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April 08, 2012
Miscellaneous
  • Bengal to vest 270 acres of JSW land at Salboni
  • Wipro keen to take part in Kolkata beautification drive
  • Crocodile kills tiger in Sunderbans' island
  • Bengal sheds its dilemma over ode to Tagore
  • Trinamool MLAs busy with social events, give political work a miss
    • Times of India
  • Youth jumps off Howrah bridge for Free Tibet cause
  • Late singer's wife found dead in pond
  • Garbage choking Nayanjuli stretch
  • College student killed in accident
  • Truck-jacking racket kingpin held
  • Promoter gunned down in apartment
  • 2 hurt in bomb blast in police station
  • CPM leader on the run, held in Contai
  • Trinamool Congress to mark May Day
  • Denied compensation, villager commits suicide
  • Fast effect: Mamata Banerjee blinks after 27 days
  • Didi sounds warning bell for 'rebel' leaders
  • Congress leaves Trinamool guessing on coalition
  • Stress-buster sessions for men in uniform
  • Squall claims seven lives in state
  • Safety and cleanliness high on Railway board chairman's agenda
  • Midnight raid on parking goons
  • City in grip of viral diarrhoea
  • Syllabus row misplaced: Teachers
  • 11 babies die in West Bengal's Malda in 36 hours
  • Counselling sessions for men in uniform soon
  • No check post to collect entry tax
  • Hurdles for industrial rejuvenation
  • Rights of common people need to be protected
  • Humiliated over affair, teen commits suicide
  • ITC godown guard found dead
  • Slain traders kin seek CBI probe
  • Schoolkids stung by 'brand' bug
  • Vedas, slokas to calm young minds
  • Man spends night at station guarding answer scripts
  • CID starts probe into TMC leader's murder
  • TMC factions clash at Keshpur
  • Somnath slams Mamata over exclusion of Russian revolution from syllabus
  • Unseasonal snowfall in Darjeeling
  • Heavy rains lash Kolkata
  • Govt Struggles With Fare Riddle
  • Marx, Engels out of history syllabus?
  • Decision on Buddha in three days, says Karat
  • Uprooted tree triggers gas leak
  • State move to drop Nandigram cases irks CPM
  • Squall hits city, roof collapse victims die
  • I'll do whatever Didi says: SRK
  • Girl arrested for killing parents
  • Play brings Shambhu Mitra, Utpal Dutta closer
  • Bangla criminal held in N24-Parganas
  • Firhad asks for evictee list of Nonadanga
  • PWD staffers suspended for blackout at CM event
  • Pak circulating fake notes in India: Agency
  • Gorkha Janmukti Morcha and Gorkha National Liberation Front clash in Mirik
  • Meet Dadamoni - Baba, Nana, Gangoly
    • The Telegraph
  • First-hand tales of a touch of God
  • A playwright needs to do as much riyaz as a musician
  • How to take a text to the silver screen
  • Past in fast forward
  • Bengal culture in the picture
  • Basumati: Loved & respected
  • Peace, development line for rural polls
  • Auto paradox: The writing on the non-existent meter
  • Forecast of fourth squall
  • Patience advice for Bengal big brother
  • Hail hits Darjeeling, snow higher up
  • Rivalry whiff in Bratya plot visit
  • Civic body scan on Sikkim plaza
  • Cong axe for MLA aides
    • Indian Express
  • Panchayat poll near, Didi warns partymen
  • SRK promises Poila Boishakh visit, with a new look
  • 13 crib deaths at Malda hospital in 2 days
  • Darjeeling gets snowfall, Kolkata rain, 5 dead
  • KKRs opening show fails to impress
  • Rain-marred tie sparks controversy over game delay
  • Anti-GTA forum to continue strike
  • Waqf Board wants dedicated police force to reclaim land
  • Mollah again: CPM has no future
  • Orissa fallout: Security alert for Junglemahal MLAs
    • Hindustan Times
  • Myanmarese rebels give up home for Netherlands
  • Six policemen beaten up by mob in Bengal
  • Don't bulldoze federal structure, Mamata to centre over NCTC
  • Major fire doused on 10th floor of South Kolkata building
  • No rift between chief, govt: Pranab
  • Unseasonal snowfall in Darjeeling, heavy rains in Kolkata
  • Somnath slams Mamata for syllabus change
  • Mamata makes Marx history, bans him from school books
  • Mamata defends shifting top cop
  • More baby deaths in WB, 13 die in 72 hours
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line