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News Headlines Archive
September 24, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • Journeys divine: Durga Puja is when Bengalis travel
  • Durga Puja in rural Bengal
  • Pranab to don a priest's mantle during Durga Puja
  • ‘Sanity has returned to retail’
  • 'Ecospace' business park inaugurated in Kolkata
  • The nostalgia rosogolla
  • Sand image of goddess Durga to highlight global warming
  • Chennai city's Bengalis celebrate Durga puja
  • A ‘haunted’ station reopens 42 years after it shut due to fears of the paranormal
  • Border security stepped up for Durga Puja in Siliguri
  • New movie to recreate Tagore's Victoria love story
  • Bappida beats Puja drums of joy!
  • The Telegraph
  • Atish probe on CM prod
  • Child dies in goon’s comeback bid
  • The veiled woman of substance
  • Crime spurt in pre-Puja crowd
  • What's on in town
  • Festival theme safe and green
  • Devil lies in the dark cloud this Puja
  • Get set, go for festive flow
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • Morcha wants posts filled up by Nov. 15
  • Toy train dashes tour spirit
  • Mamata’s leash call on mayor pick
  • Meeting Ma and art
  • The Statesman
  • $4.3b booster for economy
  • A matter of primary importance
  • ArcelorMittal does a Tata
  • Ban on acquisition of double-crop land soon
  • Bharti-MTN deal favoured
  • Bountiful Talent just wins
  • CMo project gets Guv nod
  • Champions League winners to get $2.5 million
  • Climate biggest issue in ties with India, China
  • Cong, NCP formalise alliance for Maha polls
  • Correctional home authorities pulled up for poll irregularities
  • Dish TV, 12 other FDI plans cleared
  • Energy and Climate
  • GM to restore 2,400 jobs
  • HC ruling on teachers posts
  • India sceptical of Saeed detention
  • Indias aircraft strength not enough: IAF
  • Indigenous H1N1 vaccine on way to clinical trials
  • Iran backs off Holocaust denial
  • It seems clear
  • Kohli replaces Yuvraj
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Nuclear divide
  • Of run rush after positional switch
  • Osama predicts Obamas fall
  • PSLV launches 7 satellites
  • Pak seeks release of anti-terror funds
  • Pakistan come through in low-scoring encounter
  • Ponting stresses improvement
  • Poverty perceptions
  • Pranab sees higher growth
  • Teen urges climate action
  • The lost Samaritan
  • The stark choice facing our species
  • Trai announces portability date
  • Troops pullout disastrous
  • With Juliaji in Pataudi Palace, public out till 10 Oct
  • Times of India
  • Mob bashes up CPM strongman in Barasat
  • Bakkhali rail link project on right track
  • Textile park planned at Howrah mill
  • Evening of music and veggie delights
  • State may run urban scheme buses
  • Rs 10 cr for jobless transport workers
  • State BJP president quits post
  • Puja platform to revive patachitra
  • Folk rhythm to liven up festivities
  • Costly flowers send puja budgets awry
  • A fine award ceremony in Kolkata
  • A fine award ceremony in Kolkata
  • When tantricks made a kill
  • Abhishek's party celebrate his stint KFW2
  • The party's just begun
  • Do Lucknowites have a traffic sense?
  • Indian Express
  • Cyclone Aila ‘passes through’ Sonarpur pandal
  • Rs 10-cr sop for ban-affected employees
  • 11-yr-old shootout victim dies
  • Cops dispose of body, victim’s kin in dark; CM wants a report
  • Singhi Pak Pujo goes hi-tech with 3D display attraction
  • IIT-Kharagpur teachers go hungry for a day
  • CID busts flesh trade racket, Nepal link unravels
  • B-schools gear up for placement session
  • Of promised 50 for Pujas, just 5 Volvos hit roads
  • Beaten, CPM gives a call to arms to face down Maoists
  • Trinamool man’s murder in Nandigram: Chickens may have come home to roost
  • Siliguri standoff: Pranab tells state Cong keep him out
  • Hindustan Times
  • Weapons pile up, villagers flee
  • Pranab against tightening of monetary policy
  • Sports
  • Bhutia joins EB practice, Bagan may go to FIFA
  • Dinesh, Anita emerge champions