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News Headlines Archive
October 13, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • Fresh violence in Maoist strike
  • Joint operations to continue: Buddhadeb
  • Bengal CM has no Mamata for armed Maoists
  • Shipping companies to charge customers port congestion fee
  • Kolkatans fume at Albania's proposal to take Teresa's remains
  • Coal India unwilling to issue new shares in IPO
  • The 'youngest headmaster in the world'
  • 'Bengal firm on industrialization'
  • Buddha calls Mamata's demand juvenile
  • She brought in a flood of emotions through Tagore's songs
  • Buddhadeb asks PM for help in fighting Naxals
  • Tourism flourishes again in Darjeeling
  • The Telegraph
  • CM cites leak, skirts Maoist plan
  • Govt snubs fisheries minister
  • US pat for ‘graceful’ Buddha
  • Former Durgapur steel GM shot dead
  • Price no bar in buy-buy week
  • Illegal parking claims boy
  • Reprieve for flout pandal
  • Four robbed on Puri train
  • Cops protest against boss
  • Italian envoy dies in sleep
  • Rahman’s back where he began
  • What's on in town
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • Merc of a man who loves cars
  • Malda airport modernisation scrapped
  • Kashmiri students in Darjeeling hills
  • Credit society for sex workers
  • Rivals race for Opposition status
  • Dart death for bison, mate kills two
  • The Statesman
  • $6,00,000 FINRA fine on Citigroup
  • 20 arrested for terror links
  • 41 killed in Pak attack
  • 41 years on, first woman gets Eco Nobel
  • A signal of recovery, says FM
  • BJP canvasses for change
  • BJP queries UPA govt on envoys letter
  • BMW targets sales of over 3,000 units
  • Bangalore romp into Super Eight
  • Big Bang scientist admits link to Al Qaida plotters
  • Britannia focus on cost cutting
  • CPI-M goes to school
  • Central forces to stay: CM
  • China goes shopping
  • Clean chit for Saeed
  • Climate change activists climb atop UK House
  • Death of a rhino
  • Elections in 3 states today
  • Fennell backs organisers
  • Full points for Mohun Bagan
  • GM launches Chevrolet Cruze
  • Govt wakes up to rural needs after 30 years
  • IT park near Science City on KMC cards
  • India Inc may see 8% pay hike
  • Indiabulls Power IPO oversubscribed
  • Indians win through
  • Industrial growth at 22-mth high
  • JD-U leader threatened over SMS
  • Jayawardene steers clear of Kotla pitch row
  • Kabul attack condemned 
  • Land reforms & Justice
  • Letters To The Editor
  • Maoists blow up rail tracks, torch trucks
  • Massa completes turnaround
  • Master of macabre laid to rest ~ finally
  • Minister warns cops over CPM arms
  • Modern stadium to greet Behala soon
  • Naxals look to Bangla for arms
  • No conviction on probabilities alone: SC
  • Now, Sleep Disorder Could Be Diagnosed From Sound Of Snoring
  • Oceansat-2 payloads now active
  • Of Muniyappa & the great Indian dream
  • Oil & gas block auction hit
  • Oil ministry blamed for flop
  • Poll in the time of violence
  • Poor response
  • Prithvi II test-fired
  • Protect the cops
  • RIL surrenders 14 blocks
  • Raj plays the parochial game
  • Rajasthan crises deepen
  • Roongta on WSA executive committee
  • Row over vanishing water bodies
  • Second court room of MAT opened
  • Sensex up 384 points
  • Six sentenced to death for China riots
  • Special Article
  • Strauss courts confrontation
  • Trinamul supporters protest against KMC corruption
  • Two killed
  • GST to reduce prices of goods
  • Times of India
  • Former GM of Durgapur steel plant gunned down
  • Rare turtles rescued from govt institute
  • Howrah Cong secy attacked
  • Bangalore biker on journey to know 'real India'
  • New US ambassador on maiden visit to city
  • LF releases list of bypoll candidates
  • Power plant project in coastal zone, says minister
  • Clash after goons shoot at trader Kolkata:
  • Rahman concert on Nov 14
  • RSP to speak out against UAPA
  • Skinny Alley entertain Kolkata
  • Skinny Alley entertain Kolkata
  • Phirangs dance on Bollywood beats!
  • Making a style statement
  • Music bonds the crowd
  • Indian Express
  • Buddha snubs nagging allies on UAPA arrests
  • Videocon chief seeks CM help to get rolling on fast track
  • Left in a room with US envoy, Buddha strikes right notes
  • Trinamool to fight 7 seats in bypolls, says Cong okay with 3
  • AICTE waives norms for polytechnic in land-less state
  • KMC’s IT park gets govt’s nod
  • Restrictions spoil the festive spirit for many
  • DG to take final call on Puja pandal
  • Bisons stray in North Bengal villages, kill two
  • Foreigners’ bodies lie unclaimed with police
  • Rank trouble: Top cop ‘slights’ officer, roughed up by constables
  • CPM MLA booked for firing at Trinamool supporters
  • Tribal outfit blames CPM for its workers’ killing
  • RSP councillor withdraws support to Cong
  • Hindustan Times
  • Maoists kill Jharkhand Party activist in West Bengal
  • Industrialisation is on, says Buddha, hints at Singur project
  • Maoists losing grip on Lalgarh residents: intelligence report
  • Maoists ransack CPI(M) cadre's house
  • Sports
  • Mohun Bagan back on winning track
  • KKR appoint Dav Whatmore as head-coach
  • Khalique shocks Debjit
  • Football - Chirag United - Standoff resolved