A guide to Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal and Bengali culture.
News Headlines Archive
October 28, 2008
Miscellaneous
  • Only LPG-run vehicles to ply in Bengal from New Year
  • CBI raids Ashok Todi's residence
  • Possible tie-up between Trinamool and Congress in Bengal
  • Kolkata Port cargo to use new rail route to Nepal
  • Emami Chisel Art to hold exhibition in Kolkata on Nov 8
  • Nandana Sen set to shoot her first Bengali film
  • The Statesman
  • All-party EC meet on 31 Oct
  • Basic rights to protest against injustice highlighted
  • Books donated to help learn Thai in CU
  • CBSE attendance norms revised
  • Fever? Get your blood tested
  • Four drown in Ganga
  • Making, praying all in a day!
  • Midday meal scheme in a sorry state
  • So much for Writers work culture
  • Stranded princess
  • Train derailed in Tikiapara, two injured
  • Trains jump rails, one killed, two injured
  • V-B official suspended a week before retirement
  • The Telegraph
  • Civic poll deal to debut in Jhargram
  • Fear zone: day in Bengal, night in Jharkhand
  • Death after son arrest
  • Factory fire in Calcutta
  • Pharmacy student alleges torture
  • Stitch in time is inmates’ lifeline
  • Lensman at work, caught on film
  • Truck crushes young cyclist
  • It’s four to the fore
  • Duo on toilet trip miss flight back home
  • 30 months to makeover
  • Besu wants width, Centre gives height
  • Film a flop, sword a hit
  • Bus attack sparks chanda arrest
  • AIDS patient dies at airport
  • 4 held for clash
  • What's on in town
  • Net cast wide for Todis
  • 9-yr-old dies of dengue
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • Upkeep onus on CMC
  • Tower climber sent to jail custody
  • Harsher check on crackers
  • Son files FIR, submits suicide note
  • Lookout alert for nurses with dengue
  • Minor rescued after raid
  • Cong at Mamata door to spare Ruby seat
  • Payroll robber held with six others
  • Woman and baby charred to death
  • Fatal fall for 22-yr-old
  • Death after son arrest
  • Girlfriend link in Czech escape: Report
  • Times of India
  • Airport red tape strangles HIV+ Mizo girl's last wish
  • Shoe factory gutted in Diwali night blaze
  • Bank official held for fraud
  • Dengue claims 7th life
  • Father & wife fight over body
  • Local train jumps tracks in Howrah
  • Stranded fliers get a lift on Guv’s convoy
  • Experts fear 50% jump in dengue cases
  • Writers’ clash leaves 2 injured
  • WB Governor offers lift to elderly man
  • Indian Express
  • Dasmunsi indisposed, Cong puts two on hotseat
  • Clouds gone, city gears up for Kali Puja, Diwali
  • Fire Department, police make special arrangements
  • Coal India to go for new ventures, aims for global status: Chairman
  • Pollution board ultimatum to 31 industries to bring down emissions
  • Arrest warrant issued against the Todis in Rizwanur case
  • CBI raids Todi house, finds it empty
  • TMC-Cong link puts a question mark on PSDF’s survival
  • Vector-borne diseases spread to districts
  • Governor Gandhi gives father-daughter duo a lift to airport
  • Hindustan Times
  • Alert in Bengal district for Chikungunya
  • Sports
  • Muralitharan likely to play for Bengal in Ranji opener
  • Dempo beats Air India
  • Seeds have it easy in sub-junior tennis
  • Juniors bond their way to victories