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News Headlines Archive

May 27, 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
  • Keventer plans Rs 3500 crore food park
  • Gang robs jewellery shop, hurls bombs
  • Congress criticizes Mamata Banerjee rally
  • 71-year-old stoned to death
  • Kolkata team conquers Mt Lhotse
  • Maoist squad leader nabbed in Lalgarh
  • New technology to make eye surgeries cheaper
  • Gorkhaland Territorial Administration draft lists 17 new constituencies
  • Jangalmahal calm shattered
  • How about lunch in an AC tram?
  • Gambhir situation: Punters back Dhoni & Co
  • Minister sermon to Trinamool men
  • Religious groups in row over heritage plot
  • It's time for prayers at Tiwari and Shukla homes
  • Two-in-one treat: IPL finale, Jamai Shasthi to pep up Sunday
  • Without cosmetics or inhibition, Paoli hungers for meaty roles
  • Purple mania grips nooks and corners of 'rival city'
  • Kolkata's 'Little Chennai' backs Dhoni's boys
  • Woman stabbed at Sealdah station
  • Boy wonder from Kolkata cracks Newton's puzzles
  • Bomb hoax creates panic in train
  • Seven policemen injured in Daspur mob attack
  • Assistant sub-inspector held for duping junior constables
  • Kolkata Municipal Corporation fell a 50-year-old tree to trim it
  • West Bengal to meet industry honchos on land issue
  • Widow set on fire for land in Malda, neighbour held
  • New twist in Norway kids custody row, grandpas lodge complaints
  • Higher Secondary exam shorter next year
  • Tribute to a poet who cemented Indo-Bangla ties
  • Light at end of tunnel for East West Metro
  • Nazrul Academy shifted to Rajarhat from Indira Bhawan
  • Passport staffers on protest path
  • Car dealers feel petrol pinch
  • Petrol protest to take Mamata Banerjee back to the streets
  • Bengal SAILs on industry route
  • Swanky riverfront opens to public
  • Madan bans CPM leaders' pictures
  • Internal tests a hit among CBSE students
  • Govt to overhaul lottery system in school
  • Hilsa to perk up Jamai Shashti celebrations
  • Water crisis sparks Howrah mayor gherao
  • Rs 162 crore worth crops lost in hailstorms
  • Petrol price demon stalks homes
  • PM to meet Mamata in Kolkata on June 2
  • Slutwalk hits Kolkata streets
  • AC makers struggle to meet piling orders
  • Body found on varsity campus
  • Now, office space set to get a green touch
  • Former DGP questioned in Nandigram case
  • Suspect cuts guards wrist, flees from hospital
    • The Telegraph
  • Flagbearers wish for a home run on big (k)night
  • WHAT THE STARS FORETELL!
  • A celebration of divine love
  • Hello in there! Hello out there?
  • CM walks, people roast on roads
  • Probe shows fake FD papers
  • Raipur plea on lease
  • HMI 6 on Everest top
  • Darjeeling bar on more taxi syndicates
  • NBSTC workers end fast
    • Indian Express
  • To beat stress, Bengal cops, their spouses to be counselled
  • Take anti-hike agitation to block, booth level: Mamata
  • Violence again in Junglemahal, TMC worker killed
  • Left-backed students put up chakka jam
  • Clean Train Station scheme for 42 more trains
  • Cong seeks partial cut in state taxes
  • Heritage building may be pulled down for highrise
  • Their brush with nature
  • Calcio comes calling
    • Hindustan Times
  • TMC to protest against price hike in Kolkata today
  • FBI takes over security of hotel and places Hillary visits
  • Clinton begins India trip with trafficking victims
  • Hillary to meet Mamata today, FDI in retail, Teesta Water Treaty on agenda
  • Clinton delighted to see Victoria Memorial exhibits
  • NRI kids in fresh row, state panel orders probe
  • Mamata hits the streets to protest petrol price hike
  • Mamata to lead march against fuel price hike
  • Tug of war for Norway kids continues
  • Mahasweta Devi quits post given by Mamata
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line