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News Headlines Archive
September 16, 2008
Miscellaneous
  • Global warming creating ‘environmental refugees’
  • Singur land costs far more than state offer price
  • Infy decision on W Bengal plans after getting land
  • Infosys happy over assurance from West Bengal Govt: Murthy
  • Tata's Nano Plant May Face More Delays as Land Dispute Returns
  • West Bengal completes rural e-governance project
  • Tamil version of Joyti Basu's autobiography launched
  • I travelled incognito in Kolkata for 'Last Lear': Arjun Rampal
  • My loyalty towards Jaya will never change: Rituparno Ghosh
  • The Statesman
  • Accident claims three
  • Back from the dead
  • Bringing out goodness that would count
  • Cabinet to decide on Urban Land Repeal Act
  • Its report card time for doctors
  • Letters lost: PO oblivious
  • Newfangled trams ready to ply in Kolkata
  • Poor health care system plagues Canning hospital
  • Rumour stalls encephalitis vaccinations in Midnapore
  • SSKM cath lab remains dysfunctional
  • Sets, art, lights... pandals are not only about idols
  • Students clashes now a regular feature
  • Talk of theTown
  • Young writers aspire for a bright future
  • Gradation list need of the hour
  • The Telegraph
  • Subrata on Mamata dais
  • Consent to shipyard beats dissent
  • Junior kills air force officer
  • What's on in town
  • Airlines stall runway project
  • 93-yr-old to regain plot
  • Student faces fury of tutor
  • Ragging axe on 24 JU students
  • Monsoon splutter on autumn eve
  • Festival with a fixed date
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • Dooars forest emerges top draw for tourists
  • Spectacular setting marks 25 years of Pang Lhabsol
  • Man caught with live beetles in Ghoom
  • Food plant workers go on strike for bonus
  • Contractor held for forgery
  • Life term for Malda trio
  • Times of India
  • KMC stalls Park Street hawker plan
  • 11 years on, woman wins back plot from govt
  • Woman jumps into river with children
  • IAF sergeant shoots senior at Kalaikunda
  • Banker gets 2 yrs for fraud
  • '09 date for E-W Metro work
  • Basu undergoes MRI scan
  • Cop, wife crushed to death
  • Tata staffers yet to receive work notice
  • Girl tortured in brothel, shock kills father
  • Indian Express
  • Environment development project spells trouble for residents
  • Industries causing threat to ozone layer, says survey
  • Air Force officer shot dead by junior in Midnapore
  • Shopping complex land row: High Court directs govt to return land to owner
  • JU suspends 24 students for ragging
  • IT professionals fear that they might lose job
  • Improve your civic duties to get a good rating for your city
  • Haldia gets ready for its first IT park
  • Woman jumps into Hooghly with her three children
  • Officials insist Tatas will stay in Singur
  • Court allows TC leader to be present during Tata case
  • Durgapur Expressway falls prey to rallies by political parties
  • Bonus criteria: All farmers have to accept compensation first
  • US embassy to upgrade visa processing capacity
  • IIMs get their reality check: those six-figure Wall Street salaries will have to wait sudipta dAtta
  • Mamata loses five farmers in Singur, but hints at fresh protests
  • Asian Age
  • LF talks tough on Singur agitation
  • IB to keep eye on bank officers
  • Man dies of heart attack after brawl
  • Security breach at Assembly
  • 2nd, 3rd yr varsity results out
  • Autopsy says hotel worker pushed
  • Hindustan Times
  • Left Front urges Singur farmers to accept rehab package
  • WB hikes Singur land compensation by minimum 50pc
  • Jyoti Basu undergoes brain MRI scan
  • Sports
  • Amarnath wants Bengal cricketers to rise to the challenge
  • Amarnath hopes selectors would consider Ganguly
  • East Bengal play opener