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News Headlines Archive
May 27, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • West Bengal cyclone death toll mounts to 82
  • Disaster response force sent to West Bengal
  • Buddhadeb assures of more relief as 'Aila' death toll reaches 60
  • Railway minister of Bengal
  • CPI wants Buddhadeb to be replaced by 2011 West Bengal polls
  • After the debacle, Bengal Left takes corrective steps
  • Bangladesh blamed for absence of ‘hilsa’
  • Trinamool's celebrity MPs get down to basics
  • Total tea offerings at 27,833 packages
  • Cyclone Aila swallows Sunderbans tigers
  • The Telegraph
  • 3-day promise on test
  • Scramble to hit the plains
  • Power players in the dark
  • What's on in town
  • Long wait for lights & water
  • Gardens get away lightly
  • Duel demon haunts Hanks
  • Aila effect on ecology
  • Nigerians arrested for SMS fraud
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • The fans whirred after 37 hours
  • Weekend target for tree-free roads
  • Tech tools tripped by whoosh and wire
  • CPM leaves allies out of highest tier
  • Siliguri to get teacher institute
  • Tourists scurry downhill to the safety of Siliguri
  • Bhutan waters cause deluge
  • Teesta dam sites damaged
  • Search operations and heroic tales
  • Group of four defies river rage to rescue trio
  • Leniency slur on college
  • The Statesman
  • Aila aftermath
  • CPM, FB divided over Dankuni tie-up
  • DPL fails to generate power
  • In the aftermath of Aila...
  • Mamatas first step in second term
  • Why DPL came to a halt
  • Times of India
  • Mamata turns up Aila heat on Buddha
  • Pilot on holiday bails out AI
  • Darjeeling toll rises to 23
  • Nine injured as Howrah garbage dump collapses
  • 50 recruited for police disaster management cell
  • Controversy after army reaches late
  • 15% mangroves feared lost
  • Buddha kickstarts plantation drive
  • Insurance companies staring at damages running into crores
  • Fallen trees find grey market route to saw mills
  • Kids enjoy 3D experience
  • Football enthusiasts chill it out!
  • Music launch of 'Madly Bangalee'
  • Indian Express
  • Storm brews in power-less Kolkata
  • Tree enters house, KMC sits it out
  • Hit by storm, ATMs feel shy on cash
  • Partial road links to Darjeeling restored
  • In outskirts, KMC is part of the problem
  • City cops’ trail for Nigerians ends in Delhi
  • Kin swear by all the Mamata’s men
  • Mamata rails against Left, heads for Delhi
  • Aila toll hits 94
  • Girls yet to catch up with boys in Madrasah exams
  • Hindustan Times
  • Cyclone gone, it’s time for politics over relief
  • Mamata boards railway ministry in Kolkata
  • Rescue operations on in cyclone-hit West Bengal
  • Relief work begins in cyclone-hit Sundarbans, toll 27
  • No competition with Mamata- Biman
  • Binayak Sen is free but fears for his life
  • Mamata visits cyclone-hit areas, alleges no relief camp
  • Landslides block roads in Darjeeling, Sikkim
  • Sports
  • Bagan letter to AFC on Bhutia row
  • Deepan, three others share lead