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December 18, 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
  • Mamatas mother passes away
  • Councillors lead mob to school, thrash teachers
  • Woman killed in front of 2-year-old son
  • CPI veteran blames CPM for poll debacle
  • Playing with fire to flout the rules
  • Congress-backed teachers slam government
  • Hills may celebrate white Christmas
  • Recruitment notification for Presidency posts
  • Kenyan art & Iranian gems at trade fair
  • Filth greets kayakers in trip down holy Ganga
  • Lost childhood, uncertain lives
  • Bhutan brew adds to yuletide spirit in city
  • Art exhibition at South Point
  • Man seeking medical insurance for ailing mom gets relief
  • ABAVP expels John Barla
  • New standards for country liquor?
  • Hooch tragedy fallout: Revamp of excise department
  • Night-long theatre fest to ring in New Year
  • Steep taxes on liquor encourage illegal trade
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Right HIV, Wrong HIV
  • No one remembers the colonel
  • The government and society do not understand theatres economy
  • Colours from Myanmar
  • Teacher assault finger at Trinamul leader
  • CMs mother passes away
  • TV drowns mom murder before baby
  • AMRI MD Chhetri questioned
  • All-party meet on hooch
  • 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
  • Political hues come together to celebrate Bangladesh Utsav
  • Hooch toll 173, kingpin may have fled to Bangla
  • PM, Pranab, Left leaders condole death
  • Mamatas mother passes away
    • Hindustan Times
  • Bengal seeks Rlys help to curb hooch menace
  • Kolkatas heroes are slumdog bravehearts
  • Mamata to order judicial probe
  • AMRI hospital fire toll touches 92
  • Govt docs moved in to treat 19 still admitted in AMRI Hospital
  • 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