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December 11, 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
  • Fog affects air traffic in Kolkata
  • Germans seek security to invest in Bengal
  • Let down by the keepers
  • Sobhandeb set to lose House post
  • House nod to women's varsity bill
  • Eight of wedding party die as Sumo runs into truck
  • Science Congress may bring Mamata, PM on same dais
  • Kalimpong tense after street fight
  • West Bengal turns down proposal to rename university
  • Perfect match, made in orphanage
  • Five hurt as Congress, TMC workers clash in Howrah
  • Wife of IIT Kharagpur staffer kills self
  • Close shave for kid on broken tracks
  • Woman accuses in-laws in dying statement
  • Coordination committee to rally for strikes
  • HC: Derecognizing police unions unconstitutional
  • Sobhandeb faces action, party still wary
  • Jaiswal shows Mamata the way
  • Congress, Left join forces to attack govt
  • No name-dropping for favours, warns Adhir
  • Chief minister mercy for 51 lifers
  • CJI urges state to coordinate with rights body
  • Brace for warmer days, says Met
  • Vivekananda Park beautification stumbles on encroachers
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Fasten seat belts but not to fly
  • Bratya on leader assault
  • Anger at raised tram tracks
  • Bank open, cubicle empty
  • Varsity focus on women
  • Blueprint for IITs 2020 leap
  • City date with mega minds and big bucks
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Trinamul puts Sobhan provocation on pause
  • Stick for Pous Mela plastic
  • Multi-lingual Bengal
  • Port in court on HBT equipment
  • Fliers wait, fog keeps all flights off
  • Chowk Bazar to get a revamp
  • PM, Sonia Malda visit
  • Accident in fog, blame on bride
    • Indian Express
  • Kolkata soccer-crazy, no need for probe: Govt
  • Convicts brush with art at Victoria
  • TMCs loyal soldier waits for marching order
  • Mamata orders security beef-up at VIP car park near Writers
  • Didi surrounded by people with vested interests
  • Port Trust moves HC for custody of ABG machinery
  • HC cancels govt order disbanding police unions
  • Govt filed no crime data since May: Cong
  • Kerosene leak costs state Rs 27 cr
  • Fire razes godown, destroys property
  • 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
  • Left, Trinamool scuffle in West Bengal assembly
  • CM Mamata Banerjee releases 51 convicted for life
  • Sadhan Pande is next to join anti-TMC tirade
  • State order on police associations struck down by high court
  • 3 international airlines coming to city shortly
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line