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December 05, 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
  • Rajarhat: Mamata denies party rift
  • 150-year-old polo club celebrations missing the spark
  • Metro puts Maidan trees on chopping block
  • Bose now demands a Mograhat judicial enquiry with a sitting judge
  • Bengal student feared drowned in Puri
  • Bengal art under the hammer
  • Divorcee teacher forced to flee home
  • Madhyamik exam clashes with strike
  • Theft at Kali temple
  • Duo arrested for duping jobless youths
  • Three new museums to give tourism a boost
  • Good sales nos boost auto stocks on bourses
  • Bypoll win to inspire government to work more: Mamata Banerjee
  • Trinamool retains Kolkata South seat with over 2.30 lakh margin
  • Judicial inquiry into Magrahat firing
  • No solution in sight for Sector V water woes
  • Two students drown in pond
  • TMC divided over syndicate links
  • FB demands judicial probe into death of Kishanji
  • Rare birds recovered in Customs raid, two held
  • Incomplete project killing fishes
  • Swanky stalls for food hawkers soon
  • Minister threatens to quit
  • Performance by kids of a lesser god
  • KMC's idea of 'simple' mutation goes awry
  • Cylinder blast at hospital
  • Man robbed of 1 lakh
  • Bids on for private players' share in IIIT
  • Heated debate, opinion split
  • Powerful words stir audience
  • Mamata's Sundarbans dreams
  • Pranab Mukherjee visits Mamata's mother in hospital
  • Lower tax mop-up to cut central devolution for state by 4000 cr
  • Finally, hope for a shelter
  • No hope or help, ageing parents worry about disabled children
  • Heritage makeover for Tolly Club
  • Navy to station UAVs at Behala airfield Sagar to get missiles
  • HC stays Netai trial till Jan 10
  • Burnt bodies of elderly couple found
  • Lokpal debate leaves Kolkata divided
  • Rajarhat murder: TMC man held
  • Doctor held for treating Suchitra
  • Bangla army chief visit raises hopes of better ties
  • A friendly village turned into a battlefield
  • Power officials point finger at director blamed for 'sudden move'
  • Magrahat firing illegal?
  • Many theories on raid deaths
  • State was banking on five instalments to pay salaries
  • Police should have been more careful, says Mamata
  • Body left unattended at hospital
    • The Telegraph
  • Obstacle race for Bypass
  • Stand-off in exam clash with strike
  • Deadline challenge for Joka Metro link
  • Fire scare at South City
  • Minister promises institute upgrade
  • Bypoll story: from two camps
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  • One dead, six hurt in accidents
  • Mamatas mother better
  • Promise & performance
  • Morcha-Adivasi campaign from today
  • Morcha firm on courses
  • Darjeeling health care gets cash boost
  • Scholar dies in car crash
  • Farmers gherao minister
    • Indian Express
  • Bypoll: Trinamool trounces CPM with record margin
  • Biman flays Mamata announcement on Centres FDI decision
  • Mamata claims retail FDI put on hold, Govt puts reaction on hold
  • Tagores portrait on mobile toilet van draws flak
  • CM orders judicial probe
  • Condition of Mamatas mother deteriorates
  • Fake Tagore paintings: Artists seek probe
  • Kishenji death: Rights activists pick holes in stands of govt, cops
  • Empowering vulnerable
    • Hindustan Times
  • Trinamool wins Mamata seat in South Kolkata
  • Trinamool all set to retain Kolkata South
  • Counting of votes for Kolkata South bypoll begins
  • FDI decision put on hold till consensus emerges: Mamata
  • Somali pirates striking off Lakshadweep: Navy
  • Counting of votes for Kolkata South bypoll begins
  • Inspite of GTA agreement Gorkhaland demand still on
  • Sorry, we won't back FDI, Mamata tells Manmohan
  • Stage set for renewed Gorkhaland agitation in Darjeeling
  • Dhirubhai books to help win back Maoists
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line