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May 21, 2011
Miscellaneous
  • West Bengal finance minister unwell
  • Left hopes Mamata will ensure peace, development
  • Purulia case: CPI(M) slams CBI
  • Danish court rejects Davy's plea of old warrant
  • No bullet-proof car: Mamata
  • Celebrities congratulate Mamata;spell out wish list
  • Dhaka announces film on Mamata Bannerjee
  • Manas Bhunia promises full coperation, no qualms for portfolio
  • Mamata Banerjee becomes West Bengal's first woman CM
  • PM assures Mamata Centre's wholehearted support
  • Mamata takes charge as West Bengal CM
  • Left parties have always shown political courtesy: Biman
  • Sea of humanity along Mamata's road to Secretariat
  • Industrialists hail West Bengal's 'historic day'
  • Tatas are welcome in Singur, but minus 400 acres: Mamata Banerjee
  • Amit Mitra takes stock of West Bengal's finances
  • How Didi built up Brand Mamata
  • Seizure of illegal arms to be stepped up: Mamata
    • Times of India
  • Mamata had once struck off Writers' Building from her books
  • 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
  • Mamata largesse for Malda mom
  • MP Subhendu tipped to get MoS shipping
  • Back to Writers' after 4 decades
  • Strife-torn villages erupt in joy
  • Singur land tough to return, but not impossible
  • Leader of masses, shy of spotlight
  • Meet Mamata's mix-n-match team
  • He's seen them all: Four CMs, but Didi is
  • Festival at Kalighat as girl next door becomes CM
  • It was the show of a lifetime for thousands
  • Talk of hope and justice at tea party
  • CPM grim three in first row Team
  • Just 3 years to go for LS polls, Didi faces a
  • Singur land return kicks off Mamata power stint
  • Kolkata shows up for Mamata
  • Mamata to give CM's bulletproof car a miss
  • Biz biggies bat for Brand Bengal Team
  • Barriers break near Writers' Team
  • Foot Soldier CM Walks In
    • The Telegraph
  • LONG MARCH TO WRITERS
  • Decoded: Didi on dais
  • Firmly rooted on pledge route
  • Apolitical fan club at oath venue
  • Supporter surge at Writers
  • Stars on the superstar
  • Milestones on mamata way
  • You share your birthday with...
  • My Mamata: Up close & personal
  • Mamata moment under the sun
  • On her biggest day, a second look at mother
  • Life returns to Alimuddin Street
  • Tagore song marks a break from protocol
  • City climbers scale Kanchenjunga
  • Court curb on school trust
  • Peoples event vs perfect ritual
  • Blink-and-miss moment
  • Faint crack in land law
  • How to avoid politicisation of babus
  • Gun lost in police quarters break-in
  • Morcha willing to give new govt time
  • Rain does little to mar Didi sheen on screen
  • Bengal 2 scale Kanchenjungha
  • Bus postings for Sikkim girls
  • Sikkim track work to start by year-end
  • Career fair from today
    • Indian Express
  • A deserted Alimuddin reflects the poriborton
  • Day 1 at Writers: CM in office after midnight
  • Singur land return locked in SC
  • Bengal joins Mamata march to power
  • Didi wakes up to history with a calm morning
  • In Trinamools list, a last minute change
  • Surprises in swearing-in script
  • After many false alarms, Didi finally at Writers
  • Will return 400 acres Singur land: Mamata
  • 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
    • 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