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News Headlines Archive

May 20, 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
  • Busts trace Rabindranath Tagore's footprint across the globe
  • Youth killed in scuffle over tree in Malda
  • Piling debts drive farmer to suicide in Burdwan
  • Couple's kidney sale bid foiled
  • 12-hour traffic woes after truck accident
  • Arabul Islam in new controversy
  • Mela shows Mamata Banerjee's personal touch
  • Push to shake off debt burden
  • Bengal makes business sense but hiccups remain
  • Two teenagers arrested for posing as examinees
  • Woman 'raped' by neighbour in Kolkata
  • Two held for assaulting Patuli assistant sub-inspector
  • No leads yet in Regent Park guard murder
  • Diplomat accuses police of assault
  • Kolkata Municipal Corporation's Bypass water promise can't be kept: Civic officials
  • Former top cop passes away, juniors remember an 'outstanding officer'
  • ICSE, ISC results: No alternative to hard work, feel Kolkata toppers
  • Still miles to go, Cong tells Mamata Banerjee
  • Mamata Banerjee delivers 'success story', tinged with Singur regret
  • Fake currencies found from ATM
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Beer is trouble, Bangla is not
  • THE FIRST OF THE THREE
  • Cant write, read or move, yet toppers in their own right
  • Students block only road
  • Morcha meet plan for May 21
  • Hills not on Trinamul fest list
  • Police station ransacked
    • Indian Express
  • In Didis success story, a disappointment: Singur
  • Paying guests rape housewife in Kolkata
  • Bouquets, brickbats for Didi in Cong report card
  • GJM praises Mamata, says prepared to give govt more time
  • A Left lesson: Trinamool starts political classrooms for cadres
  • Its semi-fascist terror of 70s: CPM
  • ICSE, ISC results out; state girls outperform boys
  • Engineering student commits suicide
  • Arabul again, this time accused of beating up his own partymen
  • Briefly State : Tension in East Midnapore
  • A publishers lens on three cities
    • 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 govt completes 1 year
  • Didi sees reds in TV audience, sends police after them
  • Inability to give back Singur land my biggest regret
  • Army chief on farewell visit to Eastern Command
  • Cartoon a conspiracy, prof an offender: Mamata
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line