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December 17, 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
  • Mamata Banerjee's mother dies in Kolkata
  • Class VI girl foils bid to get her married
  • Hunt for hooch king & rival
  • Tusker injured in jumbo fight
  • IPS Nazrul Islam given 'regular posting'
  • Bodies Pile Up In Hooch Horror
  • Hooch only a side biz for traffickers, gun-runners
  • Raids only in name, Leningarh high on illegal booze
  • TMC, Left hurl barbs over hooch deaths
  • Hooch tragedy in West Bengal: Toll mounts to 171
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Bravehearts in uniform
  • Insurer not told about AMRI risk
  • Carnival time on Park St
  • HC poser on water body hospital
  • Court deadline for taxi-meter notice
  • Lone European air link snaps
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Will the system change?
  • Salute to bravehearts
  • Second PVD office opens
  • College union poll deferred
  • Governor summons tech VC
  • Mob attack on hooch kingpin house & liquor den
  • Dumper kills schoolgirl
  • Game of bootleg barbs
  • Baby unit without fire certificate
  • Kurseong host to end stopover status
  • Zeenat to lead hill glitterati line-up
  • Dooars threat to Parishad bosses
  • Bangshi walks out of jail
    • Indian Express
  • Amid hooch deaths, a political row brews
  • Fire at Salt Lake godown
  • Indira wanted a Summer campaign for Bangladesh
  • Govt lawyer panel rigged, HC stops their salaries
  • Cops zero in on syndicate that could be behind poison hooch
  • 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