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News Headlines Archive
September 25, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • Durga Puja begins amid rains in Kolkata
  • Mamata gets Left support on land Bill
  • Durga Puja begins in Kolkata
  • Maoists want talk with govt but on condition
  • For Kolkata, Durga’s no more an American idol
  • 60 Volvo low-floor aircon buses now for Kolkata roads
  • Kolkata Metro to run 520 trains on Durga puja days
  • Bodies of two CPI(M) supporters recovered
  • Balmer Lawrie does well despite slowdown
  • Recession and inflation hit Kolkata Idol-makers
  • 50 kg deer meat seized in WB
  • Air India restores Hyd-Kolkata morning flight
  • Bengalis revel in the Pink City
  • Bengal beats rent the air in Delhi pujas
  • Getting serious - Ananya Chatterjee
  • SRK and Rituparna Sengupta to feature in ad together
  • The Telegraph
  • ‘Suicide’ after Nandi quiz
  • Death on Puja trip home
  • Patchwork path to pandals
  • Trio held with deer meat, skin
  • Craft & concern in crown quest
  • Priyanka provides Puja break
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • All in the family
  • What's on in town
  • Happy fusion of opposites
  • Men’s role-play on women’s day
  • Ashtami of anjali and adda
  • Fun spots galore to escape from Puja crowd
  • Pandal raid after chanda assault
  • Morcha kicks off dress code with phulpati
  • TT guide for Astami recce
  • Marathon meet, but no mayor
  • The Statesman
  • 20 years for that immortal man
  • AIDS vaccine breakthrough
  • AQ Khan mum on veracity of letter sparking N-row
  • Afghan troop decision still pending
  • Alimuddin clash takes its toll
  • Angaria acquitted incur PWG wrath
  • Angaria acquitted incurs PWG wrath
  • Balmer Lawrie plans unit in Indonesia
  • Behave yourself!
  • Buddha concerned over mystery death of student
  • CM airs lawyers grievances
  • CM to spend Puja holidays in Maithon
  • CPM continues to lose polls
  • Chandrayaan found water on moon
  • Cong, NCP now face slew of rebels
  • Consensus the need
  • Crowds pour in on Mahasasthi
  • Exaggerations of climate debate
  • Fulcrum of police & policing
  • GM, Reva pact for electric car
  • Govt officials meet on Bharti-MTN deal
  • High on drugs, Papas star slept with daughter
  • I am ready for dialogue with IIT faculty: Sibal
  • In the jungles
  • India must chart its own course
  • India not to abide by UNSC resolution
  • India the buzzword in Finnish business circles
  • Inflation rises to 0.37%
  • Its not Vietnam, but parallels are growing
  • Its one extended family here
  • JLR to shut one UK plant
  • JSW to raise Rs 12,200 cr
  • Kakodkar defends Pokhran II
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Looking beyond the glam quotient
  • Meltdown toll on Mall puja
  • NCSC flays govt silence on campaign against SC judges
  • No let-up in violence even on festival days
  • Oz not racist, says new envoy
  • Pawar warns of rice scarcity
  • Population crisis
  • Puja gift for banned vehicle staff
  • Questions that need answering
  • RIL notice to Anil firm
  • Rahul visit irks Maya
  • Saeed arrest will take time, says Pakistan
  • UNSC adopts NPT resolution
  • Vijayan moves court against AK Antony
  • Youth held for looting passenger
  • Economic growth will continue to be unbalanced
  • Times of India
  • Teen death mystery: 4 GRP officers get rap
  • Video study to ease Puja traffic
  • 50 kg deer meat seized in Baruipur, three held
  • Train to Delhi gets new luxury coach
  • 9 homebound labourers die in road accident
  • Met office sounds wet warning for Ashtami
  • Green in theme, not at heart
  • Day of fun 'n' frolic for underprivileged kids
  • Devi or manavi, Durga is mother of art
  • Monday flag off for Mumbai Duronto
  • Oh Darling, yeh hai Kolkata!
  • Oh Darling, yeh hai Kolkata!
  • A fine award ceremony in Kolkata
  • When tantricks made a kill
  • Abhishek's party celebrate his stint KFW2
  • Do Lucknowites have a traffic sense?
  • Indian Express
  • Stand-off over mayor’s post in Siliguri on, Deepa meets Sonia
  • CU’s vision for the blind: Braille books, audio library
  • On way home for Pujas, nine die in accident
  • This pujas, their message is: Let there be peace in Lalgarh
  • City throngs pandals as rains take a break
  • Puja gift on track: Plush coach on Sampark Kranti begins its maiden run
  • A pandal special in many ways
  • ‘Trinamool goons’ vandalise Birbhum school for extortion
  • Allies warn CPM on ‘Salwa Judum’ plans
  • Two Trinamool supporters die in bomb attacks
  • Hindustan Times
  • Kolkata restaurants not to charge more during Durga puja
  • Two more held for Trinamool leader's murder
  • Sports
  • Pybus to coach Knight Riders
  • Bhutia-Bagan issue gets murkier
  • Ganguly retained in technical committee