News Headlines Archive

June 20, 2008

Miscellaneous

Petrol pumps in West Bengal to shut down for three days West Bengal flood toll rises to 16 Filmmaker Tapan Sinha to get lifetime achievement award Bengal plant to develop global R&D Chinese ship stranded off Bengal coast Barun Sengupta was an uncompromising journalist Now Bengali film industry discovers cosmic connection

The Statesman

Schoolbus kills one Man kills wife, sister-in-law; attempts suicide Four arrested, loot recovered Health department project hits roadblock NRS to rent auditorium to cover expenses IIM-C fuses three groups into one Buddha encourages vocational training Immediate relief for Behala residents Health department project hits roadblock Buddha encourages vocational training IIM-C fuses three groups into one Four arrested, loot recovered Man kills wife, sister-in-law; attempts suicide Immediate relief for Behala residents Schoolbus kills one NRS to rent auditorium to cover expenses Land caves in at Samdi, 450 homeless Dacoity on the rise in Purulia Cops protect fraudulent snake-catchers Schoolbus kills 70-yr-old Another award for Mission Vidyapith IIM-C fuses three groups into one Schoolbus kills 70-yr-old

The Telegraph

Panchayat power shift stalls relief Bid to make up for crop hit in rice bowl Much lost, but not the books HC first: bench to quiz lifer School tips to block bullies Drainage row sinks Behala Student found in Hooghly Trio drugged, robbed on train Mishap aid fiat on cops Communication gap creeps in at airport  You share your birthday with... What's on in town Trains stem southern flow Gangster fires at rival off SSKM Civic plan to illuminate streets July 1 meet for wage revision Morcha vents ire on flag Bid to confine jumbo herd 3 empty cylinders as woman gasps to death ‘Poison’ gas kills teen worker Passage back for bullet Bonds Partial ‘permit’ slips for cut-off state SOS shift plan for hill patients Bhutan sets new entry rules ‘Voices’ pose air traffic threat Bandh days spent with family, friends Rain triggers landslides & red alert

Times of India

Gang war over plot in posh area, three goons injured Goons drug & rob jawan, 2 others on Kamrup Exp PIL for fresh probe into Netaji mystery HC sets precedent, decides to re-examine convict Trains cancelled after bridge collapses in W Midnapore Unknown fever kills 14 in Kolkata Teacher wins salary battle against govt after 35 years Barun Sengupta dead Rescued from brothel, escape cut off by flood Raging rivers kill 22, lakhs marooned

Indian Express

Mob fires at youth in Bhawanipur, two injured Bandh, and now rains wreak havoc in Hills HC dismisses PIL against Nandigram OC Ghosh remembered on birth anniversary Pipeline dug up at Tiljala by political party workers Quest never ends, says sound recordist who became ace director 2.3 mn homeless, 25 dead, blame game on Left turns 31, with nothing much to celebrate Madrasa teacher recruitment results out Rain, bridge collapse: Rail passengers at wit’s end

Asian Age

Flood situation deteriorates Aide of Mamata dead Barun Sengupta passes away Groom fails to arrive, local man ties the knot 4 burglars arrested Depletion of groundwater Three-day petrol pump closure

Hindustan Times

West Bengal flood toll rises to 16 A reformer for the poor Indefinite bandh in Darjeeling enters 4th day

Sports

Harendra dominates after Day II in PGTI Players Championship Indian team doctor under the scanner Soma slams federation