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December 09, 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
  • AMRI hospital fire in Kolkata: Owners arrested, toll rises to 73
  • AMRI hospital fire in Kolkata: Relatives fight tears, anger at morgue
  • AMRI hospital fire in Kolkata: I was not allowed to save my dad, saw him dead in ICU, says a witness
  • AMRI hospital fire: Railways offer medical services for patients affected by fire
  • AMRI hospital fire: 'Don't worry, nothing will happen, they said'
  • AMRI hospital fire: Mizoram patients safe after hospital fire
  • AMRI hospital fire: Hospital staff abandon patients to fire
  • AMRI hospital fire: Fire dept files FIR, govt cancels hospital license
  • AMRI hospital fire: Basement meant for car parking used as inflammable goods store
  • AMRI hospital fire: Lok Sabha mourns the death of victims
  • AMRI hospital fire: 73 killed, several injured
  • Chronology of major fire in India
  • Fire in Kolkata's AMRI hospital: Government takes action, orders to cancel hospital licence
  • Fire in Kolkata's AMRI hospital: 73 killed, several injured
  • AMRI fire: Hospital chaos, inefficiency claimed lives
  • Fire in Kolkata's AMRI hospital: 62 killed in Kolkata hospital fire, says Mamata Banerjee
  • AMRI hospital fire: Patients' families resent presence of Mamata Banerjee, media
  • AMRI hospital fire: Strong action against hospital, says minister
  • Fire in Kolkata's AMRI hospital: 60 killed in Kolkata hospital fire, says City police chief
  • Fire in Kolkata's AMRI hospital: Patients being evacuated, some trapped in hospital building
  • Fire in Kolkata's AMRI hospital: 25 feared dead as fire engulfs the building
  • Fire in Kolkata's AMRI hospital: Family members vandalise hospital reception
  • Fire in Kolkata's AMRI hospital: 20 killed, several injured in fire early this morning
  • Fire in Kolkata's AMRI hospital, many feared trapped
  • Jora Girja gets a new life after 146 years
  • Christmas spirit, freshly baked in a Kolkata lane
  • Bonds beyond boundaries
  • Govt offers subsidy to get rid of potatoes
  • Microsoft boost to Bengal development
  • HPL stake: State may offer TCG first right to refusal
  • Metro awaits board nod for screen doors
  • Surjya calls CM, puts off meeting
  • Live eclipse a click away
  • Railway body seeks land for bio-diesel plant
  • College student commits suicide
  • Maoist surrenders in Midnapore
  • Fever outbreak: Team visits New Alipore
  • Three drug peddlers nabbed
  • 12 policemen injured in clash, 21 held
  • Kalighat temple: Mystery of locked vault to be solved
  • Shorter signals to beat traffic blues
  • Man 'admits' to drowning children
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Civic muscle halts citizen drive
  • HC rejects disabled plea
  • Classroom countdown to fest fight and fun
  • HS practical fiasco rerun
  • Court relief for bypoll teacher
  • Assault for donation
  • Salute to spirit that never dies
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Deepa lobs hospital ball to PM court
  • CPM to persuade aged leaders to quit
  • SWAN to lend sky to Sydney
  • Bijanbari bridge crash victims get cash aid
  • 18 more months for smooth rides on Sikkim roads
  • Scat test confirms two tigers in Jaldapara
  • Teacher slap slur on Cong leader
  • Strike hampers PG admissions
  • 2 dead as car hits tree
    • Indian Express
  • Cant make Pak hand over terrorists to India: Blackwill
  • Pill for Bengal: Big corporate investments
  • HC security: Bar rejects proposal for photo I-cards
  • Govt devoid of any direction, says activist
  • Microsoft keen to invest in Bengal
    • Hindustan Times
  • Over 70 killed in Kolkata hospital fire, two owners surrender
  • In death, Kishenji turns cops into prisoners
  • 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
  • NDRF team finds no radiation leak in AMRI sub-basement
  • No one helped, woman rescues husband in Kolkata fire
  • Angry relatives look for kin, blame officials for chaos at AMRI
  • Family members vandalise hospital reception
  • Total lunar eclipse on December 10
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line