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News Headlines Archive
May 13, 2008
Miscellaneous
  • SC notice to Tatas on Nano car project land
  • Row between MP, top cop creates a flutter in Delhi
  • Asia's first museum of modern Art coming up in Kolkata
  • Nandigram: Home Ministry seeks report
  • Nobel laureates seek release of Binayak Sen
  • Re-polling starts in Bengal districts
  • Advocacy for Darjeeling-Sikkim merger begins
  • 2 injured in Siliguri blast
  • Jhumpa Lahiri: The Quiet Laureate
  • Mrinal Sen turns 85, says 'birthdays are nothing special'
  • RBI to start Forex facility along Bangladesh border
  • The Statesman
  • Polling not free in Burdwan
  • KMDA vows water in plenty
  • parties upbeat about results
  • Rizwanur: HC hearing concludes
  • CPM digs up the past
  • HC refuses bail to fraudster
  • SC panel wants JU teachers ordeal probed
  • CBI sleuths catch 2 service tax officials taking bribe
  • Give us power, we will give you votes
  • CPM candidate's house set on fire  
  • Trouble for only Cong-run ZP
  • Now, pumping stations worry KMC
  • 97 CU examinees fate to be decided on 16 May
  • 15 injured in police raid
  • Discollegiates fate to be decided on 16 May
  • Now, pumping stations worry KMC
  • Polling not free in Burdwan
  • 15 injured in police raid
  • parties upbeat about results
  • Flights cancelled
  • Give us power, we will give you votes
  • CPM candidate's house set on fire  
  • The Telegraph
  • Get out, says Mrinal
  • Don’t need CRPF: Seth
  • Rebel raid on station
  • Nandi frets, Singur eats fruits
  • No stay on HC’s Tata order
  • Allies clash on eve of elections
  • RBU rolls out research courses
  • What's on in town
  • Dead have no haven
  • Mob fury singes hospital
  • Woman in 50s gives birth to twin boys
  • VIP Road service lane eats up canal
  • Polls hold up results roster
  • Port Blair flights hit
  • Cricket a ladies’ game, at last
  • Dum Dum’s date with distress on board
  • JU defers entry test for polls
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • Lachen warms up to welcome visitors
  • Injured in deo can explosion
  • Culling dulls army lake attraction
  • I-card errors stop benefits
  • Mamata’s pill for hill peace
  • Race to meet water supply date
  • Train kills two on bridge
  • Elections hold up results roster
  • Women’s vigil against CPM
  • Times of India
  • 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'
  • 20 held after mob ransacks hospital
  • CRPF alleges victimization by state
  • Jawans keep up the vigil in Nandigram
  • One dead, 3 hurt in N Bengal explosion
  • Purulia blast probe yet to begin
  • CPM candidate's house set on fire in Rajarhat
  • Indian Express
  • 80 per cent turnout in Nandigram repoll
  • Inquiry officer not to take into account DIG’s version
  • 69,000 men in uniform to guard booths
  • Party flouts Mamata’s instructions
  • Nivedita Nursing Sahayika Kendra: A Rural ‘Paradigm’
  • District administration seeks help of radio during elections
  • Poll on the plank of land
  • Polls slowing down culling process: ARD
  • A twin bonanza: Pals become parents in 50s
  • Incessant downpour in Port Blair triggers chaos at Dum Dum airport
  • Promoter arrested for rape of two minor girls
  • Calcutta High Court upholds life sentence of four convicts in Rambabu murder case
  • Ganga cruise will soon become a reality
  • KMC promises no waterlogged city this monsoon, ground reality says otherwise
  • Bye panchayat: Nano drives Singur to democratic big league
  • CPM scuffles with Front partners before polls, 10 policemen injured
  • SC asks govt to clarify Singur land acquisition
  • Shoaib unbanned: Kolkata ride Rawalpindi Express
  • Asian Age
  • 10 policemen injured, rifle snatched
  • Tight vigil in hypersensitive booths
  • Minors raped, promoter held
  • Hospital ransacked after girl’s death
  • KMC gears up for the monsoon
  • ‘SC notice is victory for farmers of Singur’
  • Maoist raid halts train services
  • Pedestrian killed
  • Hindustan Times
  • West Bengal, Jharkhand join hands to nab Maoists
  • I can't match my father's acting range, says Mimoh
  • Get ready for another Rs 1 lakh car
  • Sports
  • Knight Riders beat Delhi Daredevils by 23 runs
  • Sourav keen on playing Shoaib
  • Five Kolkata Night Rider players asked to leave team hotel
  • ‘Bored’ Ranadeb happy with move