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News Headlines Archive
October 19, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • Saline-resistant paddy not being promoted in Sunderbans
  • 1069 held for using banned crackers
  • CPM, Trinamool spat to hobble West Bengal
  • Senior monk of Ramakrishna Mission dies
  • West Bengal to give Rs.2,000 to unemployed auto workers
  • Kolkata self-help group supplies homemade food to offices
  • Kolkata singer takes Dhaka on musical journey
  • Ripples In The Waterfall
  • Budding hope for India’s cervical cancer victims
  • Direction is my next career choice: Prosenjit Chatterjee
  • The Telegraph
  • Maoists slaughter murder witness
  • Kali Puja organisers loot store
  • Police fire in gamble den raid
  • SSKM hauls up rat controller
  • CBSE schools mull plus-II admission test
  • Trainees to help IIM teachers
  • Pavement hurdle in Sec V
  • Mainstream meets the challenged
  • Siblings say it with sweets
  • Diwali cops in deface drive
  • Separate lounge for Haj fliers
  • Seat rejig to ease airport wait woes
  • Husband throws acid at crooner
  • The fine art of balancing
  • Kali puja pandals ablaze
  • What's on in town
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Chair-man protest in CM path
  • Fear is the ban factor
  • Asok pleads for Ranji match
  • DNA test on scat to count tigers in Buxa
  • Cong relents as Naser revolts
  • Unborn rival threatens Haldia
  • Allies try to delete past feud
  • Police fire on fair, five injured
  • SSB ‘affair’ triggers clash, 13 injured
  • Maoists kill murder witness
  • The Statesman
  • 1069 behind bars for bursting banned crackers
  • Barca held but stay on top
  • Boys death sparks row in Hooghly
  • Button wins title, Webber wins race
  • Chicken tikka a favourite in Kazakhstan!
  • Congress could face daunting task deciding next Maharashtra CM
  • Cop crackdown on D-day
  • Domestic air traffic dips in Sept
  • Domestic demand picking up: Survey
  • Elite guards killed in Iran
  • Games row ends Olympic dream
  • Govt forms panel to expedite Satyam probe
  • Held cricketers kin protests against bias
  • India, China tension will be resolved soon, says Rinpoche
  • Indias tale of tigers at Saarc
  • KMC property tax plan ready
  • MP to get first nuclear power project
  • Main accused in provident fund scam dies in Ghaziabad
  • Messi among the best
  • Nadal upset in a thriller
  • Naroda Patiya riot killing unparalleled: Gujarat HC
  • Navy, Coast Guard scanning for terrorists along Guj coast
  • No rotten tomatoes as Fabio enjoys salad days
  • Pity the stars suffering in silence
  • Power tariff hike likely
  • Pvt tuitions a hit with students
  • Quick action on Basu plea
  • SIT to probe Margao blast
  • Sebi guidelines on SME exchange soon
  • Singapore ship hijacked, Indians safe
  • Six firemen choke to death on the job
  • Speaker to chair Asia-Pacific Geo-political group of IPU
  • State leg up for unemployed transport workers
  • Swine flu, a politically incorrect word
  • T&T blaze into semi-finals
  • Tata Daewoo to recall trucks in S Korea
  • Thai hotel chain plans India foray
  • Thousands mourn monk demise
  • UID could become mandatory
  • USA hails N plant decision
  • US air space gaffe?
  • Voith in talks with Tatas for India unit
  • Watchdog for broadcast sector: Soni
  • When the referee got it wrong
  • Women victim of political vendetta
  • Arrest cadres brandishing arms
  • Khans move a smokescreen
  • Times of India
  • A miracle? Immersed Kali idol resurfaces
  • Anti-gambling drive in Dooars turns bloody
  • CBSE schools gear up to tackle ragging
  • Airport terminal for Haj pilgrims
  • Obama Nobel debate reaches schools in city
  • Development team to visit Lalgarh
  • No urgency to rein in chaotic Bypass traffic
  • Pollution hits a high, thanks to crackers
  • Scholar breathes his last
  • Tantra is the place to be
  • Tantra is the place to be
  • Music drives this audience crazy
  • Let's have some party folks!
  • Party animals sway to foot tapping music
  • Indian Express
  • Mamata skips Cabinet meet for bhai phonta
  • Cricketer battles for life, docs say spine surgery critical
  • Mamata pays Tollywood in kind: A film city on rly land
  • In Maoist-hit states, IGNOU course to make BPL youths job-ready
  • CPM wakes up to cadres in slumber
  • Sujapur bypoll: Naser Khan writes to Sonia for a ticket
  • Meeting to review Lalgarh development on Oct 27
  • Hindustan Times
  • Policemen beaten up by residents after road mishap
  • Trinamool brings Kolkata to a halt, lays siege to CM’s chamber
  • UP govt shifts probe into FIR against Amar to Kolkata police
  • Naxalites look to CPM allies for help
  • Sports
  • Football dates in a mess
  • Double crown for Adrita, Shukrit
  • Bengal batsman Avik Choudhury injured in car crash