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April 28, 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
  • Trinamool MPs positive on bailout after PM meet
  • Presidency University set to get 10 acres, 16 for Xaviers
  • Torture victim writes to police commissioner
  • Nonadanga poor being incited: CM
  • Oppn reply to Mamatas Promises Delivered
  • Court rejects CEO plea on college polls
  • Job for Jnaneswari accused kin
  • Highrises, cell towers hit flight operations
  • Summit on scope of business in state
  • Govt backs Arabul, TMC student leader after ruckus
  • Governor s healing touch for terrified teachers
  • Police inspector transferred after abuse slur by female colleague
  • Tainted cop accused of assault, again
  • Gang demands Rs 10L to release abducted techie
  • Flyer jittery after twin fires in airport
  • FIR delayed, kidnapped girls family pays ransom
  • 100 years of Tagore's Nobel prize: Visva-Bharati university planning year-long celebrations
  • Give debt relief or Trinamool will step up heat: Mamata
  • Failed Bengal students lock up teachers
  • Didn't recommend anyone to Gautam Deb: Amartya Sen
  • Villagers gherao Malda school over midday meal row
  • Bangladesh air cadet sent back to Dhaka
  • Govt to record interviews of varsity teachers
  • Sessions court denies bail to CPM MP Lakshman Seth
  • State to shift bus stand from Esplanade, looks for land
  • HC seeks status report on scribe assault
  • 'We've completed 99% of what we set out to achieve'
  • AIEEE candidates give online test a miss
  • Cops refuse to file woman's complaint, 2 suspended
  • Girl abducted from busy Barasat lane
  • Mystery shrouds death of New Town girl
  • Shortage of coins in city, Madan seeks RBI help
  • Governor to meet Bhangar teachers
  • Hillary Clinton to visit Kolkata, to meet Mamata Banerjee
  • Left sees red in youth library renaming move
  • Left Front to put up a united show in civic polls
  • One-third of rural job funds spent in March
  • Namesake fools real candidate for government job
  • Debolina gets 12 days' judicial custody
  • Kolkata Municipal Corporation plans to extend waiver scheme deadline
  • Bangla 2-seater plane lands in Murshidabad
  • Child development official transferred
  • Missing student's body found in river
  • JEE students can check answer scripts
  • Fine for ignoring fire safety norms
  • Postal employees assault 58-yr-old
  • Tamil Nadu cops hunt for cyber criminal
  • Centre raps state over vehicles' tax
  • Complaint against hotel withdrawn
  • Sabotage whiff after log found on tracks
    • The Telegraph
  • Hit and abuse taint on uniform
  • OC shifted for insult
  • Trader abducted for ransom
  • Royalty visit next week
  • Partha takes Bengal beyond boundaries
  • Campus duty for poll panel
  • Rajarhat acres for Xaviers and Presi
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Start cases fast, says top cop
  • Cannes screen for Kalpana
  • CM roots for non-SEZ sops
  • Coach for fliers on fire at airport
  • Slo-mo probe into woman assault
  • Eviction charge a lie: Mamata
  • Wait for Hillary word
  • Dooars success fuels relay fast plan
  • Welfare nod for tea labour
  • Fire kills 6 kids in a family
  • Minister blames Left for bandh fury
  • Hong Kong home for Chronicles crooners
  • Student held for impersonation
    • Indian Express
  • Mamata welcomes Hillary, mum on purpose
  • Prof lodges FIR against TMC ex-MLA over assault
  • Regressive govt undoing Left Fronts successes
  • Mamata blames Maoists for Nonadonga protests
  • TMCs latest: Wont allow teachers with CPM link to teach
  • Six siblings charred to death
  • OC shunted out for derogatory remarks against woman officer
  • HIV+ patient commits suicide
  • Kolkata taxi association shelves bandh plan
  • After Change, crime unchanged
    • 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
  • Chit fund money going to TMC, says Cong MP
  • Bengal teachers warned against having any links with CPM
  • Maoists incited Nonadanga slum-dwellers: Mamata
  • NRI kids suffered due to extreme parental neglect
  • Aassaulted by TMC leader, teacher to meet governor
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line