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News Headlines Archive

June 01, 2011
Miscellaneous
  • Return of land at Singur not much of a problem: Minister
  • Unpaid bills worth Rs 3500 cr worry Bengal FM
  • Canards will not deter us, says Industry Minister
  • Rights bodies demand general amnesty for political prisoners
  • Left Front will come back, says Buddhadeb
  • Panel on Hooghly riverfront beautification set up
  • Train accident averted
  • High-level committee formed for beautification of Kolkata riverside
  • Mamata announces plans for health care upgradation
  • Tobacco-related cancer cases rising in Kolkata
  • Buddhadeb demands immediate end to violence
  • Soumitra enriches new Tagore album by Sounak
  • UPA-II report card shows no pass marks: Buddhadeb
  • West Bengal's coffers are empty
  • NTPC to prepare white paper for West Bengal power sector
  • Debasree Roy calls for awareness on cruelty against animals
  • Moon Moon Sen launches Kolkata spa
    • Times of India
  • Dont use diesel: Greenpeace to telecom firms
  • Kolkata serves as a key transit point for NE rebels
  • Now in oppn, Buddha's turn to blast state terror
  • State to borrow 3500 crore to clear Left govts unpaid bills
  • New faces to take charge of city's cultural hubs
  • Mamata's message to NTPC on land for power plants
  • Automobile dream not over yet
  • Mamata's London vision shapes beauty blueprint
  • Partha visits Singur ground zero
  • SSKM upgrade: 8 yrs & counting
  • An angel for the men in uniform
  • Rajdhani disaster averted
  • Power cut in south Kolkata
  • State scraps Rajarhat body, to scan Hidco deals
  • Trees die mysteriously on VIP Rd
  • Traffic policemen get training in life saving skills
  • United House bridges party divide
  • 2-member panel to draft land policy
  • Top officials reshuffled
  • State finance not in poor shape: Asim
    • The Telegraph
  • C-team selection & Nandan swoop
  • Wheel deal with eye on London
  • Mamata raps cops on road...
  • ...snips shed outside home
  • Cops probe Digha train assault
  • Rape bid on girl in hospital
  • Power hit on hot day
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Little help to kick the killer butt
  • Bad weather diverts flights
  • Singur vendors come into play
  • Promise of hospitals in districts
  • Land handover possible: Partha
  • CM meet heat on Morcha
  • Where is the state, rivals ask Morcha
  • Expert lists butterflies
  • Cars too few for ministers
  • Singur plot return possible: Partha
  • Child rights panels query on girl death
  • Vendors want suitable cash
  • CPM workers attacked
  • Karim mobbed at station
  • Short showers till June 5
  • Siliguri girl rescued
    • Indian Express
  • Housing dept begins probe into Rajarhat land acquisition, allotment
  • Merit lists make a comeback in West Bengal
  • Left Front put Bengal on brink of insolvency: Mitra
  • Demoralised BJP sees opportunity in govts radical promises
  • Banker-turned-lawyer who stood by Mamatas side
  • Humbled Buddha steps out again, hits out at Manmohan
  • Central grants welcome, but came too late, says Asim
  • Minister sees police-CPM nexus
  • Govt forms panel to frame new land policy
  • Mishra calls on Mamata, asks her to stop violence
  • Kolkata Confidential
  • Metro officials rubbish Sudips green concerns
  • Day before Assembly session, CPM MLA commits suicide
  • Govt plans job drive in Darjeeling, Maoist-affected districts
  • Pranab assures Mamata of help to tide over crisis
  • Pranab to discuss states financial situation with Mamata today
    • Hindustan Times
  • Buddha hits out, questions PMs support base
  • CM Mamata debuts in assembly
  • Biman Banerjee elected West Bengal assembly speaker
  • CPM legislator jumps to death in Kolkata
  • Kingfisher flight makes emergency landing
  • Rickshawpuller hands over Rs 50K to cops
  • Buddha hits out, questions PMs support base
  • CM Mamata debuts in assembly
  • CPM legislator jumps to death in Kolkata
  • Pranab's concern over illegal arms
    • Sports
  • Practice, hard work, discipline did the trick: Shabbir
  • Fans point finger at referee
  • Saha is confident of a good show
  • I am happy for Bengal, says Bhutia