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News Headlines Archive
May 07, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • Bengal records 70-75% voter turnout in Phase II polls
  • Nandigram, Jhangipur hit by poll violence
  • Singur witnesses large turnout
  • Two dead in Bengal poll, Nandigram flares up
  • One TMC activist reported killed, two CPM activists injured in Nandigram violence
  • CPM demands repoll in 50 booths in Nandigram
  • Road construction using plastic waste begins in West Bengal
  • Bengali restaurants are sprouting across Bangalore
  • IT companies look for commercial space
  • What's keeping 'Janala' from going to Toronto
  • Bumba goes the item way!
  • Hashi Khushi Club
  • The Telegraph
  • Minus CPM badge, trio branded ‘witch’
  • Class XI boy dies in crossfire
  • Fury on masked hooch shops
  • Patrol off, Nandi in fear
  • Flurry of Cong calls to calm Mamata
  • Stars lined up for city
  • Holes in factory drive
  • Stench torment for school students
  • Terror email taint dogs Salt Lake duo
  • Poll push for child rights
  • Swine flu scare trims menu at food stops
  • Goon return sparks clashes
  • Schools hold out fee truce
  • Nor’wester eludes sultry city
  • Darkness to light, after 23 years
  • Library link for medical files
  • Bomb threat on campus
  • Hope for library in next poll
  • CU extends exam fee deadlines
  • Rape charge against tutor
  • What's on in town
  • NBU college to train teachers
  • Runaway boys on way home
  • Foot & mouth disease hits Jaldapara cattle
  • ‘Sensitive’ Sikkim cases on CID radar
  • Strike in Kurseong tech institute
  • Tribals mull tea union, Morcha shuts college
  • Storm hits homes, crops
  • Bridge to open today
  • Meat hunt after gaur chase death
  • The Statesman
  • CPM the self-appointed ruler
  • Coal fires generate poll heat
  • Coal fires generate poll heat
  • EC geared for Phase II
  • Hooch toll climbs to 48
  • Laxman Seth fights his own image in Tamluk
  • MPs will be remembered & missed
  • Movie buffs turn to politics
  • Rain expected today
  • Trinamul applies CPM tactics in Contai
  • Woman sees light of day after 22 yrs
  • Times of India
  • Nandigram, Singur Take Poll Position
  • Congress acts fast to mollify miffed Mamata
  • Voters put Sujan over Suman: Survey
  • Investors still have faith in state
  • Case against RSP nominee after EC
  • An alien turf for CPM
  • EC raps Kalyan and CPM candidate for code breach
  • Now, tiger skeleton recovered from Sunderbans
  • 3 held for Howrah attack, Amar visits injured SP leader
  • CESC denies shortfall as power cuts hit city
  • Ishika ties knot with sweetheart, Sudheer
  • Saturday night at Tantra, rocked
  • Party animals let their hair down
  • Slipper thrown at Karnataka chief minister
  • Engaging the youth of Ajmer is my priority: Sachin Pilot
  • Pawar maintains reconciliatory note
  • Indian Express
  • Phase II: Spotlight on Nandigram and Singur
  • Howrah candidate assault: SP files complaint
  • Birbhum police seals Jharkhand border
  • ECI pulls up Kalyan
  • CMCH docs give sight to girl after parents lose hope
  • Tiger skeleton seized from Ajmalmari forest
  • Amar Singh targets PM on Quattrocchi
  • Electing to lift a banner — for profit
  • Rocket launchers come out for Phase-II
  • For Central forces, TMC men on hungerstrike
  • Hindustan Times
  • Two killed while making bombs in Howrah
  • Around 18 per cent polling till 9.00 am in West Bengal
  • Sharmila Tagore on Cannes jury
  • From Kolkata Knight Riders to Light Riders
  • Sports
  • East Bengal drop Sunil Chetri, Subrata Paul
  • Snehashish, Arup To Play For East Bengal
  • Waugh hopes Knight Riders will turn the tide