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News Headlines Archive
September 12, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • CM Buddhadeb back, denies quit rumours
  • Oil spill in Damodar river as pipeline cracks
  • Bengal housing minister has alternative site for Wipro, Infy
  • Nadia villagers abandon pulses on low profitability
  • Pranab promises to help Bengal on land for IT companies
  • No winners in West Bengal; losers are its people
  • West Bengal gets its first coastal police station
  • Friendships and grudges galore at Kolkata Fashion Week
  • Buddhadeb indisposed
  • Migrant worker from Bengal sells 11-day-old son
  • 3,000 acres to be acquired directly for Industrial Park
  • Kolkata men prefer bronze brides: survey
  • West Bengal governor commissions two WJFACs
  • Darjeeling's Toy Train chokes on bandhs, landslides
  • Tagore never ate 'Kurkure'
  • ‘Maharashtrians dance better than Bengalis’
  • Riya Sen goes glam at Kolkata FW
  • The Telegraph
  • Ex-GNLF leader’s car burnt at night
  • Doctors skip duty, demand security
  • Casual staff on fast from Monday
  • Govt feeler to tribals on school strike
  • Barbs fly for last time
  • Poll today in Siliguri
  • Monkey trouble in zoo
  • Puja on the billboards
  • No love like old love
  • Football or shoe brush?
  • The Statesman
  • 4 held for fake currency racket
  • 5 girls killed in stampede in Delhi school
  • 5% DA for govt employees
  • Administration intervenes to reopen schools under ABAVP siege
  • Argentina lose again
  • Ballot blow for Karzai
  • Bari Puja gains in age & opulence
  • Black Rose: Oil spill feared
  • Bus crushes elderly man, locals agitate
  • CDM project launched
  • Cabinets leg-up
  • Captain says England lack confidence
  • Cash-strapped EBM stays away from emergency services
  • Centre deputes experts to fight drought
  • City gets ready for speed fest
  • Club told of Bhowmick-Edmilson confrontation
  • Culling plans put off
  • DGCA cracks whip on fares
  • Docs, locals clash injures 2o at NBMCH
  • England, Spain make it
  • Exports shrink 20% in Aug
  • Fly cheap & say no to 5-stars
  • Frosty scenario ~ Uncertainty deepens in Afghanistan
  • Gopalpur to be all-weather direct berthing port
  • Govt defers decision on homosexuality
  • Govt for caution in land deals
  • Guardians gherao DI, demand fee refund
  • Heaven for power thieves
  • Home loans set to get cheaper
  • Hunt for Oleksandr on
  • Iraq truck bomb kills 29, 81 hurt
  • Is Tibet the wedge or link?
  • Just what Durga likes...
  • Just what God likes...
  • Kohli replaces injured Gambhir
  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ~ Law should have taken own course
  • Lawyers bring out rally in Trinamuls support
  • Leaders at PPSS meet flay govt
  • Lokayukta doubts PM on tackling corruption
  • Maintain peace during college polls: Govt
  • Maoists blow up tracks in Orissa
  • Maran outlines agenda for textile growth
  • NTPC may sign pact with RIL this month
  • New York Passes Law To Ban The Term Oriental
  • No Lal Salam: Ranjit Kundu
  • No slowdown on reforms: RBI
  • No water in Behala as supply snaps
  • Not again! ~ Making a mockery of medals
  • Obama presses for healthcare overhaul
  • Obamas Af-Pak strategy
  • Paes-Black lose in mixed doubles final
  • Panasonic to invest $100m in new unit
  • Passengers pay through the nose
  • Potatoes at subsidised rates
  • Puja honours to skip Raiganj this year
  • RIL accused
  • RPF men throw boy out of moving train
  • Rahul skips Karuna meet, DMK fumes
  • Raiganj hotspot for birds this fall
  • Raising the dead... for renovation
  • Roadblock on NH-23 lifted
  • SFI protests against Youth Cong ways
  • SMC polls: BJP may save CPMs day
  • Saffron shadow on school textbooks
  • Shekhawat bats for Jaswant
  • Solution in sight
  • Strike extends CMs N Bengal stay
  • Stronger memories, now a puff away
  • Suicide bid after ragging
  • The riot act ~ BJP Still Cannot Avoid Communal Provocation
  • Travelling through time, since 1851
  • Unavoidable gush ~ Protective measures as important as relief
  • Uncertainty over YSR succession continues...
  • Vijender on cloud nine after world boxing semi-final entry
  • huge support for jaganmohan
  • AutocraticKMC ignores poors plea
  • Indian media engaging in war rhetoric
  • Osama dead, but Zardari seeks aid to fight Taliban
  • Times of India
  • Green party gets support from Europe
  • V-B teacher gets house 2 weeks after death
  • China: Plane detention an espionage attempt
  • New virus strain hits kids
  • Thai industry eyes Bengal
  • Sunken ships raise oil spill concerns in Bay of Bengal
  • Masterminds of fake note racket arrested
  • Survey to gauge carbon emission
  • Mamata invites CPM leaders on rly dais, promises better Metro
  • Friday night live!
  • Friday night live!
  • Kolkata grooves to some cool music
  • Mishti ruled the fashion show!
  • Three’s not a crowd
  • Indian Express
  • Sub-jailor found hanging at home
  • Trinamool, CPM cadres clash in school polls run-up in Nandigram
  • 3 die due to enteric
  • Mamata flags off 2 new trains, takes a dig at Left
  • Somnath packs punch after Left hook
  • CM back, resignation rumours die down
  • One dies as supporters of JDP, Trinamool clash
  • Hindustan Times
  • The land beneath their feet
  • Mohun Bagan keen on ending a six-year long drought
  • Journalist arrested on rape charges
  • ‘Star kids don’t need big banners’
  • Sports
  • Churchill Brothers holds the edge
  • Shield final: Odafe returns, as Bencharifa’s men brace for tough battle today
  • Football: East Bengal Could Terminate The Contract With Edmilson
  • Tennis: Kerketta wins title
  • Tennis: Double for Monalisa
  • Football: Churchill to meet Mahindra in I-League opener