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News Headlines Archive

May 28, 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
  • Fun, fervour and melody rule show at Times Evening
  • Finally, a Knight To Remember
  • Sealdah attacker dies in hospital
  • Kids brainstorm at abacus competition
  • Youth presents British royals with sketch
  • Norway kids' uncle complains against mother
  • Rain relief for sweltering Kolkata
  • West Bengal forms apex body to monitor zoos
  • Wife, son abducted after man fails to repay loan
  • Four held for Trinamool Congress supporter's murder
  • Consensus bid on retail foreign direct investment, goods and services tax: Pranab Mukherjee
  • Foot lost to crocodile, dancer charms Kolkata with tiger act
  • Minor raped in Chandrakona, cops arrest neighbour
  • Mahasweta Devi backs young talents
  • Businessman shot dead in Ghola
  • Buxa fights timber smuggling curse
  • Will roll out red carpet for Mamata Banerjee: Sushil Modi
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • THANK YOU, OUR 12TH KNIGHT!
  • Why he never went down
  • One for all, all for KKR
  • Support oasis for city jamai
  • Mini India bats for city in mini Eden
  • A (K)night for families and fans
  • Eden voices in Chennai stand
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Lucky mascot delivers at Chepauk
  • United by love, divided by team
  • Choice: gruelling heat or gnawing hunger
  • German help in arsenic research
  • Sushil lauds Mamatas honesty, courage
  • Grade & rate plan for hill hotels
  • Boy buried by jumbo saved
  • Barla softens territory stand
  • Students seek change in career path
    • Indian Express
  • Abducted by Gujarat moneylender, woman returns home with son
  • BJP courts Trinamool, says Mamata showed guts against UPA
  • Threatened Mamata set to get submachine guns for security
  • Political masters interventions, graft crippling police force: Internal report
  • To beat stress, Bengal cops, their spouses to be counselled
  • Medical negligence sparks protest
  • 11 killed, over a dozen hurt in lightning strikes
  • 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