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News Headlines Archive
June 30, 2008
Miscellaneous
  • Polling in 13 municipalities of West Bengal peaceful
  • CPI-M. Trinamool clash in Nandigram
  • Nano rollout by Durga Puja despite cost overrun
  • Durgapur-Asansol is on an industrial high
  • Congress has become politically bankrupt: Mamata
  • Hello, class, I’m the 16-year-old head
  • Demand for Gorkhaland
  • Saregama to enter event management
  • Singur 'challenges' may make Tata Nano costly
  • Being Soumitra Chatterjee: Star of the East
  • The Statesman
  • Talk of theTown
  • Stranded tourists demand full refund for train tickets
  • Crisis help-line for senior citizens launched
  • Asim wants ISI participation in national surveys
  • No centre to collect cardiac patients data in Bengal
  • Talk of theTown
  • Mamata calls Cong-CPM alliance a pretence
  • Ministry says workers dismissal illegal
  • Corrupt ration dealers exposed
  • SEZs or brick kilns, its the land thats losing out
  • 80 per cent turnout for civic polls
  • The Telegraph
  • Party prepares partners for polls
  • Somen quizzed over Mamata overture
  • Promise of Sikkim passage
  • Dad throws, girl crushed by truck
  • Mum’s class ends in death
  • Pitch for Dhaka help
  • Land balm ready, says CM
  • The spirit of white
  • Fee cut for Besu duo
  • HC suspends official’s pay
  • Heavy rain in 48 hours
  • Drunks rough up man, wife
  • Bank fraud wife arrested
  • Sacked employee slashes wrists
  • In net for job promise
  • Fudge trio let off
  • Pilot is god on dodgy runway
  • Award for city surgeon
  • Hike too little: bus owners
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • What's on in town
  • Glam girl of Gorabazar
  • Learning in twilight years
  • Gold mine in parking mess
  • Subrata’s club and café
  • Rail track repairs delayed
  • Town faces water woes
  • 2 held for felling trees
  • Threat finger at Morcha
  • Dad throws 4-month-old girl under truck
  • Ganga threat back in Malda
  • Jumbo calf isolated again
  • Contracts to go, hints council
  • Uprooted trees block highway for 5 hours
  • Ex-soldiers recall ‘Sam Bahadur’
  • CII puts off Siliguri meet
  • Stooge tag on tribal body
  • Govt to ensure supplies reach Sikkim
  • Times of India
  • Callous cops, heartless city dump woman
  • Shinjini finally shows signs of recovery
  • Woman held for fraud
  • Couple in plea for suicide
  • Chasing girl, youth lands in lock-up
  • Speeding bus kills woman on VIP Road
  • Fake note rackets using original currency paper
  • Indian Express
  • Fresh cracks in Cong? Pranab summons Somen for Mamata rendezvous
  • Trinamool will not cooperate with Tata project officials
  • Pranab: Communication key for improved relations with Dhaka
  • Kumartuli warehouses gutted in fire
  • Builders flout rainwater harvesting norms
  • Sacked hospital employee attempts suicide, arrested
  • AIEEE candidates caught with forged rank cards
  • KMC boroughs not ready to combat malaria
  • Unhappy Dunlop workers meet minister
  • State to get its first national wildlife park in Jaldapara
  • ‘Dismal’ Cong hid N-deal facts: Left
  • Biman’s latest: Jharkhand responsible for Bengal floods
  • Oil hike fuels taxi, minibus fare rise; effective from July 11
  • WB vs GL vehicle plate: Govt angry but Morcha adamant
  • Asian Age
  • Woman dies at hospital, minister orders probe
  • Police to monitor flood relief
  • Buddha lauds teenage headmaster’s initiative
  • Power shortage till Oct. 2009
  • High court orders Re 1 compensation for IG
  • College girl in drunken state
  • KMC ratifies Sourav plot
  • Cancer patient dies at airport
  • Hindustan Times
  • 15 hurt in Trinamool attack
  • Saregama to foray into event management biz
  • Sports
  • Pranitha, Dola make it to Beijing Olympics
  • Baichung wants to play as long as possible