News Headlines Archive

May 17, 2008

Miscellaneous

‘They’ll have to flee from Nandigram’ IIM-C and IIT-KGP to go ahead with 27% quota Dish TV boxes now free in Kolkata Trouble in own backyard, CPM won’t rock UPA boat 11 dead in Bengal mall fire Film festival for kids in Kolkata Can't I be allowed to stay in Kolkata?: Taslima Emraan does cartwheels in Kolkata! Kolkata mayor wants residents to pay for water CPI(M) will play greater role in strengthening Left Front unity West Bengal making changes in Pranab's security ‘Modern India was built on a drug’

The Statesman

Kolkatas founding family wants record set straight Women on guard ZP chief blows own trumpet Ministers injured kin dies HS result may cloud JEE Kidney transplant East-West terminal site in Howrah Station fixed Electoral battle spills onto home turf Mall management misled firemen Candidates blame govt for contaminated water KMC makes fire pre-clearance mandatory for city malls Women on guard Electoral battle spills onto home turf Fire in bank Mall management misled firemen Rights panel seeks Chittaranjan patient report IIM-C awaits govt decision on quota Poll security beefed up RSP stockpiled Basanti bombs

The Telegraph

Holes in blast claim Owners went for cash: rescuer ‘Ball of smoke’ that came rushing Colleges in a fix over HS results Poll fight okay, not poll duty Mother, son hang to death Power cut looms over IPL match Anger pours out in morgue Dinhata scar still hurts Verses of home and away Next weekend you can be at ...Bagora Dylan disciple on a roll The jeans effect on energy Second seal delay for consumers Pre-poll assault slur on CPM Fuel stop for PM at Bagdogra today Culling in hills to start from Sunday Assam artwork at Cooch Behar junction Deadline, clashes before final show Divorce to cost half the assets Scent of stored bombs in blast ICSE shocker: All round hike in fees Gorkha agitation worry for IT players

Times of India

Murshidabad: Cong worker killed Tree lands on auto, crushes man inside Air traffic in disarray over PM flight plan Gory test for grassroots democracy Traffic man on a silent mission Woman guards mother's body at home for 2 days Locked & forgotten in burning shop, 12 suffocate to death Flood of victims sparks chaos at hospitals Serampore mill workers beat up union leaders HC fines narcotics bureau for slapping false charges

Indian Express

Decomposed body of woman found in a Kolkata apartment Creative thinker comes to transform Bengal jails Mother-son duo hang themselves to death Govt to step up security in booths on counting day Materials used for making bombs found at Naskar’s house Doctors steal kidney of six-month-old boy

Asian Age

Police refers to medical board North Bengal goes to polls today amidst tight security 2 killed, many injured in storm Decomposed body of elderly woman found Twin suicides by mother, son Woman with child faints, cops come to the rescue AI flight returns from Bagdogra No air coolers at many Metro stations CID submits probe report

Hindustan Times

Shop owner downs shutter, 13 die in fire Jaipur blast suspects spoke Bengali, bought cycles without bargaining SC lifts stay, clears way for OBC admissions

Sports

SRK, Ganguly on the business of cricket Pollock's spell shattered our plans: Buchanan