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December 04, 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
  • Power bill goes up third time in a year
  • Teacher duped by 'wannabe' groom
  • Youth held for setting ox on fire
  • Four of family die in car crash
  • Partha bets big on key projects in state
  • Trinamool Congress gag order against leaders
  • Kabir fears for life, slams Adhir
  • National team happy with state's disaster management
  • 49 lakh compensation for Maheshtala fire victims
  • Roy to be TMC's sole speaker for FDI debate?
  • Chief minister blows poll bugle at Purulia rally
  • Trinamool trapped in Sobhandeb dilemma
  • Train mows down elephant calf
  • Now, rights body takes RTI route
  • Pankaj gets glowing tributes from three Indian cricket captains
  • Land transfer fee slashed
  • Peace Haven under threat
  • Rare masonry work out of memorial womb
  • Danish team on heritage trail
  • Restorers convince encroachers to shift
  • Teen's autopsy report rules out murder
  • Distress signal: Traffic slows to 12kmph
  • Gold worth 97 lakh seized in Kolkata
  • Now, tigers to be assigned UIDs
  • Railways plans extension of East-West Metro route
  • If need be, we'll create law: Becharam Manna
  • Climate change makes investing in Kolkata risky: Report
  • Trinamool factions clash, five injured
  • Mystery shrouds death of Ritwik Ghatak's granddaughter
  • Maid-to-order: Training to churn out smarter helps
  • Sobhandeb waits for Didi's return
  • 4 TMC workers injured at Keshpur
  • Maoist jail inmates go on hunger strike
  • Tram runs over 7-year-old
  • Suspended SRFTI students leave hostel
  • Passengers go berserk at Jagaddal station
  • Baguiati gangster runs extortion racket from jail
  • By Jove! Watch that bright object near Moon
  • Jugalbandi of classical legends charms Dhaka
  • Govt still goes red, but schools start lessons
  • So, the birds & bees story goes on
  • At 100, she feels change is always for the better
  • Bizarre payment rule
  • Eastern Air Command gets new chief
  • Ei Samay scribe attacked by auto driver, arrested
  • Houses of CPM men set on fire
  • Villagers torch toll plaza
  • Polytechnic exam postponed
    • The Telegraph
  • VC prod to flee heritage campus
  • CESC hikes tariff in some slabs
  • Youth held with gold bars
  • Probe points to no foul play
  • Two killed in accidents
  • Barmy duo wait for Sachin double ton
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Locked up without trial, death offers an escape
  • Uniform-rate cry for Panagarh land
  • Kabir threat finger at Adhir aide
  • Mamata signals rural poll thrust
  • Outcry over ministers comments
  • Pursue-and-stab in hospital ward
  • Elephant calf run over by train
  • Saline, khichdi restore injured 2-year-old
  • Let staff protest, move classes: VC
  • SC seeks state, CBI reply in Tamang case
    • Indian Express
  • Ritwik kin file murder complaint against friend
  • Manna backtracks on Singur remark
  • Defector alleges Adhir hatching murder plot
  • Grab land if Singur Supreme Court verdict adverse: Minister
  • Mystery shrouds death of Ritwiks kin
  • North Bengal Film Festival to begin on December 22
  • Revise fares by Dec 31 or buses will go off roads, owners tell govt
  • Sovan followers take out protest rally
  • Eye on big picture, Mamata happily stumbles her way through Lok Sabha
  • Pak Board team happy with Eden arrangements
  • English tips from Oxford
  • Glimpse into the future
    • Hindustan Times
  • Mamata intolerant, wants yes men around her: Katju
  • Eye on Panchayat polls, Mamata rejigs cabinet
  • New conditional permits to be issued after transporters take a no strike pledge
  • Woman dies after husband sets her on fire
  • Kolkata LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender) film festivalto kick off on Friday
  • Army chief reviews security along China border
  • Mamata promises Singur land back to unwilling landlosers
  • Mamata is intolerant and whimsical: Katju
  • CPM leader Buddhadeb criticises PM
  • Trinamool stand on FDI only after Speaker takes decision
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line