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May 20, 2011
Miscellaneous
  • West Bengal govt used Central scheme funds to pay salaries
  • Historic day in WB, Mamata takes oath today
  • India Inc tops Mamata's guest list
  • Bengal not in a debt trap, says Asim Dasgupta
  • Small savings, big woes in Bengal
  • GJM demands Ghising's arrest
  • Forward Bloc slams CPI(M)
  • Sonia's nominee is West Bengal Congress Legislature Party leader
  • China mutes red collapse in Bengal
  • A landmark in the politics of West Bengal
  • Mamata's swearing-in: Singur, Netai victims' kin invited
  • Sex worker invited to Mamata's swearing-in ceremony
  • Now a documentary on Mamata didi's life
  • Sourav all set for KBC in Bengali
  • Mamata resigns as Railway Minister
  • 31 Myanmarese 'freedom fighters' released
    • Times of India
  • Rare sight: Buddhadeb, Biman, Mamata at swearing-in ceremony
  • Mamata Banerjee sworn in as West Bengal chief minister
  • Bullet proof cars for Mamata Banerjee
  • Buddha stays with cadres
  • Sonia holds consultations with Congress leaders on West Bengal
  • Cong set to join Mamata ministry
  • 'People knew I can deliver like my father'
  • Real change is not a two-minute noodle
  • Left has lost the pulse of Bengal people: Bardhan
  • Didi wants small team & a free hand
  • Left out, farmer wears shoes after 14 years
  • Mukul turns up at ER headquarters to take charge
  • Left icons vanish from Writers'
  • Tryst with history: Red light area gets a call for the big day
  • Violence claims three more lives, arms found
  • Loving the weather? Expect more midsummer rain today
  • Writers' ready for Mamata
  • Partha calls on Buddha with invite
  • GJM calls bandh to protest death
  • Class-V Malda boy beaten to death
  • Left's great expectations
  • TMC supporter set on fire in Howrah
  • Skeletons, firearms recovered
  • CBI notice against Netai CPM leaders
  • Memorandum for Mamata from IT hub
  • July 21 police officer keen to join Mamata brigade
  • Farmer to wear shoes after 14 yrs
  • Non-resident Kolkatans cheer for green revolution
  • Gautam to make documentary on Mamata's life
  • AG resigns, successor search on
    • The Telegraph
  • My name is Mamata Banerjee but...
  • Change buzz on babu lips
  • Road to Writers: a sip at Balwants, a scowl at Nandan & a sigh at RBI!
  • City to live the moment
  • Message from Mamata: just another weekday
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Actress arrest order stayed
  • Didi invite to martyr families
  • Eye injury after caning by teacher
  • Two knifed on death protest day
  • Flaw in DM order, lawyers to lose posts
  • Only rebel to win and lonely too
  • Storm blows away roofs, hits power & water supply
  • Mamata invite to martyr families
  • Screens for life-size Didi view
  • Trucks with rice caught
    • Indian Express
  • After Jyoti, Goutam Ghosh to bring Didis life on celluloid
  • Mamata Banerjee will hold her first Cabinet meeting at Writers today ...
  • Abu Hena to lead Cong MLAs in the Assembly
  • With 44-strong team, Mamata enters Writers Buildings today
  • IB officer death: Cops & kin in tussle over body
  • Locals help cops seize firearms in Bankura and Midnapore
  • GJM activist dies, bandh called
  • Top cop, artistes throng Didis home
  • Mamata will be next CM and Its a good thing: Somnath
  • Disappointed, Ghising to leave for Myanmar, Nepal
  • Mollah warned, but cant be stopped
  • Didi to decide on familys presence at swearing-in
  • Ratan Tatas presence evokes mixed response
  • From faces in crowd to Mamatas giant slayers
  • Bhuniya, Pranabs son likely faces in Cabinet
    • Hindustan Times
  • CPM pulls up Mollah for criticising Buddhadeb
  • Congress positive on joining Mamata-led government
  • Mamata meets Sonia, invites to join West Bengal...
  • Mamata elected Trinamool leader, Cong to join her...
  • Mamata wants Congress to join WB ministry
  • Comrade blames Buddha for defeat
  • 'It's a reply to Harmad torture'
  • Elated Mamata's CM, says man who tried to 'kill' her
  • Development without displacement a test for Didi
  • Tata keen on West Bengal despite Singur fiasco
  • 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
    • Sports
  • Salgaocar beat East Bengal 3-2 in I-League
  • Manipur rally to hold Bengal 2-2
  • Gambhir steers KKR into IPL play-offs