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December 06, 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
  • Premji courtsey call to CM has Bengal abuzz
  • Northerlies blocked, winter on wait mode
  • Super-speed thrill beckons city
  • Film festival in city on Bangla liberation war
  • Rare Bengal masterpieces to be auctioned
  • Toddler murder accused in custody
  • Rajarhat projects now in Hidco hands
  • Will hire doctors from outside if needed: Mamata Banerjee
  • Cops suspended for torturing woman
  • Governor puts tough posers on tax waiver
  • No report yet on WBUT vice chancellor
  • 24 IPS officers transferred
  • Trinamool rallies draw thousands in rebel lair
  • 2012 to bring more public holidays for govt employees
  • Sarat Chandra can show the way: Markandey Katju
  • ADB ready to give Rs 1,800 crore for Kolkata's development
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Tax pinches Alimuddin
  • Mamatas prescriptions plus bitter pills
  • Governor nips Bratya claim
  • Early test leads to HS paper leak
  • Highway flyover repairs
  • Court rap on Barasat cops
  • Bandh boot on other foot
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Taxi torment at Howrah station
  • City salute for school jubilee
  • Scan on viva girl college
  • Kidnapper refused leniency
  • Plan for land-return clause
  • Potato probe heat on Left
  • MP asks Maoists to drop arms
  • Molest charge on policemen
  • Rough ride protest today
  • Tribal rift over set-up sequence
  • Teams to rescue child labourers
  • Teachers protest spurs driver arrest
  • Clouds bring chill and rain to Siliguri
  • Table tennis academy proposal
  • 7 held for bank car robbery
    • Indian Express
  • After Kishenji, Maoists set for factional shift
  • NREGA bears brunt of Trinamool-CPM tussle in Bengal
  • Lukewarm response to Bharat Bandh
    • 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
  • PM to blame for logjam in parliament over FDI in retail : CPI
  • 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
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line