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News Headlines Archive
May 14, 2008
Miscellaneous
  • Stray incidents of violence during WB panchayat polls
  • ‘Centre has not sought report on Nandigram’
  • SC steers clear of Singur imbroglio
  • Nano rollout on schedule
  • Graphite India to add 10,500 t at Durgapur plant
  • SC asks Tata, West Bengal govt to file reply on Singur land acquisition
  • 7 Indians among world's top 'public intellectuals'
  • Mrinal Sen to receive lifetime achievement award at Osian
  • The Statesman
  • Promoter held for raping street children
  • Abducted Cong candidate rescued
  • Trouble for only Cong-run ZP
  • CPM digs up the past
  • Polling not free in Burdwan
  • CPM candidate's house set on fire  
  • Give us power, we will give you votes
  • parties upbeat about results
  • Villagers pressured to vote for Cong outcasts wife
  • Abducted Cong candidate rescued
  • Rizwanur: HC hearing concludes
  • SC panel wants JU teachers ordeal probed
  • KMDA vows water in plenty
  • Five injured in bomb blast
  • Rizwanur: HC hearing concludes
  • Menu cards used in candidates campaign!
  • 15 injured in police raid
  • HC refuses bail to fraudster
  • Treated like refugees in their own country
  • UGC scraps IT ministers dream project
  • Now, pumping stations worry KMC
  • 97 CU examinees fate to be decided on 16 May
  • Citys first liver transplant facility at SSKM soon
  • Rain in next 24 hours
  • CBI sleuths catch 2 service tax officials taking bribe
  • Poles in place, where is power?
  • Crops damaged by contaminated water
  • Promoter held for raping street children
  • Discollegiates fate to be decided on 16 May
  • The Telegraph
  • Maruti catches fire after crash, 11 killed
  • Allies shed each other’s blood
  • Teacher told to retire for Parkinson’s
  • Partners slam Buddha team
  • Prosenjit crew tractor hits girls
  • Digital archive of high court cases
  • B-school tips for zilla heads
  • Class X review results by Aug.
  • What's on in town
  • Ansari aide gets cell shift
  • Knights on night out after big win
  • Big-note bribe nets tax honcho
  • Destination Jaipur falls off travel map
  • Arrest in police job scam
  • IIMC hopefuls in a tizzy after stay
  • Bus dashes TV actress
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • Court moved on Knight songs
  • Man held at airport
  • Sudden shift in one-way traffic
  • Blog demands release of bullet Bonds
  • US study on landslip zones
  • Man set alight for molest bid
  • ACT fast, 66 days & counting
  • Morcha refrains from strike
  • Ad-hoc teachers in hills fear for jobs
  • Children injured in Prosenjit shoot
  • Times of India
  • Fleeing voters trample infant to death
  • Left vs Left leaves a bloody trail
  • Gory killings in battle of 'friends'
  • Singur calm on day of bloodshed
  • Bombs fly in battle for booths in Amdanga, 25 injured
  • Second phase of Bengal panchayat poll begins with clashes
  • Villagers in land of gold strike hard bargain
  • Singur poll result may influence Buddha's industrial drive
  • 30000 cops on poll duty for second phase
  • Nandigram repolling 'peaceful'
  • Indian Express
  • Forward Bloc blames Buddha for Basanti violence
  • Ally versus ally again: No point in staying in Govt, says RSP
  • Blackouts: Power minister proposes, Governor disposes
  • Eleven die in road accident in Alipurduar
  • Court shoots down complaint over Bollywood numbers in IPL matches
  • American Centre attack convict to be shifted from special cell to ordinary one
  • I-T tribunal official arrested in graft case
  • One bird flew east, one flew west, another flew over the city’s nest
  • Bengal bleeds as second round of polls kills eight
  • Chief Minister must apologise, says Dasmunsi
  • RSP assails BSF for siding with CPM
  • Singur peaceful, repoll likely in 33 booths
  • Asian Age
  • Repoll may take place in many polling stations
  • Killings expose CPM-RSP divide
  • Presidency ties up with French varsity
  • Bartending institute in city soon
  • Security tightened after Jaipur blasts
  • Rs 30 lakhs bribe deal, 4 in CBI net
  • 11 die in accident
  • Hindustan Times
  • Stray incidents of violence during WB panchayat polls
  • Threat to foreign minister’s life: IB
  • SRK lone bright spot for those left out
  • Apex court clears Tatas’ Singur plant
  • Sports
  • East Bengal to go all out
  • Shoaib: I was hungry to perform