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News Headlines Archive
September 23, 2008
Miscellaneous
  • West Bengal extends deadline for compensation
  • JSW Bengal ready to begin construction from Nov 2
  • Trinamool Congress worker attacked in Nandigram
  • Mukesh Ambani rejigs retail plan for Bengal
  • Security guards assaulted at Tata Motors site in WB
  • Only 45 farmers accept West Bengal government's Singur package
  • CPI(M) leader murdered in Bengal
  • Forward Block, CPI(M) to meet on Sept. 28 on Metro
  • CBI files chargesheet in Rizwanur Rehman death case
  • Buddhadeb will be responsible if Tatas leave Singur: Mamata
  • Moti Nandi wins Lifetime Achievement at Excellence Awards
  • 'Secular' Muslims want Taslima back in Kolkata
  • Nano set to roll out in three variants
  • The Statesman
  • CBI fails to inform V-B authorities of Nobel case
  • Closure notices for two hospitals
  • Dark day in the city
  • Girl harassed by seniors
  • Handloom weavers incur loss at state-sponsored fair
  • Himcola owner absconding
  • ICMR blamed for dengue spread
  • KMCs larvicide spraying not of much help
  • Life of isolation makes the art grow fonder
  • Medics showcaused for ragging juniors
  • New health scheme for govt employees
  • No mosquito steps, no water supply
  • No anti-malaria steps, no water supply
  • Puja committee duped by decorating company
  • Researchers blamed for dengue spread
  • Special squad for Puja emergencies
  • Star Track
  • Students go on hunger-strike
  • Talk of theTown
  • Tidal waves hit S 24-Pgns villages
  • Why arent utility billing practices consumer friendly?
  • Bengal ready for police reforms
  • The Telegraph
  • Metro to decide ‘next step’ on Thursday
  • 3 pool-car kids, mom crushed
  • CPM urges people to hit streets for Nano
  • What's on in town
  • Tips to fight pandal fire
  • Riz suicide note surfaces
  • Pilots protest driver ‘slur’
  • Seat slash order struck down
  • Death for couple murder
  • Fair gun on Maidan
  • Court rap on SSKM for coal ovens
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • Auction DM’s car & pay dues, says court
  • Protesters turn ‘GL’ car on its side
  • Mom finds her girl, after 16 years
  • Posts nod to Malda varsity
  • Students on rampage in college
  • Cry for Rumtek succession tests
  • Youth alleges kidney loss
  • Congman shot dead by ‘mistake’, clash erupts
  • I&B troupe on trip to Bagdogra for troops
  • Insult charge against mall
  • Times of India
  • Pilot-CISF scuffle set to disrupt city flights
  • Keventer to move HC for agri licence
  • Puff in public, get a challan
  • Restaurants want smoking sections to keep patrons
  • CU fined for ‘illegal action’ against college
  • AI pilot beaten up by CISF men, demands apology
  • 9-hr court drama over Riz case
  • Water snap threat in dengue war
  • Civic bodies ignore ‘clear waste’ order
  • Snatchers flee with Rs 8 lakh
  • Indian Express
  • Container marked ‘explosive’ triggers panic at Howrah station
  • German wholesale giant to take quit Kolkata decision tomorrow
  • Medical board set up to probe infant deaths
  • HC seeks reply from cops for illegal parking in rally
  • Banka murder: Servant gets death sentence
  • Titagarh jute mill re-opened after 4 months
  • Kashmiri youths intercepted at Bangladesh border
  • Fire department issues guidelines to ensure safety in Puja pandals
  • Tapasi Malik death case verdict deferred
  • Court rejects CU’s admission letter to college
  • High Court extends gag order on govt, final verdict on Sept 26
  • Singur: Guards attacked, Left points finger at Trinamool
  • Called ‘driver’ by CISF official, Air India pilots stay grounded
  • We hope the arrested Jamia students are not guilty: V-C
  • 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
  • Security guard at Tata plant in Singur assaulted
  • Is Tata making a quiet exit?
  • ‘Solution’ to Singur in Tata walkout?
  • Political spats affecting development: Somnath
  • Sports
  • Football: SAI, Kolkata in semifinals
  • Build up the spirit: Yakubu