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News Headlines Archive
September 2, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • Bengal's latest casualty is 600-acre IT park with Infosys
  • DFID to pump in additional 50 mn pounds in West Bengal
  • Will not sit on Singur land: Tata
  • WB minister justifies lease of vested land to resort
  • Novel transplant conducted on aplastic anaemia patient
  • WB govt sanctions 430 cr for relief and restoration
  • Sony to spend Rs 5 crore in Bengal for mktg, promos
  • Stay continues on Strand Property
  • Accused in theft of rare monkeys rearrested
  • 'CPSEs stand vibrant despite global meltdown'
  • Tata Tea to change name, integrate operations
  • Bengal govt may scrap Vedic Realty’s project
  • HC bans screening of 'Paraan Jaye Jaliya Re'
  • The Telegraph
  • Maoists gunned down in war zone
  • Deb reveals ‘inclusive’ model and rift
  • Jumbo illusion in Lalgarh ‘lab’
  • Rebel trial under tree
  • Realty deal spurs turnaround hope
  • Assault on youth for standing up to police brutality
  • Hush-up bid ends in surrender
  • Poran Jai... lesson not learnt
  • Father under scanner denied kid custody
  • Constable gets boot for booze
  • Court demands rule rein on road-hog pandals
  • What's on in town
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • Trinamul sinks teeth into Vedic protest pie
  • Flash shutdown at mall
  • Villa owners reach vexation point
  • Dupe charges pile up against stock firms
  • Series of protest rallies looms on hills
  • Land lease transfer in shut gardens
  • Rs 1.2 crore for toy train
  • Bullet out from skull after three months
  • Toasted balconies drive out damp
  • Cops show off Maoist bodies
  • The Statesman
  • Anand Jon gets 59 yrs in jail
  • Arnatta for Cup
  • Arsenal to fight back in
  • Barking up the wrong tree?
  • Beggar-free Delhi in run-up to Games
  • Blame game in bare all
  • Blood donation: Court for FIR against MLA
  • CPM soul-search spills out in public
  • Chirag held to a draw
  • Exports shrink 28.4% in July
  • Flu toll rises to 105, firms cash in on fear
  • Gas row: Govt reverses stand
  • Govt rejects Black Widow ceasefire offer
  • Growth rate scaled down to 6.3%
  • Harbhajan in trouble
  • Iran has new nuke proposal
  • Jaswant not to quit PAC chiefs post
  • Karat writes to CEC on EVMs 
  • Mixed signals from RSS
  • Modi, allies to discuss IMG row
  • Of Bengals Gavaskar
  • Patil stamp on Sonia MP status
  • Pawar mulls sugar import
  • Pay back for Singur: Tata
  • Point, counter-point
  • Protest at Rajarhat police station today
  • Raje has to resign: BJP
  • Resort row gets murkier
  • SME exchange norms soon
  • Safina avoids major upset
  • Snag throws Western Rly off track
  • Sonia returns PCI membership
  • Stay on Shroff companys lease
  • Stay order on property deal
  • Thackeray may return to what he does best...
  • The curious case of Hitlers dead deputy
  • Vedic Village MD in jail custody
  • Pakistans nuclear warhead rises to 90
  • Punctuality is of great import
  • Times of India
  • Vedic shadow on New Town
  • PCB team to discuss lead paint ban
  • Fire services request' to puja organizers irks HC
  • Govt trying to malign MLA in Vedic case, says Partha
  • Cops finally plan to search Gaffar's home
  • Deb's safety scheme: Roping in Opp leaders
  • Shrinking prey base forcing tigers to stray
  • Shopper shock: Dues dispute downs shutters at South City
  • Race for Metro link to airport
  • Tigresses released deep in Sunderbans
  • Kolkata’s date with fashion at Tantra
  • Kolkata’s date with fashion at Tantra
  • It’s Bollywood all the way
  • Roxy, The Park, rocked!
  • Livin’it up with Orient Express!
  • Indian Express
  • Buddha has his way on pay mode
  • PTTI students move court against recruitment amendment rule
  • Bribe-thirsty cop bashed up by mob
  • HC grants wife’s ‘killer’ right to visit son
  • Tolly’s Nullah to get Adiganga outlet to drain out
  • Despite tall claims, govt fails to supply food items for PDS
  • CBSE’s option to students spells trouble for teachers
  • 2 Maoists killed after gunbattle in Lalgarh
  • Caught in a bind, ‘wise’ Trinamool shies away from CBI probe
  • Minister shows Mamata’s party hand in Rajarhat ‘plot’
  • After Tata’s visit, Trinamool raises pitch on Singur again
  • H1N1 Don’t panic, RAISE ALERT
  • Heads roll for monkey thief’s escape, four cops suspended
  • Hindustan Times
  • 3 lakh at Left rally, yet a flop show
  • Kingpin of inter-state fake currency racket caught
  • Left Front's Kolkata rally a show of strength
  • Sports
  • IFA Shield: Mahindra United starts off with a win
  • Kolkata Open chess meet in deep financial blues
  • East Bengal wins opener
  • Football: ‘There is need for more professionalism’