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News Headlines Archive
May 28, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • Cyclone victims are 'without aid'
  • Cyclone Aila becomes political leveler in West Bengal of India
  • 90% of power restored in Kolkata: CESC
  • Bengal breaks record of Union Ministers
  • Bangla MPs' panel for Dhaka-Kolkata passenger ship service
  • Aila-hit Kolkata in darkness
  • West Bengal still grappling with impact
  • Mamata gets six brigadiers to storm red fort
  • West Bengal cyclone toll reaches 100, situation grim
  • Land problems not to mar Bengal IT sector prospects
  • Flooded Sunderbans may force tigers to stray into villages
  • Aila doesn’t spare Sunderbans wildlife
  • Areva T&D bags WBSETCL contract
  • Adhikary, TMC's Nandigram mascot
  • Mamata keeps track of victims, Buddhadeb assures more help
  • The Telegraph
  • Rural signal in CM note
  • Team wistful but Mamata gets what she has always wanted
  • Clean chit to Angaria eight
  • GenX loses heart to Messi at midnight
  • In the dark, four days after storm
  • Online forms the norm
  • Plex play goes down to the wire
  • Two killed in mishaps
  • Fire on tower terrace
  • What's on in town
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • Power lines limp back
  • Roll call of exam records
  • Civic body absent from relief meeting
  • Scores ‘good’ and ‘shocking’
  • Mamata hope for jumbos
  • Tourists drive past hurdles
  • Malda Cong feels deprived, Deepa hopeful
  • The Statesman
  • Dukka awaits date with outside world
  • Hill landslide toll hits 23
  • KMC to build homes for slum dwellers
  • Net services grind to a halt
  • Not a drop to spare
  • Security gadgets useless at Burdwan rly station
  • Teacher accused of playing double game
  • Villagers cry for relief
  • Virtual world grinds to a halt
  • Times of India
  • Finally, Amby cab monopoly ends
  • Left back to the basics after drubbing at polls
  • Darjeeling toll riises
  • Chhoto Angaria accused acquitted for lack of evidence
  • Aila-struck areas crying for relief
  • 440V shock blows out appliances, sparks panic
  • Freed activist in Kolkata today
  • CM's Rs 1000-cr plea for relief
  • Mother, child under swine flu scanner
  • A starry Kolkata event
  • Kids enjoy 3D experience
  • Football enthusiasts chill it out!
  • Indian Express
  • CM fires letter to PM for Rs 1,000-cr Aila relief
  • Beaten Buddha gives pep talk
  • City burns candles; KMC, CESC see no light of reason
  • Madhyamik ’09: High on scores, dreams take wing
  • Trial by gradation: pass percentage jumps by 10% in Madhyamik exams
  • City burns candles; KMC, CESC see no light of reason
  • Cong leaders sulk at humble pie as Trinamool walks away with cake
  • At Alipore, inmates’ success rate is 100%
  • Hindustan Times
  • West Bengal cyclone toll reaches 100, situation grim
  • Mamata to demand central grant for Cyclone Aila victims
  • Aila aftermath: Disease, hunger, water rule affected villages
  • Sports
  • Bengal team hopes to lift Santosh Trophy
  • There Is Not Enough Money - Aloke Mukherjee
  • Deepan stays ahead
  • KKR failed as a unit: Ishant