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News Headlines Archive

May 08, 2011
Miscellaneous
  • 83 p.c. vote in West Bengal phase-V
  • Don't canonise Tagore, urge scholars
  • It is for Trinamool to decide on resuming ties with Left: Biman
  • On 150th anniversary, Sonia calls Tagore Bengal's Shakespeare
  • One person held for sending SMS on EVM hacking
  • Joint celebration of Tagore's 150th birth anniversary begins in Dhaka
  • Mamata raising issues a secular party should not
  • Tagore admired Gandhi but also differed sharply: Amartya Sen
  • Left chances appear bright in fifth phase of polls
  • Fear rules Maoist strongholds in West Bengal
  • Minority women in Purulia did not vote
  • Journalists beaten up by CPM men
  • Mamata's men in khaki
  • Rs. 1-cr. international Tagore award to be instituted
  • I won't watch 'Z' now: Prosenjit
  • Rabindranath Tagore: The real kahaniwala... ?
    • Times of India
  • Left warns of violence if Trinamool wins
  • High polling percentage in ongoing West Bengal Assembly election
  • West Bengal elections: Acid test for oppn in Round-5
  • 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
  • CBSE students lose out on lessons without books
  • Land mafia suspected for Bally murder
  • Medical students train without basic devices
  • Will Nano replace autos?
  • EC unhappy with Kalyan's reply
  • Justice cry in will to vote
  • Terror then, festive spirit now in Purulia
  • High turnout buoys CPM in red citadel
  • Kolkata's mind-boggling variety of street food
  • Satyajit Ray films still the most popular in Bengal
  • Rare gems to be unravelled by Punkaj Mullick Music & Art Foundation
  • Kolkata traffic undergoes a silent revolution
  • Tribute to Tagore by honouring today's maestros
  • Meet over post-poll violence
  • Probe EVM hack mail: Poll panel
  • State fails to submit fiscal roadmap
  • Patient goes missing
  • Kolkata strikes gold on Akshay Tritiya
  • Mixed stem cell cure creates history
  • Man drowns, hundreds watch
    • The Telegraph
  • Where the streets have no name
  • Next weekend you can be at ... Godhahada
  • Crack on Metro track
  • 6-year-old falls to death
  • Parishad plans more land raids
  • Paljor turf ready for kick-off
  • Grass test in landslide zone to protect soil
  • Himul in red, milk supply stops
  • Rivals hurl Maoist potshots
  • Water-borne diseases strike Totos
  • Girl in love kills herself
    • Indian Express
  • Journalists beaten up by CPM cadres
  • Mahato in, his supporters go all-out in Jhargram
  • They lift purdah to vote for first time
  • Bengal in 5th gear, no lull in voting
  • Rain puts Chennai out of its misery
  • Next hearing on Rajarhat during next govt
  • Time running out for Chhatradhar
  • Didi has a masterplan for Junglemahal
  • Smiling Buddha declares: We will be back at Writers
  • Knight Riders look to hit against the turn
  • Youth Cong protests against Marxists
    • Hindustan Times
  • Broke Bengal can't even pay its MLAs
  • Women break six-decade-old social barrier to come & vote
  • It's a vote for peace, welcome to Kalyanpur
  • Wanted rebel in Lalgarh
  • Once close to Left, Bengal's thinkers also seek change
  • Docs want Mamata to stem brain drain
  • Trinamool taps into red territory
  • How Left flouted transfer rule framed by Basu
  • Living in constant fear
  • Armed with restraint
  • Bratya will be an excellent education minister: Suman
  • Time to give us jobs
  • Who will stay afloat at the port?
  • Shun CPM, Trinamool cry at rally for Chhatradhar
  • Voting right unveiled
  • Kishenji for boycott, but wont stall polls
  • Keshpur a quiet picture
  • No change in wall graffiti
  • Adding colour to elections
  • Vote of revenge for Tapasis father
    • Sports
  • Kolkata beats Chennai by 10 runs
  • Salgaocar wary of 'unpredictable' Mohun Bagan
  • Fans of Dada get all set