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April 29, 2011
Miscellaneous
  • Forces to stay for 10 days after WB poll ends: EC
  • Trinamool Congress upset over EC letter being made public
  • Re-poll ordered in two booths in West Bengal
  • CPI to take up Mukul Roy issue with Prime Minister, EC
  • Purulia was RAW-MI5 operation to overthrow Basu: Bleach, Davy
  • Thorough probe demanded into Kim Davy issue
  • 87 'criminal' candidates in Bengal polls' fourth, fifth phases
  • Once close to Left, WB's thinkers seek change
  • CBDT probing black money charges: CEC
  • Mamata challenges Govt. to arrest her
  • Battered but still voting, Sundarbans shows way
  • Purulia: was West Bengal's LF regime the target?
  • Foreign powers keen to see the end of Left Front Govt. - Biman
  • EC notice to Anil Basu for Mamata comments
    • Times of India
  • Age & illness fail to dampen spirits of voters
  • Inexperienced, but not uninformed
  • Some lucky to vote, others not so
  • Sex workers at Sonagachhi exercise their franchise
  • Chhatradhar injured in accident
  • Violence in Mukul son's constituency
  • CPM tried to rig polls: Mamata
  • Final recce: Asim picture of calm, Amit aggressive
  • Dum Dum 'turns into' Alimuddin St
  • Did minority votes swing right?
  • Several Air India flights cancelled from Kolkata
  • Here comes Times intARact
  • Darjeeling bids adieu to Everester
  • Mob thrashes, locks up 'drunk' cops for road rage
  • Air India pilot strike grounds flights
  • Fire minister may borrow CPM symbol
  • Poll rally for Chhatradhar at Lalgarh
  • Nirupam not comfortable
  • Ex-British spy was on Purulia plane: Davy
  • Delhi okayed Purulia arms drop: Davy
  • 'CPM men' attack Cong rally
  • Asim threatens chit fund owners
  • Many hurt in post-poll violence
  • The writing is on the wall in Nandigram
  • Mukul team meets CEC
  • Deb's TMC 'black money' proof inconclusive: CEC
  • Mamata speaks of 'peaceful revenge'
  • Wanted: change within
    • The Telegraph
  • Election clean, so is campus
  • After poll rush, a day to breathe easy
  • Madhyamik schools under board scanner
  • Trio capture V-Day vignettes
  • Flier alert: anything but Air India?
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Nandigram address on Didi wish list
  • Bengal leaves Bihar behind in warrant execution spree
  • Cong rebels see hoax in verbal suspension
  • Party flag grounds Mamata chopper
  • Split in Morcha casual staff union
  • Search and rescue squad for Siliguri
  • Trapped, man dies in fire
  • Free-Tibet plea to China
  • Mob assaults cop team
    • Indian Express
  • CPM demands repoll in 40 booths
  • EC notice to Anil Basu
  • One flashes the V, one doesnt
  • Quiet yet enthusiastic
  • Cong dissidents on their own
  • Want change, but not Mamata way
  • Gautam gives EC black money proof
  • Mukul sues Gautam for Rs 15 crore
  • For Mamata, its about holding fort
  • Swing seats up for grabs in phase-III
  • Deputy EC reviews law and order
  • Fear of losing has confined CM to Jadavpur: Mamata
  • 4 professors of Jadavpur University in poll fray
  • Bengals largest factory will be in Singur, says Buddha
    • Hindustan Times
  • Mamata takes on CPI-M on black money
  • Didi promises Nandigram 2nd revolution
  • CEC dismisses Deb's black money charges
  • For Buddha, it is back to industry in Nano hub
  • Rusting pipes haunt farmers
  • What stars foretell about the elections
  • Deafening silence in battlefield Nandigram
  • Village wants arsenic freedom
  • Taste of woman power at Jorasanko
  • We paved the way for disaster
  • Time to give us jobs
  • Who will stay afloat at the port?
  • All quiet on the Left Front
  • Chhatradhar is not alone
  • 34 not out: Will SUCI score again in South 24 Parganas?
  • Poll campaign goes green in Bengal
  • Democracy fails voter from SA
  • Dial support: Call from CM
  • Ghost of Marichjhapi returns to haunt
  • When in doubt, just sniff it out!
    • Sports
  • Manoj helps Kolkata beat Delhi
  • We were desperate to win, says Gambhir