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April 15, 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
  • Slum boy fights all odds to crack IIT entrance
  • Fire at Princep Street building
  • Tusker dies in fight over female elephant
  • Gangster's escape bid throws cops into tizzy
  • Parking goons vanish after crackdown
  • Breather for Bengal Taxi Association's airport booth
  • Attackers get bail, Jadavpur University professor feels insecure, fears for familys safety
  • Tussle over society led to joke mail arrests
  • Maitree Bandhan brings brotherhood on stage
  • City's party zone finds a new address
  • Gandhi Bhawan on auction block?
  • Mamata cartoon: Four arrested for assaulting Jadavpur University professor
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Next weekend you can be at ... Tonglu
  • Charge of the wife brigade
  • Not laughing matter, a treasure trove
  • Four arrested, Mamata silent
  • Complaint gun turns to Facebook
  • Not safe as we think, says daughter
  • 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
  • After Mumbai roadblock, Ghai wary of investing
  • Fire dept to hire 2000 on contract, union skeptical
  • On Poila Boishakh, all roads lead to temples
  • Indian idols, with a Spanish touch
  • Rushing to the rescue
    • Hindustan Times
  • Cartoons cant spoil image, people can
  • Tremors cause panic, rush in Kolkata
  • Metro services halted, buildings develop cracks in Kolkata
  • Kolkata hospital fire: AMRI director gets bail
  • Bengal jail inmates all set to stage English drama
  • Cartoon arrests: Nation responds with outrage
  • I'll do it again, says professor arrested for Mamata spoof
  • 'Cartoons cant spoil image, people can'
  • Prof arrested, univ rises in protest against Mamata
  • Cartoon a conspiracy, prof an offender: Mamata
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line