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News Headlines Archive
October 27, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • India train stranded after attack
  • Naxal backed tribals kidnap Rajdhani drivers near Lalgarh
  • Rajdhani Express secured from Maoists; driver, assistant freed: Govt
  • Lalgarh operation will continue: Buddhadeb
  • Suspected Maoists gun down CPI(M) leader
  • Maoists, Marxists playing a game: Mamata Banerjee
  • Bengal gets Rs 117.07 crore from Nabard
  • India declares itself free from bird flu
  • The Telegraph
  • CM rejects release demand
  • CPM laughs as rival rails
  • Deploy army against Maoists, says Mamata
  • CPM laughs as rival rails
  • Tussle with Cong kills CPM duo
  • Imported jammers for VIP cars
  • Hotel with a helipad beats New Town blues
  • 15kg tumour cut out of abdomen
  • Class IX girl dies on campus
  • Logjam begins at Lalbazar
  • Unrest after auto seize
  • Illegal parking sparks mishap
  • Tourists die in Sikkim
  • Constable held for snatching
  • What's on in town
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Morcha stops Teesta dam work for road
  • Pole lady gets sponsor finally
  • Deadline set for fee rollback
  • Cop hope for Guha killer catch
  • India to partner German expo
  • NCC girls on nature, integration trek
  • Ex-mayor now leader of Opposition
  • Freak boulder kills 3 in Sikkim
  • The Statesman
  • 5-0, 5-3 and all that
  • A month after, girls death a mystery for cops & kin
  • Afridi wants to take a break from Test matches
  • Amar presses for Mayas resignation
  • Balancing romance & devotion
  • Bhowmick resigns as East Bengal coach
  • CLB extends time for Maytas Q2 data
  • CWG controversy
  • Centre approves nuclear power project in Haryana
  • Checks random, say police
  • Chhagan Bhujbal to remain deputy CM
  • Chinese biz delegation in IT capital
  • Chinese firms wage sweet war on state
  • Citys safe at night from its policemen
  • Concern over KG basin damage
  • Court seeks land history
  • DGs new twist to missing cops case
  • Dabur to pay 75% dividend
  • Destiny in the classrooms
  • Draft of Expressways Authority soon
  • Fake Docs Endangering Peoples Lives In Pakistan
  • Fraud in Afghan elections
  • Gimmickry at V-B!
  • Hopes out, Lee and Johnson doubtful
  • How to cool the planet
  • I dont care about critics, says Safina
  • Ignou ties up with Ericsson
  • India funding Taliban: Malik
  • Jai Balaji gets 1,100 acres for Purulia plant
  • Judges to be hired to clear backlog
  • Karadzic boycotts proceedings, trial adjourned
  • Karzai agreed to run-off for stability
  • Kingfisher to deposit Rs 3.6 crore in HC
  • Letters To The Editor
  • Licence dept documents go missing from civic record
  • MSME task force report by month-end
  • Ministers meet likely to focus on China
  • No action yet against errant DC
  • Now, stay pink in health
  • Officials trust KMCs inefficiency
  • Plants to affect the effect of sound
  • Poor credit growth a cause for concern: Fieo
  • RBI soft stance likely to stay
  • RIL supplies gas to Anil plant
  • Rajya Sabha deputy chairmans car stolen
  • Sagar soil faces threat of erosion
  • Sena lost to money power: Uddhav
  • Sensex closes down ahead of RBI policy
  • Sleep with care, the 2011 census is watching
  • Somdev-Martin bow out of Seoul Challenger
  • Spain poets grave to be found soon
  • Stimulus pack should continue: HSBC
  • Students suffer V-B employees strike
  • Survey sees growth at 6%
  • Taking stock of owners delaying bus phase-out
  • Where retired, dead staff are given a raise
  • Youth left on his own for over 20 hours after road accident
  • Fleming would make a wonderful coach
  • Spectrum, Indias biggest scam
  • Times of India
  • Tumour removed in rare surgery
  • One killed in gang war
  • Another flyover in squatter trouble
  • Snatcher cop arrested
  • Patient dies on held-up train
  • African rhino', now at Jaldapara
  • Girl collapses on campus, dies
  • Auto drivers clash at Howrah
  • Cabbie comes to aid of ailing executive
  • Chhatradhar back in police remand
  • SoHo is the place to be!
  • SoHo is the place to be!
  • Tantra has party peeps rocking
  • Music lovers have a blast
  • Tantra is the place to be
  • Indian Express
  • CPM, Bloc in a tussle over method to check price rise
  • Accused of encroaching KMC land, company chief says civic body suffers from amnesia
  • 1 dead in CPM-Trinamool clash near Barasat
  • CMRI doctors remove 15-kg tumor, patient stable
  • Rajdhani effect: 8 trains cancelled
  • Buddha on his knees, Mamata on their side, Maoists seize Rajdhani
  • What Didi didn’t say: Group that ‘hijacked’ train is her party ally
  • LF ministers lash ex-CPM MP for Mamata slur
  • Do not remember the faces of Maoists: Sankrail OC to CID
  • Hindustan Times
  • Rajdhani drivers kidnapped by PCPA, Kishenji denies involvement
  • CID questions freed Bengal police cop
  • Kishenji had contacted me, says Bengal minister
  • Probe alleged corruption in Visva Bharati University: Mamata
  • MIG-27 crashes in West Bengal; pilots ejects to safety
  • Sports
  • Subhas Bhowmick resigns as East Bengal coach
  • SAI Centre (Kolkata) emerges champion