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August 24, 2011
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
  • 40 fishermen taken hostage by pirates
  • Let Lokpal be discussed in Parliament first: Didi
  • TMC leader held for green activist's murder
  • Teen goes to Digha, cooks up kidnap story
  • House burnt in GJM-GNLF clash
  • Newborn dies after being injured by doctor's knife
  • CAS on brink of blackout
  • Cops watch as pavement outside mall vanishes
  • No legislative council till consensus: CM
  • Severed legs made patient's pillow
  • Posh areas in hawkers' grip
  • LF demands more funds for state from Prime Minister
  • Prime Minister's convoy throws traffic out of gear
  • Student kidnapped in Behala
  • Aides give in to CID grill, Sushanta in hospital again
  • ATM money lootedfrom ATM, shoot security guards
  • Arms seized at Howrah station
  • Mausam demands aide release
  • TMC demands Lakshman Seth's arrest
  • Arms won't help CPM win back hearts: Buddha
  • Maoists turn up heat on TMC
  • City-made nano paint to add colour to Gulf
  • Bengal cadre's contribution to Centre: 1 secy
  • Civic body to spruce up Salt Lake transport system
  • Mastic coat for Salt Lake Bypass
  • New drug hope for cancer patients
  • PM promises package to restore glory
  • Auto driver unites lost mother with her sons
  • GJM warns of fresh protest
  • Police 'fudge FIR' to nail victim's family
  • Woman, son hurt in 4.5L robbery
  • Microbes may prevent Sunderbans erosion
  • 4D, the new flavour for cinemagoers
  • Jumbo shifted to Jaldapara Rescue Centre
  • Lakhs of fake ration card in Asansol
  • 85-year-old woman robbed in Salt Lake
  • Gandhi topis at IIT convocation?
  • PM bats for nuclear energy
  • Rly minister addresses media amidst confusion
  • CID lens on W Midnapore cops
  • Victim's pregnant kin was held for murder
  • Enclave dwellers stage protest
  • Hills lacks basic amenities: Gurung
  • Flood situation worsens in Malda, victims cry for help
  • Mamata urges private hospitals to reserve 40% beds for poors
  • Bus accident claims six lives in Nadia
  • Villagers dig out skeleton in Salboni
  • Cop raid on Chhatradhar home
  • Sushanta remanded in judicial custody
    • The Telegraph
  • Mamata marks protest points
  • Rally zones to minimise traffic mess: CM
  • Easy entry to tech schools
  • GenY: Let it be, yeah, let it be!
  • Schools in battle for ball
  • Mission PM: 8km in 63 hours
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Boy returns after faking abduction
  • Salt Lake robber caught in Bihar
  • Expelled leader held for colleagues murder
  • 46-year-old killed by speeding bus
  • Choppy waters of Ajay, not police on toes, held back 2000-tonne coal pile
  • Nandigram murder heat on Lakshman
  • Officer who turned a blind eye
  • Baby death finger at govt doctor
  • Govt mum, planters fear unrest return
  • Customer hurt in bank heist
  • Headmasters hauled up for staff truancy
  • Soccer boys back from Munich with new tips
  • Train-car collision kills 3
  • Jaldapara foster mom taken off forest duty
  • FIR against doctor after patient death
  • Trinamul cubs call off strike
  • Seven green hamlets ready to take guests
  • 2 dead, 3 hurt in accident
    • Indian Express
  • Hoardings on way out from Dalhousie
  • Its official, Yechury for RS
  • Trinamool gangs attacking farmers, says Biman Bose
  • On Tatas plea for amended Singur petition, govt told to reply by July...
  • At Writers, targets and change are the new buzzwords
  • No marks, report cards at Presidency
  • First batch of 46 political prisoners ready for release: CM
  • Archieji, Bettydidi and Tintinbhai
  • Beehives along rail tracks to prevent jumbo deaths
  • In new panel season, intellectuals refuse Mamata job offers
  • Dooars tribals to knock Centres door over Hill territorial survey
    • Hindustan Times
  • Why the hue and cry, let bill be placed in House: Mamata
  • More skeletons in CPM cupboard, leader booked
  • Govt open to reasoned debate on Lokpal Bill: PM
  • Ghosh receives all comforts in prison
  • PM backs N-power, Mamata sulks
  • Why the hue and cry, let bill be placed in House: Mamata
  • Late mountaineer Nawang Gombu's proposed memorial runs into red-tapism
  • Ghosh receives all comforts in prison
  • PM backs N-power, Mamata sulks
  • Bengal's name change immaterial: Somnath
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line