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News Headlines Archive
May 02, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • 3 killed in West Bengal after polls
  • Red curse: Voters fear to tread in Maoist-hit Bengal
  • Kolkata to get mobile number portability by Sept 20
  • West Bengal records 64 per cent turnout in Phase I polls
  • High security but low polling in West Bengal's Maoist belt
  • Over 10 lakh Bengal tea workers lost jobs, says study
  • Cong. alleges widespread rigging by West Bengal govt.
  • Poll hoardings put up in Kolkata to be removed in two days
  • Mr Sujit Sarkar is the new Director General of Police
  • CESC posts Rupees.410 crore net profit
  • Srei Infra Finance to raise Rs 1,000 cr via NCD
  • The Telegraph
  • 80% voting as rain keeps away in Sikkim
  • Breaking tradition to queue up for a cause
  • Tribal boycott call hampers polling in 50 booths
  • 15000 stay away from booths on Hashem turf
  • Unity show falls flat as Naser skips vote
  • Minority barb in Rahul’s Salvo II
  • Give change a chance, says PM
  • Tribals tie policemen, chase away rescue team
  • Nandi on edge after murder
  • City of memory, forgetting
  • Shut up and vroom
  • Album of intense moments
  • Notes from the brink
  • Next week you can be at ... Mukteswar
  • The Statesman
  • An MP liked by all
  • Defeated four times in a row, Trinamul man still hopeful
  • Delimitation scenario worries CPM
  • Lalgarh tribals dont know where to vote
  • Left pushed out Tatas
  • Times of India
  • Rahul charm floors city girls
  • Nandigram slams 'saviours'
  • Raiganj bandh after poll clash
  • 18 candidates face criminal charges: Poll watchdog
  • Trees cut, saplings damaged in Salt Lake
  • Violence returns to haunt Khejuri
  • Jamboni blast: Victims' kin allege lax security
  • Rain likely in next 48 hrs
  • 5 students suspended for Besu clash
  • Township trauma: Salt Lake, Rajarhat voters fume over civic neglect
  • PC Sorcar (Jr)’s daughter to be on big screen
  • Frenzy at The Underground
  • Kolkata enjoys some dance fever
  • Slipper thrown at Karnataka chief minister
  • Engaging the youth of Ajmer is my priority: Sachin Pilot
  • Pawar maintains reconciliatory note
  • Indian Express
  • EC orders re-polling in 6 booths in 3 seats
  • City gears up for swine flu blues
  • Mughal heiress gets help to marry off daughter
  • PM is a post-poll story: Yechury
  • Midnight murder puts Nandigram on edge
  • CPM top guns home in on Mamata in Kolkata South
  • Rahul touches a chord with Sachar and jobs
  • Notices fly as Trinamool, CPM trade fire
  • Hindustan Times
  • Maoists have their way, Lalgarh stays at home
  • 2 jawans injured in landmine blast in West Bengal's Purulia
  • Abandoned tiffin box triggers panic in Kolkata
  • Airport strike from midnight: AAI makes contingency plan
  • Fire in Burdwan Medical College blood bank
  • Sports
  • AIFF draws up a busy schedule
  • One win can change things: Ganguly
  • Popularity of cricket due to natl team's good show : Bhaichung