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December 16, 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 toll rises to 167
  • Hooch tragedy in Bengal: State govt at a loss to settle compensation claims
  • Hooch horror in Bengal leaves 143 dead
  • CM lays foundation of Aliah varsity campus at Rajarhat
  • State going through 'overdraft crisis'
  • Machine explodes at hospital, three injured
  • CP asks mayor to disburse funds
  • Posing as cop, youth dupes woman
  • Oxygen tank alarm at AMRI
  • Toxic tentacles: Where everyone gets a cut
  • Jewellery worth 22 lakh looted
  • Hospital charges Rs 1,500 from survivor
  • Army wants civilians at Vijay Smarak
  • Hooch tragedy: Mamata Banerjee announces CID inquiry
  • No regularization of altered building plans for hospitals
  • LIC reaching out to AMRI deceased kin
  • 23 patients died due to overzealous locals: Doc
  • We were asked not to inform patients about the fire: AMRI nurse
  • AMRI had a single proper entrance
  • Hooch toll climbs to 148, more deaths likely
  • Hooch tragedy in West Bengal: Trinamool, CPI-M engage in blame game
  • Hooch tragedy in West Bengal: CID probe ordered, seven held
  • Hooch tragedy in West Bengal: Death toll mounts to 143
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Unplugged: AMRI A-team
  • Canter carnival for 150th year
  • Principals on govt radar
  • Cloud over airport Metro
  • Hospital fails fire test
  • Forgotten charity clause in lollipop lease
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  • Mamata names probe judge
  • Man poses as cop, robs woman
  • Hooch toll jumps to 148, inaction ire on police
  • Squabble over varsity name
  • Compensation for all land dependants
  • Music college protest
  • Global audience for hill band score
  • Yechuri slams CM on FDI
  • Autoclave burst burns 2
  • Meet for small tea growers
  • Stone kills boy at NJP
    • Indian Express
  • Cops zero in on syndicate that could be behind poison hooch
  • Govt turned blind eye to buildings that had no fire licence for decades
  • Nature of deaths intrigues doctors
  • CPM involved in hooch business: TMC
  • Hooch toll climbs to 140, 8-yr-old among victims
    • 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