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December 15, 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
  • Hooch tragedy: Death toll mounts to 131 in West Bengal
  • Hooch tragedy claims 111 lives in West Bengal, govt orders CID probe
  • Hooch tragedy: Death toll climbs to 107 due to spurious liquor
  • Hooch tragedy: 81 killed after consuming spurious liquor
  • 4 city tourists die in Sikkim crash
  • Shock after shock: Hooch kills 62 in West Bengal
  • AMRI hospital fire: Smoke alarm switched off, say investigators
  • AMRI hospital fire: Staff turned firemen away as patients died
  • Dipu Moni urges Mamata to reconsider Teesta decision
  • 14 days' judicial remand for Tathagata Roy
  • 'Hooch trade flourished during Left Front rule'
  • AMRI hospital fire: Money worries for victim's kin
  • Sikkim accident victims' kin in shock
  • Cop tries to stop errant truck, run over
  • Health service bill passed amid walkout
  • State slaps notice on Nightingale services to be suspended
  • Tagore's notebook auctioned for $170,500
  • HC order on political rallies likely in Jan
  • New airport terminal to be delayed
  • Fire rakes up licence muddle
  • Patients leave AMRI Mukundapur
  • AMRI unlikely to get fire cover claim
  • Illegal canteen 5 feet from ward at govt hospital
  • The plight of Myanmarese patients at AMRI
  • Spurious liquor kills 51 in Bengal
  • Spurious liquor kills over 40 in Bengal
  • 10 people die due to hooch consumption in Kolkata
  • Knee-jerk steps stifling process of law
  • Rajarhat 'irregularities': State issues notification for judicial inquiry
  • CM's ultimatum to corrupt leaders
  • Writers' to lose dispatch office next year
  • Police lathicharge on journalists
  • Radiation safety check at hospitals
  • Varsity bill to undergo major changes
  • Time's too short to prepare land bill for winter session
  • Docs oppose Amri shutdown, demand thorough probe
  • State to get its first handloom institute
  • No fire fighting facility at premium nursing home
  • Use tact, not arms, CM tells cops
  • Thank these bravehearts for the 70 lives saved
  • 50 golden years of Birla College
  • Boat capsize kills 1
  • Two top hospital officials arrested
  • AMRI fire: High drama as Mamata Banerjee visits hospital
  • AMRI hospital fire: 2 more officials arrested
  • Cloud over cashless facility
  • AMRI hospital fire: Not involved in its daily operations, directors tell SIT
  • Sumo driver surrenders after 'mysteriously' fall into Bhagirathi
  • In memory of Swamiji
  • Insurers eye more hospitals for preferred network
    • The Telegraph
  • A battle lost before it began
  • Mockery of fire norms
  • Action! Welcome to the Mamata show
  • State test for medical entry
  • HC asks govt to state policy
  • Winter arrives a week late
  • Strike spectre over airport target
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Bosses knew before firemen
  • Inspection by nuclear experts
  • Hope ebbs for brother on body hunt
  • I crawled towards the light
  • My husband was two floors too far
  • Tourist dies in cave near Shillong
  • Hooch kills 57, nexus finger at police
  • Music college protest
  • Disaster drill for buildings
  • Blaze exposes safety holes
  • 4 wedding guests die
  • Friends who wanted to see Sikkim winter
  • Youths held with hashish
    • Indian Express
  • AMRI seized by exodus
  • CM has a new fan in Yash Chopra
  • Children among 54 hooch victims in South 24-Parganas
  • BJP leader Roy in judicial custody
    • 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
  • 250 AMRI staff members quit
  • Spurious liquor kills 40 in West Bengal
  • 150 of AMRI saviours face serious health problems
  • AMRI employees urge Mamata not to cancel licence
  • Jet Airways plane makes emergency landing
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line