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News Headlines Archive
May 16, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • Left in wrong side of history, trounced in Bengal
  • Left fort collapses in Bengal, registers worst poll performance
  • Mamata, Congress breach Left citadel in west Bengal
  • Left bastion crumbles in Kerala, West Bengal
  • CPM concedes overall defeat
  • Party's victory marks end of CPI(M) rule in WB: Trinamool
  • 'Wind of change has gripped Bengal'
  • Bandh hits life in Darjeeling
  • Trinamool-Congress combine inflicts humiliating defeat on CPI(M)
  • Red fort breached in Bengal
  • TC-Congress alliance way ahead of Left in Bengal
  • Titagarh Wagons merger ratio with Titagarh Steel 1:36
  • Left has suffered 'major setback', admits Karat
  • Jail for Runu Ghosh
  • The Secret Diary Of Prakash Karat
  • The Telegraph
  • Court axe on billboards
  • Library battered & bruised
  • Now, test results on text
  • Bombs mark run-up to poll results
  • Daily flight to Dhaka
  • Poll army keeps car and papers
  • Three-tier ring around counting centres
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • What's on in town
  • Great divide on eve of verdict
  • Whoever wins the day, hope dies for ailing & abandoned
  • Delay haunts Hanks film
  • Library lost in election litter
  • Centre to house patients’ relatives
  • Lawyer strike for judges
  • Police plead with parties for self-bar on rallies
  • Weather plays spoilsport in Makalu summit bid
  • Sikkim waits with bated breath
  • ‘Busy’ Jaswant keeps off from hills
  • Counting-eve bandh hits Siliguri life
  • Bet on food and paltry amounts in frenzied hours
  • Wipeout on Mamata lips
  • Shock & awe at Alimuddin
  • Revenge complete, cry for peace and lost land
  • The Statesman
  • Education circle slams incident
  • Punishing children part of life: Study
  • Ragging: 3 Besu students suspended
  • State schools lag behind in dealings with students
  • Student beaten to death by teacher
  • Teachers need
  • The moment of truth!
  • Where money is a concern
  • Times of India
  • Knives out for Karat, disquiet in state CPM
  • Clashes claim policeman, CPM backer in Murshidabad
  • Trinamool paints city green
  • LF govt has become a minority: Mamata
  • Muslims land knockout punch
  • Kids abducted by father, rescued
  • Rain may dampen poll victory rallies
  • Burnt child shoved out of house, dies
  • Kids learn art of leading better life
  • Cong leader Yazdani passes away
  • Rocking birthday bash at Tantra
  • Cricket mania in Kolkata
  • Nikhil Chinappa woos Kolkatans
  • TRS chief Chandrashekhar Rao, Nitish Kumar attend NDA rally
  • Varun Gandhi barred from addressing rally in Bareilly
  • Amar-Azam feud may help Cong in Rampur
  • Indian Express
  • Swing in Muslim votes throws Left off-balance
  • Cop killed as CPM, Cong fight it with bombs now
  • After Bengal rout, CPM brass (read Karat) comes under fire
  • Mamata razes red fort in bengal
  • Nandigram swings two seats in East Midnapore in Trinamool’s favour
  • The V-factor
  • Hindustan Times
  • Mamata, Congress breach Left citadel in Bengal
  • Trinamool-Congress alliance ahead of Left in Bengal
  • Bandh affect normal life in Siliguri
  • Congress panchayat member found dead
  • Sports
  • CESC regain league title
  • Mohun Bagan hauls up Bhutia