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News Headlines Archive

May 19, 2012
Miscellaneous
  • Bengal to vest 270 acres of JSW land at Salboni
  • Wipro keen to take part in Kolkata beautification drive
  • Crocodile kills tiger in Sunderbans' island
  • Bengal sheds its dilemma over ode to Tagore
  • Trinamool MLAs busy with social events, give political work a miss
    • Times of India
  • Miss this, and the next one's in 2117
  • Daylight murder in Regent Park home
  • High court turns down Lakshman Seth's bail plea
  • Army chief to visit Kolkata today
  • Bengal top 10 can't impress at IIT-JEE
  • Unsuccessful students run riot at WBJEE office
  • West Bengal handicrafts may get a new lease of life
  • Cops evict 'unwilling' land losers
  • Plane heads for closed runway, disaster averted
  • Expelled leader slams TMC in book
  • Kolkata couple held with fake notes
  • A year of lessons and landmarks
  • Priti Sureka gets anticipatory bail
  • Rain likely after scorching week, but relief temporary
  • Abducted Kolkata executive rescued from Odisha
  • Probe ordered against errant Bengal cop
  • Letter to Mamata Banerjee against Malda DM
  • From depths of despair to heroes of hope
  • Joint Entrance Exam results: Boys outscore girls, districts rule ranks in Bengal
  • Fire masks must for flat owners in Bengal highrises
  • Mamata Banerjee appeals for help in railway project
  • Probing ex-DGPs role in Nandigram: Bengal tells court
  • Mamata Banerjee seeks rural job breather for women
  • Prisoners tribute to Kazi Nazrul Islam
  • Mamata govt's anniversary buzz brings out the workaholic in Writers' Buildings
  • Heat pushes up demand for power in Kolkata
  • Presidency University homecoming for three professors
  • Swanky new Great Eastern may be thrown open by year-end
  • Paralysed Kolkata boy fights for justice
  • Season's hottest day leaves Kolkata gasping, no respite in 48 hours
  • Driver held for sodomy
  • Seven injured in Howrah factory blaze
  • Youth kills six-year-old for earrings in Bengal
  • Nandan complex turns into dumpyard
  • Bike gang targets girl in Kolkata's Jadavpur
  • 2 held for gangster's murder
  • Two-month-old girl stolen from New Alipore bank
  • More funds for rural development in Bengal, but how to use that?
  • Kolkata Metro services at 5-minute interval from Monday
  • Mamata govt's anniversary plan: Bengal ministers to visit districts
  • Admission to UG courses in Calcutta University from June 28
  • Students leave Kolkata for wider career scope
  • Premature twins win 70-day battle for life
  • Film by 25 directors in Kolkata on May 25
  • Rajasthani poet's tribute to Tagore
  • Bengal youth held for duping job seekers
  • Governor nod to land act, Mamata gets an anniversary gift
  • Mamata Banerjee talks tough on development
  • Mamata to lay Nazrul Academy foundation on May 25
  • Andamans ship catches fire in repair docks
    • The Telegraph
  • Mamata stands by SRK
  • 80-year-old, grandson in murder net
  • HC keeps CID out of campus
  • Plane stops short of landing on wrong runway
  • Warrants for Tolly trio
  • Rank demand in JEE medical
  • Squall fails city, rain still on radar
  • You share your birthday with...
  • ICSE/ISC results today
  • Plea for office from 6.30am to beat the heat
  • How Maoists sowed and ruined the crop
  • Cong plays torment card on Trinamul
  • Students block only road
  • Morcha meet plan for May 21
  • Hills not on Trinamul fest list
  • Police station ransacked
    • Indian Express
  • A Left lesson: Trinamool starts political classrooms for cadres
  • Brothers killed over witchcraft
  • City outshines dists in IIT results
  • JEE candidates gherao board chief
  • Agri varsity director gheraoed
  • Briefly State : Tension in East Midnapore
  • Its semi-fascist terror of 70s: CPM
  • No girl in first 10, toppers from districts
  • No respite from heat in sight
    • Hindustan Times
  • Clinton visit: US wants oil-thirsty India away from Iran
  • Clinton in Kolkata: Teesta treaty high on agenda
  • Three killed in Bengal allegedly over MNREGA work
  • Mulayam, Mamata likely to join hands for Prez poll
  • AMRI authorities plan to reopen fire-hit hospital
  • Mamata loses cool, storms out of live TV session
  • Cartoon a conspiracy, prof an offender: Mamata
  • Cartoonists strike back with online show on Didi
  • Another AMRI director gets bail
  • 'More time needed to assess WB govt's performance'
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line