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December 10, 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
  • Arrows, adivasis & suspected rebels
  • 250-year-old gold idol stolen from temple
  • Senior Trinamool MP shares stage with Adhir Chowdhury
  • Subhendu counters Jairam Ramesh remarks at Jangalmahal
  • Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay lashes out at party rivals again
  • Meet by infrastructure task force today
  • New Town canals light up green dreams
  • Cairo toasts freedom after Arab Spring
  • Maoist held, remanded in police custody
  • Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute in a fix over suspension
  • Match unrest spills onto streets, 12 cops injured
  • Now, pay Rs 50 for dirtying Esplanade tram depot
  • Cloud over family medicine course
  • Maidan fire sparks panic
  • End of the road for a reel life story
  • 4 KYC deadlines missed, 55% work done
  • Winter festival at Rabindra Tirtha
  • AMRI fire: A year later, victims' kin and survivors still in shock
  • Cong seeks new 'poribartan' as poll season nears
  • CM warns party dadas in South 24-Pgs
  • Robbery bid foiled, 5 held
  • Fake currency racket kingpins held, Rs 2L seized
  • Errant doctor under fire again
  • Veteran lensman passes away
  • Chhattisgarh CM wants Tata to invest in state
  • Code of silence in honour killing
  • Teacher takes Presidency College to court
  • No tender, Kolkata Municipal Corporation does U-turn on parking lots
  • 'Time to review laws for honour killings'
  • Kolkata scientist finds kala-azar vaccine
  • Gas blast kills technician in heritage building
  • I wanted to convey my plight, says CM fan
  • 'Good governance can prevent insurgency '
  • Kejriwal seeks referendum on FDI in retail
  • US expert to learn from Sunderbans
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • A year on, AMRI stirs in silence
  • LMB boys back at the site of death
  • Power and passion at play on PanIIT stage
  • Heres looking at our city from a parallel perspective
  • Bob loses a bet, Eden of old wins the crown
  • All for the gentlemans game
  • Guard: Made a mistake
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Mamata MP praises Mamata-baiter
  • Minister takes a face swipe
  • Students leave citing caste bias
  • Kill cuffs on CPM leader son
  • Fog keeps off 5 flights
    • Indian Express
  • Didi surrounded by people with vested interests
  • Yuvraj, Zaheer dropped for 4th Test
  • Mamata rail budget promise remains on paper, officials look for missing town
  • Football fans clash over referee decision, 40 hurt
  • Ashwin the batsman delays the inevitable
  • Fire razes godown, destroys property
  • Year after AMRI fire, 90% city hospitals have NOC
  • Labour ministry to crack down on those hiring minors for New Year parties
  • Mamata Banerjee hiding in shame: Deepa Dasmunsi
  • Trinamool MP showers praise on Adhir
  • 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
  • Will meet Anna, rectify mistakes: Kejriwal
  • FDI bill passed using CBI pressure: Kejriwal
  • Jairam calls for punah parivartan in Bengal
  • Ajit Singh asks CMs to reduce aviation fuel taxes
  • Tree felling tiff leads to gangrape in West Bengal
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line