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December 08, 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
  • Didi fan disrupts court hearing
  • Mamata Banerjee to skip rights body's event
  • Chargesheet filed in Kharagpur gangrape case
  • Criminal escapes from hospital
  • Loba victims accept cheques
  • Party role reversal at home
  • CM heads for Delhi to carry on battle
  • Cloud-kisser on Chowringhee
  • CM hardsells small yet beautiful Bengal
  • The 'stallion' to gallop into Kolkata
  • Bratya to visit state varsities in January
  • Economy needs to open up further, says governor
  • No-union women's varsity on cards
  • Lalgarh set for high-decibel political meet
  • Official who signed trident deal demoted
  • Honour killing in Kolkata: Man beheads sister in public view, takes severed head to police station
  • Taunted, ex-soldier guns down bank guard, cashier
  • Mamata to visit Delhi for allies
  • Calcutta University assault: Mamata still silent but Guv concerned
  • Apeejay lit fest to kick off Kolkata's literary calendar
  • Three killed in Howrah accident
  • CID in dock over firing report
  • Man held for entering Trinamool leader's house
  • Danger lurks in dug-up road
  • Eden finds its sporting spirit
  • Water crisis in No solution to water problem in Darjeeling hits a new low
  • All-India GJM meet on December 16
  • Smart cages for trapped tigers
  • Education minister Bratya Basu stresses inspection of schools
  • CPM seeks Congress help in assembly
  • Check disparity in veggie prices:CM
  • Buddha warns of communal divide
  • Rebel Singur MLA kept waiting yet again
  • Kolkata school celebrates 17 yrs in education
  • Class-VIII boy dies trying to stop bullfight
  • Guv concedes to land woes in Bengal
  • Task force to interact with British investors
  • Twin inquiries into Howrah water audit
  • Woman dies after kidneys removed during surgery
  • Prisoners find their voice on canvas
  • Cabbie steals passenger's luggage, held
  • Art college chief puts in papers
  • AMRI fire: Toddler waits for mom to return
  • Buddha accuses Mamata govt of fanning communal passions
  • Mamata to visit Delhi to network against UPA
  • Mamata's gag order on new ministers
  • Dubrajpur OC removed after Mamata's rally
  • 217crore compensation paid for National Highway widening
  • Student molested near college
    • The Telegraph
  • Mystery of protector-turned-killer
  • An app to serve and an acronym to spread
  • Powell push for IIT grads
  • Goody-bag Mamata urges goldmines to lobby for Bengal
  • Kharagpur race to regain ground
  • Shot in the dark: cant be him
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  • CM right on lips, man barges into courtroom
  • Electrocution fear as cables dangle low over fields
  • Sister head cut off on road near Calcutta
  • CPMs Bengal FDI model
  • Mamata to skip state rights commission event
  • Advisory role for CU panel
  • Magazine seller swindles city lady
  • First step in NH55 repair
  • Bear attacks BRO worker
  • Mirik strike off for now
    • Indian Express
  • Man shouts Mamata is right in court
  • Chief Minister to skip WBHRC event
  • Man kills sister for illicit affair, carries head to cops
  • RBI asks states to keep a tab on chit funds
  • Govt to offer scheme to firms for repaying loan
  • Rights panel seeks report on missing organs case
  • HC furious as 320 foreigners spend extra years in jails
  • Faction of jobless HBT workers to join Cong rally in Lalgarh
  • Siddiqullah tears into CM on quota
  • 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
  • Ajit Singh asks CMs to reduce aviation fuel taxes
  • Tree felling tiff leads to gangrape in West Bengal
  • We might be poor, but we are not beggars: Mamata Banerjee
  • Didi visits red bastions with a slew of promises
  • Tamang widow moves SC, pleads De novo investigation
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line