A guide to Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal and Bengali culture.
News Headlines Archive
September 14, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • Gorkhaland by 2010 if December talks fail, warns GJM
  • Silguri civic elections pass off peacefully
  • Kolkata’s 18th century Hoogly madrasa on the verge of closure
  • ‘The CM Has Been Very Depressed And Is Taking Medication For It’
  • No agenda to replace Buddhadeb: Yechuri
  • “CPI(M) leaders travel economy class”
  • 79th session of National Academy of Sciences in Kolkata
  • Land dilemmas: A 'hands off' policy by the govt is not enough
  • Landmine detected near Lalgarh
  • CPI(M) supporter killed
  • Mani Square announces 'Pujor hoi hullor'
  • Energy woes on mind, IIT-KGP looks to bio sources
  • The Telegraph
  • Train hero faces axe
  • Allies wait to hear Buddha on Vedic
  • Plan to call IIM to check dropouts
  • Bengal 2 on rail first list
  • What's on in town
  • Record tech seats vacant
  • MLA brother’s land grab link
  • Trendspot for some, tradition tales for others
  • B-school pact with Aussie varsity
  • Coal supply snag triggers power cuts
  • First master plan in 134 yrs
  • Bikers rob Rs 2 lakh
  • Techie duo held for cop assault
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • City girl rescued from Pune
  • Singers suffer US visa blues
  • A beacon here and a beacon there
  • Mall plans hold up township mart repair
  • Manual brew bid begins
  • Morcha mulls street protest on education
  • DGHC casual staff start indefinite fast
  • Civic result from 11am
  • Sting disease strikes Gajole
  • Tata Tea estate shut again in a month
  • 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
  • Businessman shot at in front of residence
  • Return of the golden oldies
  • Rules stretched to limit as pandals eat up roads
  • Haldia port alarm after ship escapes disaster
  • Raj Modi denied bail, again
  • Loyalty shift triggers union ruckus at Haldia
  • Time to celebrate Shera Pujo
  • Govt told to explain beacon rule status
  • National Library building to get new identity
  • Kids' library reopens after facelift
  • Friday night live!
  • Friday night live!
  • Kolkata grooves to some cool music
  • Mishti ruled the fashion show!
  • Three’s not a crowd
  • Indian Express
  • Power play stumps Gandhi, light of reason rules
  • Drought, rise in MSP led to price hike
  • Image of Bengal hit after Tata pullout
  • Who all can use beacons? High Court asks state
  • Post-Aila, Sunderbans locals rediscover mangrove’s virtues
  • Jury still out on Infy, Wipro; CM keen on fresh deal
  • Students seek action against teacher, boycott classes
  • Invoking Devi, Mahalaya comes of digital age
  • No solid roof over head, Kumartuli artisans bear with losses
  • Plot thickens: Modi gobbled notified land too
  • Maoists gun down 4 CPM men in Lalgarh
  • Buddha back to business at Writers’
  • CPM faces acid test in Siliguri polls
  • HC turns down Vedic owner’s 2 bail pleas
  • Hindustan Times
  • Austerity drive already on in railways: Mamata Banerjee
  • Pranab sets austerity example, travels economy class
  • National Waterway to be operational from March 2010
  • Pranab praises Mamata's performance as Railway Minister
  • Maoists kill CPM leader in WB, 4 held
  • Calcutta HC to pass order on bail prayer of Vedic accused
  • Sports
  • Bhutia, Bagan given more time
  • Indian badminton going places: Gopi Chand
  • Leander beats Bhupathi to win title
  • Are Mohun Bagan Missing Bhaichung?