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May 13, 2011
Miscellaneous
  • Mamata creates history in WB
  • West Bengal election 2011: Left accepts defeat
  • The rise and fall of Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
  • Jubilation at Mamata's house, gloom at CPM HQ
  • Mamata Banerjee vows to end autocracy, atrocities
  • For Mamata Banerjee, the leadership training started at home
  • Bengal firebrand Mamata Banerjee
  • CPI-M should introspect from top to bottom: Somnath
  • Trinamool surges ahead in West Bengal
  • PM, Sonia congratulate Mamata
  • Assembly election results 2011: Mamata sweeps Bengal
  • Bengal results: D(idi) Day for Left Front
  • Bengal braces for miracle, Left for its last day
  • Trinamool dispels fears about cadre indulging in violence
  • Bengal CM Buddhadeb trails, TMC's Amit Mitra leads
  • Mamata Banerjee is our symbol of energy
  • The rise and fall of the Left in West Bengal
  • Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee biography
  • West Bengal trends indicate landslide win for Trinamool
  • Mamata Banerjee, the street-fighting politician and Left nemesis
  • Communists in India West Bengal 'losing' in vote count
  • Reflections on West Bengal, where communism is on verge of collapse
    • Times of India
  • End of an era: Left no longer right for Bengal voters
  • Jubilation before Mamata's residence, gloom at CPM HQ
  • Friday, the 13th, lucky for Trinamool Congress
  • We will bring back the lost glory of Bengal: Mamata Banerjee
  • Assembly elections: Historic win for Trinamool Congress in Bengal
  • CPM should introspect from top to bottom: Somnath
  • Opposition is coming to power in Bengal: Somnath Chatterjee
  • All set for the D-day in West Bengal
  • Green rasogolla, abir to celebrate alliance victory
  • Speculation over new rly minister
  • Writers' date with history
  • The day Mamata posed as 'lover' to fool cops
  • TMC elated, LF calls it a gimmick
  • Oath-taking at Brigade or Raj Bhavan?
  • Bail for Majid after polls end
  • Poll panel warning for Anil Basu
  • Four from city crack UPSC exam
  • Centre clamps down on plastic bags
  • Addict stole Presidency taps to buy drugs
  • 2 students drown in Subhas Sarovar
  • Domestic help steals Rs 4.5 lakh
  • Village Near Blast Site Defies Fear On V-Day
  • Forces, not parties, took them to West Bengal booths
  • Few villagers cast votes in Purulia killing fields
  • Rare thalassaemia strain in S Bengal
  • Mamata Banerjee shifts venue
  • Lack of coordination leaves
  • St Xavier`s school students to visit China
  • Delhi youths missing from city loan meet
  • Study reveals excessive iron in city`s water
    • The Telegraph
  • The count that counts
  • Protest against park stage
  • Abetment order stayed
  • ICSE/ISC results on May 17
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Politics of slander: sue, gag and forget
  • Cong outside support signal
  • Gift in 34 yrs: tubewell
  • Central forces to stay back
  • Morcha peace pledge with hint of threat
  • Undertrials escape bid in hospital
  • Looting spree near Raiganj
  • CM posters pulled down after EC rap
  • French flock hills for business tips on brew
  • Chilli dumped in price protest
  • Three-day music fest to rock Gangtok
  • Threat to abducted teenager
    • Indian Express
  • 2 CPM men killed in Canning
  • Calcutta HC stays Rizwanur death trial for 2 months
  • Exit polls a ploy, LF to get 199 seats: Biman
  • Refrain from instigating violence: CEO to parties
  • Cong protests against Rahuls arrest in UP
  • State set for new govt, Guv appeals for calm
  • In first meeting after WC win, selectors have tricky job
  • Gambhir tipped to be Dhonis long-term deputy, successor
  • Parties earn praise from PCB for green poll
  • Voters queues at flashpoints got longer & longer
  • SS Ray to possibly Mamata in one service tenure
  • Peaceful polling, violence before and after
  • DSP injured in accident, driver dies
  • EC failed to dispel fear in voters of LWE areas: Biman
  • Cong urges EC for extended stay of paramilitary forces
  • Exit polls predict entry of Cong, Trinamool into the Writers
    • Hindustan Times
  • Mamata mauls Marxists in West Bengal; Jaya returns, Gogoi stays, Left falls in Kerala
  • Mamata hails 'people's victory', promises good governance
  • Buddhadeb resigns as CM
  • Mamata takes Bengal, Jaya returns, Gogoi stays...
  • Friday the 13th horror for Left in West Bengal
  • Left puts up brave front, Trinamool a winning smile
  • Voting with a vengeance
  • Foes eat, drink & bury hatchet
  • Voting over, but forces still on alert
  • Voting holds key to talks with rebels
  • Few overcome fear to cast vote
  • Trinamool keen to bury Adhir hatchet
  • Time to give us jobs
  • Who will stay afloat at the port?
  • Exit polls predict defeat for almost entire cabinet
  • CPM deploys maximum agents
  • Maoists call shots, but will it be a Left or Right turn?
  • From dust to the dawn of a new era, Didi's come a long way
  • Green revolution in Bengal air
  • Poll counting on an unlucky day?
    • Sports
  • East Bengal holds Persipura
  • Probably the toughest day of my career - Ganguly
  • Sourav Ganguly – the Warrior!