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April 26, 2011
Miscellaneous
  • Where will West Bengal's Muslim votes go?
  • Third phase of campaign ends in West Bengal
  • May 13 will be beginning of a long journey: Mamata Banerjee
  • Eight injured as leopards roam free
  • Chidambaram's allegations on Wesare poll oriented: Left Front
  • Left will win Kerala, West Bengal polls: Karat
  • Election Commission to visit Kolkata to oversee election preparations
  • CPI (M)'s current slogan is 'Income Zindabad': Mamata
  • CPI(M) complains to EC against Mamata's goonda remark
  • Mamata welcomes Chidamabaram''s criticism of law & order in WB
  • Government of dealers and blackmailers: CPI(M)
  • Change needed for better law and order of West Bengal: Chidambaram
  • I expected Buddhadeb to quit: Chidambaram
  • Trinamool will not be allowed to spread violence
  • No evidence of Trinamool, Maoist link
  • Former bureaucrat tests Buddhadeb in Jadavpur
  • From Kolkata to Cannes via Colombo
  • WB: fight to occupy Writer's Building gets uglier
  • Aparna Sen shocked over death of cinematographer Somak Mukherjee
    • Times of India
  • 48 hrs to go,poll pitch peaks in city
  • Buddha shocked at PMs barbs on Bengal govt
  • Somnath campaigns for Left Front in Birati
  • 'CPM distributing money at Rajarhat'
  • Vt4us, parties text GenX voters
  • VB employees skip poll duty, 40 served notices
  • CPM, TMC in tug-of-war over Sonagachhi votes
  • Which way will Dum Dum swing?
  • Cash-for-vote complainant disappears
  • Turnout spurt in Birbhum may upset poll maths
  • Indias Everest hero passes away at 79
  • Parcel bomb kills Malda teacher
  • City mourns death of Sathya Sai Baba
  • Time stands still in this riverine border village
  • Jobs gone, now living in fear of losing home
  • New Town waits for change of fortune
  • Wife leads Mahato's campaign
  • Ajit Panja legacy looms large here
  • Do not waste your vote on traitors: Didi
  • High-voltage contest in Jadavpur
  • Tide turns in Sunderbans
  • Boy stabs RKM hostelmate
  • Two held for sending nude MMS
  • Tortured family flees home
  • Kid, college student killed in accidents
  • Asim faces toughest challenge in years
  • Karat pulls the plug on CMs N-power plan
  • Nanoor nervy ahead of V-Day
  • Riz case: CBI may move against cops
  • Three killed in Domkal blast
    • The Telegraph
  • Stephen residents to boycott poll in protest
  • TMC leaders Khan-do cry
  • Election under watch of central forces
  • 5pm? Time for a cuppa
  • String theory on concert pitch
  • Lensman in fatal mishap
  • Mamata ends campaign at CM seat
  • You share your birthday with...
  • JU course clarification
  • Apathy for public health
  • Gunjan guilty of murder
  • Full circle for vote veteran
  • Driver held for theft
  • PCs personal interest in Canning East
  • In Manteswar, brothers burden & TMC dissent
  • Pranab talks call to rebels
  • Nanoor attack kills 1
  • Killer bomb in suitor book
  • Defame ire at leader
  • Book bombers in murder net
  • Nanoor attack kills one
  • Changmari tries plucking machine
  • Jumbos trapped in refinery enclosure
  • Husband arrested for death
    • Indian Express
  • CPM man dies in Nanoor clash
  • Buddha to PC: Dont need your suggestions
  • Bengal worst-governed state: Chidambaram
  • BJP hits two birds with one governance stone UPA, Left
  • Somnaths re-entry call gains voice, momentum
  • Day after, CM ticks off PM
  • Didi calling, IT hub sees farmers move back in, grow crops
  • Mrs Bhattacharjee fights fired with hope and hurt
  • CPM MP heaps abuse on Mamata at public rally
  • Jaitley explains: BJP, Left are poles apart
  • Railways to remain with Trinamool (if I become next CM)
  • Left MP caught buying votes
  • In Buddha bastion, Didi declares victory
  • Army chopper goes missing
  • Infighting within Congress camp gives hope to Left in Murshidabad
    • Hindustan Times
  • Mamata takes a last swipe at Marxists
  • Left nominee sets out to get things right
  • CPM MLA takes on Trinamool heavyweight
  • Crucial third phase WB polls tomorrow
  • As polls near, central forces move into city
  • CPM on back foot in Hooghly
  • Politics whiff in unnatural deaths
  • Election time is freedom time
  • Left in the lurch after shutters down
  • Coming out of shadow
  • We paved the way for disaster
  • Time to give us jobs
  • Who will stay afloat at the port?
  • Mamata, Buddha neck-and-neck at campaign stakes
  • Dissidents not upbeat on poll day
  • Ghost of Marichjhapi returns to haunt
  • When in doubt, just sniff it out!
  • It's really all about money
  • Small car Nano gave Mamata big political boost
  • Villagers smile, courtesy central force jawans
    • Sports
  • ONGC beat Mohun Bagan 2-1
  • East Bengal likely to get a CEO
  • Sourav Ganguly picks the best of Sachin Tendulkar