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December 08, 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
  • Stepchildren behead 'wizard'
  • Valiant 'Mamata' spells magic on yatra audience
  • Reliving the Madhumati heroics
  • A low-key Vijay Diwas this time in city
  • Kolkata to get more LED lights on major roads
  • Centre for Tagore research on cards
  • Suicide, accident hamper train services
  • Emblem: Officers showcaused
  • Minister hurt in Writers' mishap
  • Magrahat firing: SDPO transferred
  • Four-year-old raped, choked to death
  • New Hidco board treads a different path
  • India's rich not doing enough for the poor: Lapierre
  • Travellers to get breather with shorter immigration queue
  • Kashmir boys yearn for Kolkata's calm
  • Mystery fever strikes again
  • Facebook picks up four IIT-Kharagpur students
  • Fire at CPI(M) party office in Kolkata
  • CM cracks flyover speed-up riddle
  • Kolkata 'Eyes' giant wheel record
  • Lunar eclipse December 2011: Don't miss or else 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Bug alert for Premji reboot
  • Mamata raises a stink over Salt Lake
  • Lalbazar violates footpath rule
  • HC rap for emblem abuse
  • Wanted: hackers in uniform
  • Varsity policy tweak on the cards
  • City succumbs to touch of Silk
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  • Cricket and more on Kashmir boys tour
  • Apology for early exam
  • Show from Norway at heritage address
  • CM offers DA gift, price Rs 250cr a month
  • Vote for exam, not bandh
  • Seal on pledge of Rs 8750cr
  • Govt treads cautiously on Mirik Road
  • Fatal fall slur on hospital
  • Hill zoo upgrade with bird breeding centre
  • Hill replay in plains
  • Rs 50 crore for market makeover
  • Step-father branded sorcerer and beheaded
  • Homeless dad in suicide bid
  • Panel watch on tour sites
  • 6 die and 5 hurt in accident
    • Indian Express
  • Wipro gets 50 acres for second campus in state
  • Subbarao meets Mamata, announces sops
  • Magrahat firing: 2 cops served show-cause notices
  • Theatre to help revive 178-yr-old building that housed first RBI
  • State govt employees to get 10% DA
    • Hindustan Times
  • 16 officers get notice over misuse of national emblem
  • Constables in Bengal district told not to carry firearms
  • IITians get Facebook jobs at 77 lakh
  • 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
  • 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