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News Headlines Archive

May 23, 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
  • Survey shows sharp fall in strikes, rise in mandays
  • Abacus competition in Kolkata
  • Meet on Dunlop factory on May 25
  • Calcutta University boss gets a second term in office
  • Crores lost in Railway post office savings scam
  • Justice Markandey Katju heaps praise on Mamata 'behen'
  • Morning blaze razes Sarkar Bazaar
  • US media dubs Mamata obstacle to liberalization
  • Telecom executive abducted
  • Congress invokes Jyoti Basu to protect Indira legacy
  • Dilli Haat-like platform for Bengal craftsmen
  • US historian gives Kolkata 'key' lessons in poll prediction
  • Filmmaker who launched Arnold Schwarzenegger zooms in on Sunderbans
  • Flyover riddle in beautification overdrive
  • State eyes private companies for township makeover
  • Chief minister Mamata Banerjee lens on unutilized funds
  • Minister meets district magistrates to speed up rural works
  • State borrows at highest interest
  • Engineer shot dead near home
  • Police and locals pitch in to marry off orphaned girl
  • Goons attack slain cop's home before trial
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • City celebrates all (K)night
  • Feast of words and ideas in land of emerald hills
  • Heritage house in neglect
  • Fresh term for CU head
  • Humidity high on day of swelter
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Kids for a cause, straight from the art
  • 8 charged for cop murder
  • IISCO deal to relocate deity
  • Delhi funds lie idle as Mamata seeks cash
  • Katju praises CM integrity
  • Trinamul doubts BJP help on bailout
  • Suspended Basu leads CPM rally
  • Govt not to raze Indira Bhavan
  • Girl escapes traffickers
  • Crackdown on taxi overcharge
  • Gangtok cab crunch in time of peak profits
  • Trinamul office set afire in land grab protest
  • Bank bug sparks zero balance panic
  • Bike riders gun down engineer in Siliguri
  • Killer cop gets life sentence
    • Indian Express
  • Mamata skips UPA dinner
  • Irked by TMC encroachment of haat land, sellers set fire to party office
  • Suranjan Das to remain V-C of CU
  • Rs 15-cr flop show in progress
  • A mixed bag for minorities
  • In Olympic year, Didi not really game
  • Scarcity of LPG cylinders continues
  • Woman given wrong injection, turns critical
  • 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
  • Trinamool now seeks job quota for Muslims
  • 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
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line