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April 13, 2011
Miscellaneous
  • Webcasting for polling booths in West Bengal
  • West Bengal polls: Pranab campaigns for son Abhijit
  • Producing EPIC before voting mandatory no more in Bengal
  • Ambuja realty to come up with new hospital in Kolkata
  • Warm response to Buddhadeb's roadshow
  • Kolkata iconic trams are slowly fading out
  • Trinamool Congress office ransacked in Midnapore
  • Spencer's Retail launches its first Hyper in Siliguri
  • 'Unprecedented' security for Bengal polls
  • Election: Kolkata traders make hay selling campaign gear
  • Mamata appeals against division of anti-Left vote
  • Ban sale of smokeless tobacco
  • No cakewalk for GJM candidates in Darjeeling
  • Buddha & Co. get Census relief
  • Warm response to Buddhadeb's roadshow
  • Intellectuals stand by Mamata, ask voters to shun Left
  • No idea who dubbed my film in Hindi: Rituparno
  • Trinamool won't allow division of WB: Mamata
    • Times of India
  • Pranab bails out cash-strapped state
  • Woman hacked to death in Behala
  • Mercury blows hot and cold, rain likely within 48 hours
  • Truck crushes 6-yr-old in Andul
  • Released from jail, but no home to call their own
  • Kolkata scientists' gift for thalassemics
  • 2 killed in New Town mishap
  • Maoist squad member held
  • Constable commits suicide in police station
  • Asim jugglery to pay salaries
  • No cheer for liquor biz
  • Binayak Sen bail hearing today: The Supreme Court
  • Stones, bricks hurled at Congress candidate
  • Bite missing from graffiti, the fun's gone from the elections
  • Thousands flock to catch glimpse of change-maker
  • 2 held with forged job letters
  • Ghisingh must leave Hills after polls: Gurung
  • North Dinajpur thirsts for development
  • Chhatradhar queers poll pitch
  • GJM support catches Congress, TMC off-guard
    • The Telegraph
  • Price slash for purple patch
  • Get ready for raucous poll campaign
  • Govt red-lights traffic school
  • Architect call for public spaces
  • Suicide attempt on Metro tracks
  • Trio in net for railway job promise
  • Heat on Buddha in more ways than one
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Tolly duo held for cop assault
  • Woman killed in kitchen
  • Six-year-old run over by truck
  • Adhir beside rebel, not Pranab
  • Vote fear widespread in rebel belt: Survey
  • Poll code violation slur on Pranab
  • Mamata parades Left rebels before rivals
  • Ten kids on their own
  • Union territory call by Cong
  • Hashem soft on dissidents
  • Rahul trip off, posers many
  • Voter slip delivery arrest
    • Indian Express
  • Kolkata Metro official rescues suicidal woman from tracks
  • Taking money from Todi no offence: Rehman friend
  • EC promises unprecedented security
  • Arrest of Trinamool men triggers violence in Nandigram
  • Trinamool candidate gets anticipatory bail
  • Cong foots Didis chopper bill, party workers shy of her
  • Trinamool tears into EC notice
  • Singur: CM keen but not Bloc
  • Mamata will make a good CM
  • On slow track, Sanga could attack with spin
  • Trouble at home for the Knights
  • kolkata Confidential
  • Deputy EC reviews law and order
    • Hindustan Times
  • The Congress has no spine: Somnath
  • Candidates glued to TV
  • In Mahatma's footsteps, Mamata hits campaign trail with padayatra
  • It's a celebration of nature on Mamata's canvas
  • My father said some things you learn...
  • Adhir states Mir Jafar, claims Trinamool MP
  • Singur accursed, says Bloc leader
  • The many colours of Subrata
  • My name is Khan and I stand for change
  • CPI man eyes fourth win
  • Freedom fighters starving
  • Buddha practises what he preaches
  • Destination north Bengal for heavyweights
  • Over a dozen rallies in 2 days: Mamata looks to upset Left Front applecart in north Bengal
  • Biman calls Mamata uranta pakhi
  • From flowers to slogans, madness rules
  • Left front candidate beats CM on asset count
  • Disenchanted Lepchas to boycott election
  • Demand grows, Didi picks up brush again
  • CM seat has most nominees
    • Sports
  • United Sikkim, Md. Sporting in lead
  • KKR doesn't aim to earn just money: SRK
  • Shah Rukh dedicates victory to Ganguly