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News Headlines Archive

May 06, 2011
Miscellaneous
  • 11 injured in CPM-TMC clash
  • BSF jawan dies under mysterious circumstances
  • Choppers deployed in Maoist-hit districts in WB
  • Special package for junglemahal if voted to power: Mamata
  • Campaign for fifth phase poll ends in Bengal
  • PM to commemorate Rabindranath Tagore
  • Tagore bust presented to Singapore institute
  • Last phase: can the Left defend its bastion?
  • Will the change be enough to 'change' Bengal?
  • From behind bars, a folk hero campaigns
  • Buddhadeb asks for judicial probe into arms-drop case
  • Lintas Media Group, Kolkata wins Rs.50 crore businesses
  • Jagmohan Dalmiya's daughter turns producer
  • Tagore's legacy lies in the freedom-seeking women of his fiction
    • Times of India
  • Maoist posterboy, Chhatradhar, queers Lalgarh election equation
  • Poll panel notice pasted on
  • If it's numbers, Didi scores over CM in West Midnapore
  • Highrise voters break free of shackles, thanks to EC
  • Bengal: Voter turnout in 4th phase above 87%
  • Bengal: Polling in Singur, Nandigram today
  • Singur votes for return of Nano
  • Poll boycott in 3 Howrah booths
  • Deep divisions come to the fore at Singur
  • Howrah voters keep parties guessing
  • Man drowns, hundreds watch
  • CPM complains to EC on EVM 'hacker' mail
  • House of hope in terror zone
  • PCPA puts on mellow face for polls
  • TMC gets foothold in Maoist badlands
  • Election almost over, now countdown for post-poll violence?
  • Development holds the key in Purulia
  • Arrested Trinamool man escapes on poll day
  • 2 crushed by speeding buses
  • Refused to fly over Myanmar, Ethiopian plane lands in Kolkata
  • Wet summer dries up mango
  • KMC digs up more trouble for trams
  • SSKM pre-admission unit reduces attacks on docs
  • Target Delhi in BJPs Bengal plans
  • Surjya Kanta turf not in the pink of health
  • Give us a chance, says Didi
  • Mamatas chopper faces turbulence
  • Clash in Howrah: CPM, Trinamool workers hurt
  • Anil receives CD of own speech from poll panel
  • IT companies to pay water tax in Kolkata
    • The Telegraph
  • Train to future, out of Bengal
  • HC orders widow assault probe
  • New light on Mother Teresa
  • Mishaps leave four dead
  • SC talks tough on Sourav plot
  • Traffic mess in flyover scramble
  • Maidan boy tackles Messi
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Chopper peril at poll time
  • Helpline for stranded
  • Where soft drink is easier to get than water
  • 65000 troops for Maoist belt polls
  • Leaderless CPM listless in Lalgarh
  • Centre nod to FDI in hill tea
  • First FDI approval for Darjeeling tea
  • Jawan dies of bullets from BSF rifle
  • Primary teachers to cripple hills
  • Girl rescued from Delhi
  • Plea for Siliguri on air map
  • Smooth ride hope rests on highway tenders
  • IBM tips for Siliguri technology students
  • Forest rules for resorts
    • Indian Express
  • Youth Cong protests against Marxists
  • Striking doctors resume work at Burdwan hospital
  • Buddha asks PM to order judicial probe
  • Body Shops Whitewash
  • BJP exhausts its list of leading crowdpullers
  • On Mahatos campaign plea, court says its administrations call
  • Junglemahal turns into fortress
  • Curtains come down on CMs campaigning
  • Fighter Sourav bounces back again, finds himself Pune Warriors
  • Singur, Nandigram lock their votes, Didi smells victory
  • Buddhas number 2 reads the writing on the wall
  • At Nandigram, assurances of adequate compensation and railway jobs to ...
    • Hindustan Times
  • Spotlight on Jhargram in last leg of polls
  • Didi predicts Trinamool tsunami
  • Mamata raises rigging alarm
  • Now, even Biman wants repolling
  • How Left flouted transfer rule framed by Basu
  • Living in constant fear
  • Hunt for untainted leaders
  • Police warn of violence
  • For them, election day marked a new beginning
  • Focus on the road ahead, lead society
  • Time to give us jobs
  • Who will stay afloat at the port?
  • Mamata vs Chhatradhar
  • EC to decide on rebel leaders campaign
  • Trinamool gears up to deliver change
  • No change in wall graffiti
  • Adding colour to elections
  • Vote of revenge for Tapasis father
  • A vote for democracy
  • Density spurt in dense Bengal
    • Sports
  • Kochi Tuskers prevails as Knight Riders falters in the chase
  • Sourav really wanted to play IPL: Dona Ganguly
  • Bhutia blames referees for ‘killing the game in India’