News Headlines Archive

October 16, 2008

Miscellaneous

Power crisis haunts Kolkata after Durga Puja Bengal Governor hypocrite, shameless: CPM leader Singur residents threaten fast First ever apparel park in West Bengal Don't put money in foreign banks: West Bengal minister Goat theft leads to twin murders in Bengal A thrift industry for land losers No clinical improvement seen in Dashmimnshi: Doctors The Singur Saga Tollywood lines up foreign shoots, raises production budget

The Statesman

Actor accused of violating court order Court directs doctor to pay patient Rs 4 lakh Dengue ~ does KMC care? Five members evicted over subscription row How to do it? Nirupams condition stable No leads in BMCH baby swap case Outrage over babys death in Bankura Parents accused of killing son Partha blames state for trainee teachers crisis Scuffle over cattle kills two State will not tolerate Opposition lawlessness Steel units suspend work, cite market meltdown Students summoned for polygraph test Unknown disease spreads to Budge Budge, Bishnupur Waste not, want not! JE victim lived near piggeries

The Telegraph

Woman fights off rape bid, drives dagger into man Haldia ship track gets shallower Pact for 10000MW plant 45-day boy survives crash Lorry lane as peril point Bengal playground for BJP biggies Life ends before career takes off Techies seek a shield Fringes in fever fear 3 held for phone theft Job plea with sack protest You share your birthday with... What's on in town Surgical ward to be shut for seven days Boy found hanging at govt home Gardens to remain shut for rally America spots CTC in times of slump Shutdown fear haunts govt officials in hills Adivasis block roads, tracks Rape accused dead, finger at Trinamul

Times of India

EC to procure high-tech EVMs for Bengal Fruitless search for POW father 15 IITians get regret letters from US firms Rizwan case: Cop trio served second summons 'Chikungunya' claims Howrah teenager Two suicides in N Kolkata Airline employee dies in road accident Kona Expressway to lose NH tag Land prices drop in Singur Cops on trail of traders with coal mafia links

Indian Express

Tagore Castle now home to dengue High Court gives a patient hearing to Rehmans, orders officers to ‘appear’ in court Cheated by travel agency, tourists stranded in Chennai Expensive machines gather dust at STM Man arrested for stealing wife’s cash, jewellery Two commit suicide at Hari Ghosh Street in separate incidents SFI, Chhatra Parishad share dais, sympathise with PTTI students Fateh Ali had made trips to China and Dubai: Police Kolkata crew too joins hands with airport workers’ union against Jet’s ‘illegal’ termination Training institutes had sensed the slow down before the shock Bengal signs MoU with UK firm for power plant New passport project to make work easier

Hindustan Times

Finding the right balance EB may move up Yakubu; Bhutia trains

Sports

Sourav may not play Ranji post-retirement Sourav did his job, says Brett Lee