  • The Telegraph
  • Malaria death amid grim health forecast
  • Romance whiff in abduction
  • Gulf airlines stall Calcutta take-off
  • Lord Shiva, the medicine man
  • Aamir tells a sweet story
  • No copyright for playwright
  • Roadside bather with the eyes of a god
  • A brighter, greener puja
  • Store launch on a festival day
  • Next weekend you can be at ... Manalee Aranyak
  • Rally for peace in hills and plains
  • Jumbo staff on leave for a day
  • Israel to lead film fest
  • Anxiety as deadline expires
  • Morcha call to shut DGHC offices
  • Gliding high on NDA mission
  • Car rides cripple wildlife
  • Centre flashes road upgrade hope
  • Raid block in rebel zone
  • Times of India
  • Manipur cops to quiz 'militants'
  • Teenage girl 'abducted' near Sealdah station
  • Craters turn roads into death zones
  • Parking ban spoils Maidan party
  • Youth thrown off as auto hits crater, gets run over
  • Malaria hits Presidency staff quarters
  • Security beefed up for film fest
  • Seven Manipuri ‘militants’ detained in city
  • 8 get jail remand, parents cry foul
  • Indian Express
  • GJM begins stir for Tamang’s exit
  • Fate of PTTI students hangs in balance
  • BESU students held by police are IC followers
  • Alumni defend BESU
  • CFL collects samples from Salboni blast site
  • Third-party intervention in Kashmir not acceptable: Pranab
  • Buddha foresees bleak future for countries that fail to board globalisation bus
  • Nandigram becomes focal point in state politics again
  • Hindustan Times
  • Body of police officer found in a ditch
  • Bidi workers slave it out, for nothing
  • Govt approves rail link to Sikkim
  • Collision averted at NSC Bose Airport
  • Sports
  • East Bengal draws with Mahindra United
  • CAB to fete Sourav on December 7
  • Deep, Vignesh fined by ICL committee