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News Headlines Archive

May 22, 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
  • Park Street rape accused in hotel stay with starlet?
  • Mamata Banerjee refuses to back Pranab Mukherjee for President
  • Rs 1,000-crore water supply boost to south Kolkata
  • Tribunal to hear Unlawful Activities Prevention Act cases on May 26
  • Hotel owner arrested in Howrah
  • Trinamool Congress launches party mouthpiece in English
  • Supreme Court stays Kalighat devotee bar order
  • Promoter, son arrested for murder contract
  • Calcutta high court ruling didn't stop pandas, or devotees
  • Weekend trains cancelled for bridge repair
  • Floatel sails away to dry dock
  • Fliers, enter the Dragon this Puja
  • Doctor again accused of being drunk in hospital
  • Cyber campaign for apology from Mamata Banerjee
  • Can we equate seniors and juniors, wonder musicians
  • No Prime Minister dinner on Mamata Banerjee's Tuesday schedule
  • Writers' skips Rajiv Gandhi death anniversary
  • Malda girl tops state in madrassa exam
  • All India Gorkha League threatens relay hunger strike
  • Health hub for Rajarhat township soon
  • IPS officer faces probe after assault charge by Trinamool Congress
  • SC allows devotees to enter Kalighat temple sanctum sanctorum
  • Mamata to skip PM's dinner
  • Jarawas and Onges may have migrated from Bengal, Odhisa
  • Mother detained for 'selling' daughter
  • Government felicitates 16 achievers on Ma Mati Manush day
  • Officer with a vision
  • Mamata Banerjee's video goes viral in social media
  • LPG racket busted, five nabbed
  • National Commission for Women seeks solatium fund for rape victims
  • Visa officer assault: Italian government may raise issue with external affairs ministry
  • Criminal escapes after attacking cop
  • Criminal Investigation Department to question former top cop over Nandigram
  • Four children injured in crude bomb blast
  • Mamata Banerjee to take up rural road issue with Centre
  • Now, enjoy meals on toy trains
  • Mourners eye VIP facility at crematorium, Kolkata Municipal Corporation in a fix
  • B R Singh Hospital achieves rare feat with cardiac surgeries
  • Jadavpur University professor wins housing body poll by bigger margin
  • Woman wins over criminals, starts school
  • Mercury takes rain dip, but its a scorcher ahead
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Stay on Kalighat entry curb
  • Actress tryst with rape accused
  • Antidote to admission
  • Child worker assaulted
  • Selection delay leaves varsity without head
  • First issue of Trinamul magazine
  • You share your birthday with...
  • SlutWalkers to strut their stuff
  • Trains cancelled for bridge repair
  • Poverty-stricken mom sells baby for Rs 2000
  • Bias cry in Bengal varsity transfer
  • CPM hurls civic threat charge at rival
  • Vohra called for Nandi quiz
  • Plea to hear out the pain
  • Special surgery unit plan
  • Import duty triggers Nathu-la trade boycott
  • Hit and robbed in hospital
    • Indian Express
  • Rs 15-cr flop show in progress
  • A mixed bag for minorities
  • Hospital upgrade plan a non-starter
  • Katju heaps praise on Mamata
  • Gorkha League plans hunger strike
  • Legal tangles hold up trial of 12 Maoists
    • 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
  • BJP to Mamata: join us, we will push for bailout deal
  • Mother detained for selling baby girl
  • Scarred, 'Maoist' student pens open letter to Mamata
  • Mamata does a Jaya on govt anniversary
  • Mamata govt completes 1 year
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line