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December 11, 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
  • Kolkata fire: Knee-jerk reactions stifling due process of law
  • Safety check for all Salt Lake hospitals
  • Gasps of horror in gas trap
  • 6 AMRI bosses sent to 10-day police custody
  • AMRI hospital fire: Mother trapped, son told to pay dues
  • Bereaved and betrayed
  • News shocked the elite
  • AMRI hospital fire: 'Slum heroes risked life to save others'
  • AMRI fire: 6 directors of hospital sent to police remand for 10 days
  • AMRI hospital punished guard for calling firemen
  • Christmas fest deferred
  • All hospitals, clinics under fire safety scanner
  • Most hospitals ignore safety filters for ICU
  • A feisty fighter who didn't get a chance
  • AMRI denies layoff possibility, but nurses still apprehensive
  • Hospital staff tried to douse fire themselves, wasted 90 mins
  • Mamata to felicitate slum dwellers
  • 'Small' favour, big blunder
  • The day after: Scared patients flee hospital
  • AMRI fire in Kolkata: Alipore lawyers decide not to plead for hospital brass
  • After funds promise, it's time for maths
  • AMRI hospital fire in Kolkata: Anger at crematorium
  • AMRI hospital fire in Kolkata: Death toll climbs to 91, including two nurses
  • Italy is Kolkata Book Fair's theme country
  • AMRI fire: 'Dead' woman found alive
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Its never too late for love
  • Curries of yore and Indian connect
  • 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
  • AMRI thumbed its nose at warning, bent norms in all its basements
  • Govt sat on proposals for upgradation of fire equipment, filling vacancies
  • Top state govt officials on AMRI board wash their hands of horror
  • More than fire, poisonous smoke made task arduous: Fire Brigade officials
  • Not all doctors fled the hospital on that dreadful morning
  • Tragedy moves from hospital to crematorium
  • Mamata orders judicial probe
  • Tripura family sold land to pay his hospital fees, now they cant find him
  • Majority nurses at AMRI hospital from Kerala
    • Hindustan Times
  • Day after, Kolkata mourns
  • Nadia businessman dies in AMRI fire
  • Pranab expresses condolence to AMRI victims
  • Majority of bodies of AMRI fire victims handed over
  • Day after: 'Killer' Kolkata hospital turns into ghost house
  • Forensic experts to visit AMRI basement tomorrow
  • 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
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line