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April 23, 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
  • Confusion over surrender policy forces Maoists to regroup
  • Tribal woman marries off minor for dowry in Malda
  • Shanties razed on medical college campus
  • Body of 12-year-old found
  • Singur set to switch loyalties again?
  • MP jumps on lorry to escape mob fury
  • Payment woes after Mamata wish
  • Nonadanga protestors call off hunger strike
  • Trinamool ministers sidestep Mullick's hate-fatwa
  • 'Curious' youth hacks off Great Banyan branch
  • Monsoon relief: Sensors to predict waterlogging
  • Fake parking lots mushroom across city
  • Parking space reserved illegally for business group
  • July date for Indo-Bangla joint tiger census
  • Salt Lake girl murder: Prime suspect yet to be nabbed
  • Gang opens fire in Bhawanipore, turf war suspected
  • Metro services disrupted
  • Cop's daughter arrested for abusing police
  • Man arrested for posing as Mamata's brother
  • Skywalk to adorn Dakshineswar soon
  • Must take social media in our stride: Khurshid
  • Oil tanker rams into auto, two killed
  • 3 hurt, houses damaged in political clash
  • Administrative autonomy for Ramakrishna Mission?
  • CPM leader held in Jamuria
  • Former Hidco official held for faking identity
  • Chief minister's cartoon on Facebook wall, professor runs to cops
  • Tyre burst kills CSTC driver
  • Salman Khurshid seeks state support for changes in judicial system
  • Zoo animals put on liquid diet as humidity soars
  • High gold prices mar jewellers' Akshay Tritiya
  • Panda-monium at Kalighat
  • Marine institute student suspended for ragging junior
  • City sizzles, cops sweat it out
  • Debolina sent to jail custody
  • Mamata govt to get own channel, daily
  • Trinamool billboard in Kolkata: Don't mingle with CPM people
  • AMRI authorities plan to reopen fire-hit hospital
  • CPM wouldnt like to be on Mamata list
  • AMRI begins renovation of old building
  • 18-year-old killed in Sunderbans tiger attack
  • Ensure smooth traffic, Mamata tells police commissioners
  • Alert motorman foils Metro suicide bid
  • Computers damaged in Writers fire
  • State plans common test for admission to post-graduate seats
  • Ministers hate CPM speech now on billboard
  • Kalighat sanctum bar on devotees
  • Riverfront gets swanky walkway
  • Gems that never got their due
  • Coal ministrys change in stance stuns Bengal Aerotropolis Projects
    • The Telegraph
  • Queues ground morning fliers
  • Humidity drop in Celsius rise
  • Metro set to go cooler
  • Cop daughter in brawl net
  • Family looks for cancer funds
  • T20 tourney for campus
  • Bright spark breaks barrier
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Facebook-Paoli pointers in political polemic
  • Tipple tales beyond the curfew hour
  • Eviction drive clears road for Bypass expansion, work picks up speed
  • Missing girl found dead
  • Buddha picks up stirrings
  • Home robbed? Shhh! Dont spoil cops sleep
  • Bike hit, MP car set afire
  • Civic chief hints desertion charge
  • Call for boycott & bandh
  • 10 hurt in Trinamul clash
    • Indian Express
  • Cartoon Row II: Prof files complaint
  • Mamata wont be allowed to enter Hills
  • Now, Mamata sets 15-day deadline for moratorium on interest payment
  • Bengal govt to launch own daily, TV channel
  • Time magazine invites Mamata to formal dinner
  • Ex-HIDCO officer held, sparks CPM factional fight
  • Cong slams CM, says deadline seditious, illegal
  • Around Town : 100 thatched houses destroyed in fire
  • Licensed drug distributors under scanner for smuggling narcotics to Bangladesh
  • Court remands Debolina in jail custody till May 5
    • Hindustan Times
  • Steep land price scuttles CRPF project
  • Mamata's team tracks net for more spoofs
  • Not monitoring social networking sites: Trinamool
  • Cartoon a conspiracy, prof an offender: Mamata
  • Cartoons cant spoil image, people can
  • Didi picks Sachin over Saurav
  • Didi sets Centre 15-day deadline for bailout deal
  • Media-mauled Didi wants her own DD
  • Mamata invited to Time Magazine dinner
  • Mamata insists on tax moratorium for Bengal
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line