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News Headlines Archive
October 19, 2008
Miscellaneous
  • Not from India? Then it's not Darjeeling
  • Keltron equipment for Pune, Kolkata
  • West Bengal to become seat of Italian studies
  • Universal's 10k mw plant in Bengal only if people want it
  • West Bengal removes top officials after death of tiger
  • Use open standard technology to counter cyber crime: Minister
  • Indian success stories in Sweden
  • Speculation over Mamata, Amar, Pranab meet
  • IIT Kharagpur’s tech fest to lure more students
  • For the aroma of Bengal
  • The Statesman
  • 40 suffering dengue
  • Buses off roads, commuters suffer
  • Citu activists threaten Prashar Bharati shutdown
  • Dock officers to file PIL against KoPT
  • IT minister moots stricter cyber laws
  • IT security test centre in city soon
  • KMDA to develop land around Howrah station
  • Lawyers protest, allege police abuse
  • Malek was a smuggler
  • Shaping the future of states youths
  • Singapore developer to set up commercial hub in state
  • Trainee teachers blame both Centre and state
  • Maoist threat to 17 CPM leaders
  • The Telegraph
  • Tiger killer in CID net
  • Cong to discuss Mamata pact
  • Soccer ‘extortion’ shuts down plant
  • Nano team marches to rival homes
  • First job date downturn hit
  • Banned crackers on a bus from Gaya
  • Robbery on local train
  • Police brace for protest
  • Revved-up youth on bike gives CM convoy a scare
  • Fliers seek firm ground
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • What's on in town
  • Accident cost triggers suicide
  • University prolongs students’ result anxiety
  • Tech update show for jawans
  • Minister & police chief lock horns over arrest
  • ‘Conversion’ booths to open from tomorrow
  • Tea office for small growers
  • Baby death triggers protest
  • Three bandh threats in peak season
  • Tribals cry action against blackening
  • Times of India
  • Second Japanese encephalitis case sparks fresh scare
  • IAS officers take road out of Bengal
  • TB patient hangs self at hospital
  • Court can take action: Legal eagles
  • 10000 cops for Lalbazar siege
  • Kolkata IITian jailed in drugs case
  • Bus workers go on strike against tough road law
  • Book fair organizers file FIR against actress
  • Cremation stopped after whiff of foul play
  • Police get ready for Mamata stir
  • Indian Express
  • To fight breast cancer, institute plans mobile check-up units
  • Bali gangster arrested in raid
  • Couple escapes collision with Chief Minister’s convoy
  • Leopard carcass found on railway tracks
  • Police gear up to control protest
  • Administration to deal strongly with Gorkhaland issue: Biman Bose
  • Kolkata confidential
  • Unable to fund treatment, man commits suicide
  • Poacher arrested for killing tiger, aide absconding
  • Great injustice, says transferred officer
  • Mamata dares govt to stop Lalbazar ‘siege’
  • Tatas dictating state government’s moves, alleges Mamata
  • BJP to go it alone in forthcoming polls
  • Hindustan Times
  • ‘Gorkhaland’ erases Bengal from Darjeeling signboards
  • His voice, his virtue
  • Sports
  • East Bengal back to winning ways
  • Roy brings cheer to AI
  • Ganguly fans ecstatic, want him to take back retirement decision
  • Double for Abhishek and Amrita
  • Ganguly looks back in anger