A guide to Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal and Bengali culture.
News Headlines Archive
October 06, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • West Bengal approves booking Mahato under UAPA
  • Eight killed in lorry-trekker collision in West Bengal
  • FIR against Bengal CM for `Ram-not-a-god' remark
  • Intellectuals under scanner for Lalgarh links, Mamata threatens stir
  • Unclaimed bag creates panic at Kolkata airport
  • The Telegraph
  • Focus on fringe groups, relief for celebs
  • Govt clean chit to artistes
  • Ally ire on strict law
  • Mollah land finger points at his officials
  • Have an idea? Wake up & smell the coffee
  • Cops seek lights on Buddha’s way home
  • Light rail system for swift commute
  • Calamity zone of katatel
  • Unregistered vehicles in net
  • Row over UGC rule
  • Fish with hump that costs a lump
  • Old buses off road, new transit on track
  • Cellphone, SIM cards found in jail
  • 20-year-old found dead on roof
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • What's on in town
  • Minors raped in Dooars
  • Hill schools turn 130
  • Holidays hold up salaries
  • Trinamul suit threat after Asok remark
  • Sujapur on Mamata revenge radar
  • Sikkim tech classes start, axe on 26
  • Steam to pull hill toy train again
  • The Statesman
  • 9 killed, 20 injured in accident
  • Action against rebels soon, says Chavan
  • Aegis buys Sri Lankan firm
  • Ali blames defeat on Taufel
  • Australia are champions
  • Beyond Doha~I
  • Bharati hikes offer price
  • Bharti Airtel plunges 8%
  • Blast in Pak UN office kills five
  • Bus owners ire over arrests
  • CM to attend Politburo meeting
  • CPM forces end to 2-yr stir against RPG Group
  • Central funds remain unutilised at Visva-Bharati
  • Cheap or best
  • Chirag catch the light
  • City to witness rains in the next 48 hrs
  • Cyclonic winds, rains kill 12 in Gujarat
  • Dont play politics: SC to Mayawati
  • ESMA imposed on bus strikers
  • Expanding horizon
  • Extremists of the country unite!
  • FIR lodged against Buddhadeb
  • Faux pas, or is senior Thackeray losing his grip?
  • Fortis outsourcing pact with HCL
  • Fresh spillage from Black Rose to be verified
  • Funs fade as rain turns up
  • Going for broke
  • Govt fails to check Ichhamati boat capsizals
  • Grasim falls 7%; UltraTech 5%
  • Healthcare for the once overlooked
  • India Inc politely disagrees with govt
  • Industry cool to austerity call
  • Land and caste
  • MI5 tried to get rid of Krishna Menon
  • Maoists blow up police outpost
  • Massa set to test again for Ferrari
  • Mittal to look for new sites for units
  • Mumbai humbled
  • NGO workers held for Mahato links
  • Needless Death Of A Million Babies
  • Of fatness and ruminations
  • One out of seven people a migrant, says HDR
  • PM chairs first meeting of Ganga authority
  • Plan panel ups growth forecast
  • Plan to reopen HFC units
  • Police apologise to angry mob
  • Police extend helping hand to Aila victims
  • Pyongyang has 100 sites linked to N-programme: S Korea
  • RBI says no to full rupee convertibility
  • Sensex down 268 points
  • Slowdown hits M&A in Q3
  • Spot fines for flouting plastic ban: KMC
  • Super cyclone funds from Maharashtra misappropriated
  • Tata Steel initiative to create RTI awareness at grassroots
  • Toto tribe fast disappearing...
  • Trai mulls mandatory per-second tariff plan
  • Trinamul denies nexus
  • Trio get Nobel for medicine
  • Water recedes, people heave a sigh of relief
  • Worst flood of the century
  • You cant keep Barca down
  • Yuvraj wanted for Big Bash
  • Akram wasnt on commentary panel
  • Hamas should get Gaza kids know Holocaust history
  • Iran has disclosed all N-sites 
  • Liverpool still in title race
  • No entry for CMAS leaders in Andhra
  • US pullout from Afghanistan would be disastrous
  • Times of India
  • Landslides trap Bengal tourists
  • F is for fashion as city schools rewrite uniform code
  • Trio drugs office staff, steals Rs 75K
  • Sunderbans: State invokes land clause for dyke repairs
  • Goons loot jewellery, cash from doc's house
  • Govt seeks 2 weeks for Andal solution
  • Report reveals anomalies in Rajarhat land deals
  • Wait for daybreak to clear debris
  • Swine flu cases may rise in winter: Docs
  • When Kolkata party hoppers had a gala time...
  • When Kolkata party hoppers had a gala time...
  • Partying with DJ Rink
  • Wine and some fine dining
  • Having fun the bong way
  • Indian Express
  • Primary education is secondary issue
  • After 3 misses, Buddha to hit Delhi for politburo meet
  • Land officials in Vedic plot, admits Mollah
  • CU ready to act tough on campus hooligans
  • PhD students demand relaxation in UGC norms
  • Additional AC 3-tier coach attached
  • 2 intellectuals get 14 days in police custody
  • Buddha never spoke to Kishenji, says CM office
  • Next target Kishenji: Home secretary
  • Rights panel puts DGP on notice over Mahato’s arrest
  • After skirmish, Congress and Trinamool gear up for big fight
  • Hindustan Times
  • Students, teachers have Maoist links
  • 'Manna Dey should have got Dadasabhe Phalke award earlier'
  • Over 400,000 babies die within day of birth in India
  • Attempt to attack GJM chief foiled, one arrested
  • Sports
  • Chirag United stuns Mohan Bagan
  • East Bengal miss out on Oscar