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December 07, 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
  • Fire at CPI(M) party office in Kolkata
  • CM cracks flyover speed-up riddle
  • Kolkata 'Eyes' giant wheel record
  • Miss this lunar eclipse, wait for 7 years
  • Commuters keep fingers crossed on flyover plans
  • Tequila girls & pole dancers to fire up year-end festivities
  • Darjeeling tea garden staff get salary hike
  • Rajarhat criminal with Trinamool link held
  • India should tap solar energy: Berkeley prof
  • Blame game stalls bus stand plan
  • Gurudas hints at solution to impasse
  • Government issues firing probe notification
  • Car hits lorry, three killed
  • Esplanade sidewalks freed of plastics
  • Acid wash accused ayah in cop net
  • Politicians way too touchy about online image
  • Abacus competition leaves city children enthralled
  • Meters to end drinking water shortage
  • Locals clash with cops, nine held
  • Arrested quack treated Kishanji link to quack who treated Suchitra
  • Stored potatoes may be routed to state schools for mid-day meals
  • Mother kills 5-yr-old for 'revealing affair'
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Life in Salt Lake stinks:120 tonnes of garbage a day & none to remove it
  • New Town goon in police net
  • Mamatas twin tips for hospitals
  • From IIT to Facebook
  • HS practicals on schedule
  • Street kids make all the right moves
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  • Seth medical college loses MCI recognition
  • Trio who dared to say no
  • Ayah held in acid case
  • 9 arrested for attack on cops
  • GNLF holds sweet power gatherings
  • Deepa-PM meet lined up for hospital
  • Mother held for 5-yr-olds murder
  • Word bank ready for Nepali software
  • Deadline for dwellers
  • Private air cargo service launched in Guwahati
  • Tea staff wage hiked
    • Indian Express
  • FDI: Trinamool to keep eye on Pranabs statement
  • Mamata-appointed panel to submit report by December end
  • CII hopes for early consensus
  • PM unconcerned, allege trade unions
    • Hindustan Times
  • Katju slams media for priority to Dev Anand's death
  • PM to blame for logjam in parliament over FDI in retail : CPI
  • Total lunar eclipse on December 10
  • Trinamool wins Mamata seat in South Kolkata
  • Trinamool all set to retain Kolkata South
  • Total lunar eclipse on December 10
  • 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
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line