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December 12, 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
  • Patriotism muffled protest
  • Hush to avoid dissent
  • AMRI failed those who trusted it most
  • Hospital services suspended
  • AMRI hospital fire: State honour for two Kerala nurses
  • Coal firms go scot-free despite poor safety record
  • AMRI fails to provide patients' records
  • Two local rescuers fight for life
  • Govt ignoring its own criminal negligence
  • Ten cops injured in CPM-Trinamool clash
  • London exhibition of Tagore's paintings
  • Trinamool office ransacked
  • 3 die in car plunge after kid fiddles with gear
  • Memorial for fire victims
  • AMRI hospital fire: West Bengal evading own negligence
  • Left alone, AMRI hero battles for life
  • Patient goes missing, relatives clueless
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Back to basics of basement
  • Tears of despair and outrage for the dear and departed
  • She could not speak, she was just coughing
  • Hectic day, early rest
  • Docs who lost all patients
  • Gherao with closure demand
  • We had to do something
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Revamped studio in 2 yrs: CM
  • Sumo driver swam to safety
  • CM cool to Gurudas call on exam date
  • Cong paddy heat on partner
  • Safety miss even after OT blaze
  • State cry amid ballot challenge
  • Expert team to scan graft charges at NBU
    • Indian Express
  • Flames were first noticed in cotton stacks in basement: security records
  • Cop who survived the fire dies
  • Shattered, relatives of nurses wait for compensation, job
  • Subhas Chakrabarty was not treated properly at AMRI, reiterates wife
  • Planning officials 84-year-old mother dies
  • 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
  • Govt docs moved in to treat 19 still admitted in AMRI Hospital
  • 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
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line