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News Headlines Archive
June 2, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • UNICEF provides supplies for cyclone-affected West Bengal
  • W Bengal finance minister to meet Pranab for storm assistance
  • Brit envoy drops diplomacy, calls Bengal roads horrible
  • Bharti Wal-Mart eyes West Bengal
  • Misinformation, says Mamata
  • Stops cancelled without my consent: Mamata
  • It’s difficult to face anti-incumbency wave, says Nirupam Sen
  • 10 crore sanctioned for drinking water supply to West Bengal
  • Himachal PSU inks deal to set up thermal power plants in Bengal
  • Woman rafter drowns in Darjeeling
  • G S Sanyal telecom school identifies new research areas for Vodafone
  • Bonnie’s taking Folk Music to the Folks
  • The Telegraph
  • Asim claims advance from Delhi
  • Minus middle name, Ambika turns ‘Ms’
  • No help in sight, villagers on the job
  • Doctor’s wife, dad attacked
  • Cops plan anti-terror school
  • What's on in town
  • Cable blow to sports fans
  • HS mark hurdle for Joint seat
  • Air France regulars skip a beat
  • Star shower with doi, dinner and snapshots
  • Tenth from 10ftx8ft room
  • Police pay cut for Aila fund
  • Return of hot wind & power cut
  • Team for safe, clear roads
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • Civic amenities for tech hub
  • They’re joint at the top
  • Doctors shut OPD in protest
  • Fee stalemate refuses to end
  • Fear stalks sink zone
  • Water woes trigger protest
  • Morcha to take up hill relief with CM today
  • The Statesman
  • 2-stroke autos to be off roads after 31 July
  • 36 arrested for supporting Maoist bandh
  • A multi-faceted and engaging show
  • CPM time for introspection
  • Ceasework at hospital
  • College admission begins but no marksheets yet
  • Day light robbery in Baguiati
  • Doctors go on strike, patients suffer
  • Dumper drivers block EM Bypass
  • Heroin takes man to prison for 15 yrs
  • Pond-filling without panchayat nod
  • Post-poll clash kills minor
  • Post-poll clash kills 12-yr-old
  • Rs 31 lakh for ATM stolen
  • Sec 144 CrPC clamped in V-B
  • Two-stroke autos to be off roads after 31 July
  • Villages reel under enteric attacks
  • Times of India
  • Wave of anger greets CM again at Aila relief camp
  • Twice-born miracle in storm-hit Sunderbans
  • Hot weather for next 48 hrs
  • BSF jawan kills senior
  • Howrah boy beats poverty, ranks 10th
  • CM seeks report on Madhyamik results
  • City students sweep JEE merit list, no girls among toppers
  • State govt pushing airport city project
  • Power plant snag plunges city into darkness
  • DLF to scrap Rs 700-cr IT project at Rajarhat
  • Night to remember for Kolkata
  • Bye, bye cricket, welcome discomania
  • A tug of war between Hiran & Rishi
  • Know your ministers
  • Indian Express
  • Cut-off hits new low as JEE merit list accommodates 60,000 students
  • ‘Compelled’ to stay in Delhi, Trinamool MPs eager to return
  • Diamond Harbour: 15 hurt in clash at NREGS project site
  • Solid waste disposal hit as workers protest again
  • Born in poverty, Joint ranker says perseverance pays
  • Fresh tidal wave threatens battered Sunderbans
  • State govt demands Rs 1,300 cr from Centre
  • Forest department counts losses, pegs it at Rs 2.87 cr
  • GJM wants Hill’s share of relief
  • Hindustan Times
  • Tripura gives Rs 5 mn to cyclone-hit West Bengal
  • Mamata orders probe after angry mob burns trains in Bihar
  • Binayak accuses C'garh govt of exercising violence on adivasis
  • Sports
  • Gauranga Biswas Keen To Join Chirag
  • East Bengal, Bhaichung in tete-a-tete
  • Bengal look to play safe