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News Headlines Archive
October 22, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • IOC ship stuck near Haldia Port
  • Let the Maoists come out with a specific proposal for Dutta’s release: West Bengal
  • Gunbattle on at Lalgarh, abducted OC still held hostage
  • Naxals to release kidnapped policeman
  • Bengal Govt ready to hold dialogue with Left ultras
  • He will be treated like ‘prisoner of war,’ says Maoist leader
  • Proposed railway factory in Bengal may get relocated
  • Death anniversary of poet Jibanananda Das today
  • CPI (M) accuses Trinamool of understanding with Maoists
  • Railways planning film city in Kolkata
  • Riya, Raima live it up in Bangkok
  • The Telegraph
  • Tale of co-operation, watched by captors
  • Women who ‘liberated’ OC
  • CPM points to ‘prudence’
  • Govt to miss reform bus
  • Papad-seller banks on Mamata promise
  • Walks back to things past
  • Teacher’s dues for husband
  • Power snag rerun in Buddha locality
  • State stares at potato crisis
  • Warehouses destroyed in fire
  • Scan on cracker supply route
  • MCom in Howrah college
  • What's on in town
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • Mukul plot to bail out boss
  • Prized pieces of Jinnah jigsaw
  • Biman points to govt ‘prudence’
  • Crutch attack victim kills self, 2 held
  • The Statesman
  • 196 Indian languages endangered, experts mull revival
  • 3-month jail for four Boss school members
  • Air Indias cost cutting should match govt aid
  • Artistes should be given benefits players receive
  • Barca stunned by rookies
  • Bengal at bottom of RTI satisfaction table
  • Big duo pick up full points
  • CPM, Trinamul get back to blame game
  • Corporate aid for haemophilia patientsCorporate aid for haemophilia patients
  • Court rejects Ghandys bail plea
  • Draft agreement on Iran uranium deal drawn up
  • Easy access to treatment for AIDS patients
  • English-medium madrassa, first in country & state
  • Good if Ambanis can resolve case amicably: FM
  • Govt may revisit procedures for appointment of judges
  • High protein diets could shrink brain
  • Holbrooke, the fallen hero
  • IAF top brass reviews officer scarcity, capabilities
  • KMC makes & breaks rule of transfer
  • Kids drop out as schools are too few Kids drop out as schools are too few
  • Kids drop out as schools are too few
  • Letters To The Editor
  • N-reduction plan
  • Nehru-Edwina film on hold
  • Of the growing Russian threat ;Saul Brookfield
  • One Million Homes In Britain Are Empty
  • PMEAC lowers growth forecast
  • Pak 26/11 judge wants to quit
  • Political heat rises over Periyar dam issue
  • Poll officials fired, Karzai rival to contest run-off poll
  • Ponting blames overkill on greed
  • Pre-dawn rail disaster near Mathura kills 22
  • Punjab trio at loggerheads over land
  • Robbery on running local train
  • Role replay
  • SAIL divestment to begin this fiscal
  • SC asks RIL if gas price was profitable
  • Sensex falls for second day
  • South Africa on the hunt for coach
  • Special Article
  • State ready for talks to free OC
  • Terror spree forces closure of schools, colleges
  • The decision Harpers nettled by
  • Trinidad & Tobago face difficult test
  • Warner launches Blues into final
  • Border dispute to be solved amicably
  • Times of India
  • Little hope for abducted cops’ kin
  • Sec 144 clamped on VB campus
  • Tribals march to Barasat, on dharna at DM office
  • MP acquitted of rape charge
  • Climate rally: Step towards a carbon-free future
  • Scribes brokered hostage parley
  • Audit unearths KMC pension scam
  • Two bodies found in petrol tanker
  • PNB gives armyman Rs 11-crore shock
  • Freedom drama in forest
  • 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
  • Two years on, Aliah yet to catch up with students
  • HC acquits former Bloc MP in rape case
  • Man found dead in Tiljala
  • Mahato gets jail custody in murder case
  • Two storehouses gutted in Cossipore
  • Family thanks Kishenji as cop walks free
  • Congress wants emergency Assembly session
  • Murmurs in CPM, RSP is okay for a change
  • In Arunachal debut, Mamata gets 5 seats without single visit
  • Hindustan Times
  • 23 suspected Maoists granted bail
  • CD revealing deadly Naxalite tactics seized
  • WB govt negotiates, while cops in captivity
  • Tribal leaders planned anti-CPM front
  • Sports
  • East Bengal, Mohun Bagan post victories
  • SAI-W. Bengal match drawn
  • Indian archers dominate
  • Assam wins yet again