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May 14, 2011
Miscellaneous
  • Didi not her party routed the Left
  • West Bengal poll results find echo in Tripura
  • Mamata appeals for discipline
  • Raucous feting in Kolkata
  • Mamata Banerjee: Hysterics to history
  • Red Dusk : A new colour, a promise of renaissance
  • Mamata to revive debt-ridden West Bengal economy, says Mitra
  • When David surprised Goliath in West Bengal
  • Mamata's long struggle pays off, handsomely
  • Industry ready to join Mamata to build West Bengal
  • Industry poster boys lose ground
  • West Bengal's longtime communist government falls in India state elections
  • State of industry: What's Left for Mamata to build upon
  • 'Paribortan' finds an echo in CPI(M)'s reaction to West Bengal defeat
  • The rise and fall of the Left in West Bengal
  • Amit Mitra: Industry lobbyist to West Bengal finance minister?
  • The Reds are out, the Greens are in
  • Mamata to breathe life into moribund WB economy: Mitra
  • LF failed to gauge people''s mood: Biman Bose
  • Mamata may improve job prospects in WB
  • West Bengal Through the Crystal Ball
  • Ficci calls Mamata poll triumph historic
  • Industry welcomes change of guard in West Bengal
  • Buddhadeb threw me out, now he's losing, Taslima tweets
  • Rekindling Bengal's Economic Prospects
  • Who says communism is dead in Bengal?
  • Mamata invites Cong, SUCI to join her govt
  • Why the Left lost West Bengal
  • State FMs to look for new chief to steer GST
  • Singur, Nandigram: Back where it all began
  • TMC's star candidates don't disappoint
  • Behind the fall of Left Front
  • The man who beat Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
    • Times of India
  • 'Mamata galvanized the anger of youths into a potent force'
  • Marx-man of all seasons now rues missed targets
  • Cong may not join govt
  • Trinamool holds fort in LF citadel of Jangalmahal
  • Turnaround script misses the plot
  • Singur satyagraha: Mamata emerges as farmers' leader
  • Looking back at July 21, 1993
  • Turning point: Being thrown out of Writers'
  • A blow that made Mamata an icon of resistance
  • Green surge strips lal bari of powers
  • 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
  • SHE & HE: IN TWO STATES
  • Gung-ho in Green here...
  • ...Red-faced in silence there
  • Why the young dont live here anymore
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Many moods of Mamata
  • Victims of a rotten system
  • The state cannot fuel my dreams
  • Just another day in office for this giant-killer
  • Green: colour of tea and triumph
  • He wore success on his shirt
  • Results bear out confidence
  • Fresh start for former cops
  • Well-slept & sleepless united in euphoria
  • Relaxed in win and gracious in defeat
  • How to avoid jumping from police frying pan to fire
  • Another change, another era: we walked, breathing free
  • When Bhola almost carried Basu in his arms to Writers balcony
  • Tea-shop wisdom hits hubris on red earth for a six
  • To governor with peace on lips
  • Small & junior plan for ministry
  • Mamata keeps wagon hitched
  • Between pedestal & people
  • Trinamul win with cherry on pudding called Asok
  • Congress rues lost Malda seats
  • Parishad, a spoiler in Dooars
  • First electoral mandate for Morcha and more
    • Indian Express
  • Ghising down and out as Morcha bags all four seats in the Hills
  • Didis phoenix like rise...
  • Somnath: There was a disconnect, CPM could not get mood
  • Rahul scores, 4 of his 7 win
  • Buddha becomes only 2nd Bengal CM to lose seat
  • Bengal, 34 yrs later
  • Saha pips Rayudu as selectors ignore IPL factor
  • CPM pays for Netai, suffers losses in Junglemahal
  • Green signal for Ma-Mati-Manush
  • 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
    • Hindustan Times
  • Its been like a long-drawn freedom movement for us
  • Mamata uproots worlds longest-elected Red rule
  • Rout in Bengal, out in Kerala; Left struggles...
  • Mamata invites Cong, SUCI to join her govt
  • Will keep railway ministry, resolve insurgency:...
  • Development without displacement a test for Didi
  • Singur, Nandigram leave poster boy a tragic hero
  • Code green for zone red
  • Congress reaps dividends from green belt
  • Nandigram firing nailed CPM
  • Green blues for Red in home turf
  • Its a clean, green sweep in Kolkata
  • Time for justice in Jangalmahal
  • Time to give us jobs
  • Who will stay afloat at the port?
  • A clean, green sweep
  • Result is miracle: Mamata
  • Results unexpected, we accept people's verdict: Left
  • Results put a stop to Buddhas smile
  • Trinamool paints the town green
    • Sports
  • East Bengal holds Persipura
  • Probably the toughest day of my career - Ganguly
  • Sourav Ganguly – the Warrior!