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April 14, 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
  • Mamata Banerjee cartoons: I fear for my life, professor Ambikesh Mahapatra says
  • Poila Boishakh merely a party day for Gen Y
  • Cops injured in clash with students
  • Debolina starts hunger strike in jail
  • Lightning kills eight, more rain in store
  • Indian Mujahideen members arrest proves citys terror link
  • Reserved reactions from Cong, BJP
  • Chief minister smells conspiracy amid gag outcry
  • Wary of fourth girl child, man poisons wife, daughters
  • Mamata cartoons: Outrage in West Bengal, CM defends action, Congress unhappy
  • Goons attack rights rally but cops arrest 6 activists
  • Jhargram and Asansol to be new districts
  • Trinamool Congress revives jinxed bridge project
  • Police name 37 dead persons in poppy FIR
  • Terror charge returns to haunt the acquitted
  • Flying club in state to give aero sports a boost
  • Deer killed for meat
  • Quake alert: Warning bells for Kolkata buildings
  • SC free schooling order has limited scope in Bengal
  • Kolkata Metro lags behind in quake control
  • State to formulate green energy policy soon
  • Car with Bangla singer breaks down, 2 officials transferred
  • Police arrest man in triple murder
  • AMRI fire: Court grants bail to S K Todi
  • Hospital staff accused of molestation
  • CID appeals for custodial interrogation of Debolina Chakraborty
  • Borders melt as government honours legends
  • Weekend of big hitting and big dining
  • Party-pooper diktat holds sway
  • Indian Mujaheedin operative arrested in Kolkata
  • Offices vacated, Metro stopped in shaken city
  • Metro officials save suicidal girl after 3-hour hunt
  • Petition filed against Sainbari commission
  • 3 of family hacked to death
  • Reports of 'cracks' add to panic
  • Govt sounds alert in coastal districts
  • An initiative to forge a literary bond
  • Kolkata Municipal Corporation tax bills after no-dues certificate
  • Park Circus, Rajabazar footbridges to go
  • A tribute to Badal Sircar
  • Bus runs over 2 in Malda
  • Kolkata jewellers struggle with piling orders
  • Transport corporations to hire drivers on contract
  • Calcutta Tramways Corporation to run trams in heritage zone
  • Man dies in air cylinder explosion
  • State pins hope on German investment
  • Mamata to visit Durgapur tomorrow
  • Staff crunch hits special train services
  • Nonadanga evictees on fast, govt goes slow
  • Woman injured trying to save kin
    • The Telegraph
  • Cuffs for click on Kella cartoon
  • Outrage over arrest & insult
  • Adda on all things Bengali
  • Poila sandesh for Tondulkar
  • Cyber slur links last three CMs
  • You share your birthday with...
  • 4 murders on gender bias, killer dad lynched
  • Ex-KLO men regroup over govt apathy
  • Eye on record in descent
  • Spurned lover kills girls uncle, hurts dad
  • Whiff of CPM revival plan in May 1 meet
    • Indian Express
  • From allies to Opposition, all slam Mamata for arrest
  • Spreading false propaganda wont be tolerated: CM
  • Veteran artistes shower praise on Mamata at Sangeet Mela
  • Suman does it again: Slams Mamata for going the Left way
  • Rights activist with Maoist links in CID custody till April 21
  • Patient molested in Belle Vue OT
  • Special train for joint entrance exam
  • New green energy policy soon for Bengal
  • KMC overrides fire dept to reopen Nandaram market
    • Hindustan Times
  • Civic polls: Mamata pampers minorities
  • Somnath slams Mamata for syllabus change
  • Mamata makes Marx history, bans him from school books
  • Didi's left turn: Marx and Lenin are not 'untouchables'
  • Unseasonal snowfall in Darjeeling, heavy rains in Kolkata
  • WB police arrest four TMC activists for assaulting prof
  • Prof arrested, univ rises in protest against Mamata
  • Cartoon a conspiracy, prof an offender: Mamata
  • Political parties slam Trinamool for arrest of professor
  • Prof, neighbour arrested over Mamata cartoons
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line