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December 10, 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: Wife rescues husband from inferno
  • Day after: 'Killer' AMRI Kolkata hospital turns into ghost house
  • AMRI hospital fire in Kolkata: Punish the guilty, Kolkata echoes in one voice
  • AMRI fire tragedy: Grief turns into joy for family of patient believed dead
  • AMRI Hospital directors sent to police custody till December 20
  • AMRI Hospital fire: Wreaths placed in tribute to victims
  • AMRI Hospital directors produced in Kolkata court as toll touches 90
  • AMRI hospital fire: Tribute for victims of the holocaust
  • AMRI hospital fire: Man runs from pillar to post to trace brother's body
  • AMRI Hospital fire: Remya called home in Kerala before dying in the massive tragedy
  • AMRI directors to appear in court, most victims' bodies handed over
  • AMRI hospital fire in Kolkata: Majority of bodies of fire victims handed over
  • AMRI hospital fire in Kolkata: Tiny lane delayed fire fighting operation
  • AMRI hospital fire in Kolkata: Nadia businessman dies in the tragedy
  • AMRI hospital fire in Kolkata: Two state Congress leaders among dead
  • Fresh gunbattle at Jangalmahal
  • Trinamool man shot during school polls
  • AMRI hospital fire in Kolkata: Pranab visits hospital, praises CM
  • AMRI hospital fire in Kolkata: Lives saved with a torchlight & nerves of steel
  • AMRI hospital fire in Kolkata: Fire brigade warned AMRI in Sept
  • AMRI hospital fire in Kolkata: After endless wait, hopes flicker out at SSKM morgue
  • AMRI hospital fire in Kolkata: Woman braves flames and fumes to rescue husband
  • AMRI hospital fire in Kolkata: Slum dwellers climb pipes, rescue patients
  • AMRI hospital fire in Kolkata: A lost battle with destiny
  • AMRI hospital fire in Kolkata: Rs 10-lakh compensation package for kin of deceased
  • AMRI hospital fire in Kolkata: 'It was pitch dark and smoke scorched our lungs'
  • AMRI hospital fire in Kolkata: AMRI flouted fire-safety norms at will
  • AMRI hospital fire in Kolkata: Mamata takes charge in hour of crisis
  • AMRI hospital fire in Kolkata: VIP rush triggers more chaos
  • AMRI hospital fire in Kolkata: A 'little leniency' proved fatal
  • AMRI hospital fire in Kolkata: Licence shock after tragedy
  • AMRI hospital fire in Kolkata: Cloud of death
  • AMRI hospital fire in Kolkata: Gassed to death
  • AMRI hospital fire in Kolkata: Toll mounts to 89
  • AMRI hospital fire in Kolkata: It was mass murder, say grieving kin
  • AMRI hospital fire in Kolkata: Blame game begins as toll mounts to 89, owners arrested
  • AMRI hospital fire in Kolkata: Local heroes who risked their lives to save unknown people
  • AMRI hospital fire Kolkata: State government comes down hard on 'callous' management
  • AMRI hospital fire in Kolkata: 'No radiation leak'
  • AMRI hospital tragedy in Kolkata: Toll rises to 89, owners arrested
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • When heal turned hell
  • I am grateful to be alive
  • Guilty for feeling lucky
  • Saviours from the slum next door
  • Kin barred as patients die in bed
  • Delay despair binds twin tragedies
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Stephen Court switches off TV
  • Stamp of desperation in the dark
  • Sight of a row of bodies
  • Sound of a wail at dawn
  • Deepa lobs hospital ball to PM court
  • CPM to persuade aged leaders to quit
  • Wife remembers last call
  • Check on fire safety norms in Siliguri
  • Sudip rejects PM role in Raiganj hospital
  • Challenges ahead for Morcha
    • Indian Express
  • SSKM teems with mourning relatives
  • Worst violation of fire safety norms: Fire brigade
  • We brought our patient here to survive, not to die like this
  • Please dont leave us, the patients begged
  • Nothing has changed since 1997: Uphaar victim
  • Parents of HIV infected kids move HC, seek probe by independent agency
    • Hindustan Times
  • Sealed windows turned hospital into gas chamber
  • Locals spot fire, rush to rescue
  • Tales of helplessness and survival
  • Did Mamata presence help? opinion divided
  • No report of radiation hazard
  • AMRI board of directors
  • AMRI Hospital death toll rises to 91
  • Believed to be dead, kin finds mother alive after Kolkata fire
  • Sealed windows turned hospital into gas chamber
  • Locals spot fire, rush to rescue
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line