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December 21, 2012
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
  • HRC slams 'review' on Mamata in hooch killings
  • Stolen and found in Kolkata: A bus
  • Somen visits Cong MP's function
  • Burn Standard holds back part of salary of over 700 staff
  • West Bengal finance secretary to attend Cabinet meet
  • Tehatta remains cold to Mamata bounty
  • Suspected HuJI activist arrested
  • Minister eyes 'Incredible India' ad to showcase Bengal
  • Panel formed to probe Howrah girl's death
  • 3 new GoAir flights from February
  • 20 senior cops transferred in IPS reshuffle in Bengal
  • Kolkata Municipal Corporation land auction may fetch 1K crore
  • Mamata to meet Burdwan TMC leaders on December 22
  • Arrests put Bongaon on a knife's edge
  • CPM-TMC workers clash in Keshpur
  • Scientists develop software to help the hearing impaired
  • 40 families return to Nonadanga
  • Cinema is business, and cultural connect too
  • Buddha rally on Nandigram border
  • World experts in Kolkata to chart history on waves
  • Dog hospital gets a cool facelift
  • Higher Secondary exams: Teachers get death threats
  • School agitation in West Bengal: Glimmer of hope in campus of anarchy
  • Sinthee school stands firm, orders failed students to take re-test to qualify for HS exams
  • Row at Hooghly school over higher secondary examination fees
  • Better business opportunity for private players in the defence sector
  • Mamata attempts to exorcise several ghosts at one go
  • Council soft, students arm-twist West Bengal schools
  • Calcutta high court lifts stay on hiring teachers
  • Haldia Bulk Terminals can't shift equipment out of Haldia: HC
  • South Eastern Railway plans to eliminate all unmanned level crossings by 2014-2015
  • Girl raped, set on fire by lover in Bengal
  • Women safety on police priority
  • Food minister promises aid to Amlashole
  • West Bengal govt cracks whip on absenteeism in secretariat
  • Pranab Mukherjee kicks off Nobel celebrations
  • Biker in Kolkata Police net for snatching
  • 6 held for murder of don's aide
  • Slum dwellers attacked by 'TMC goons'
  • Doctor thrashed after 11-yr-old dies in surgery
  • KIT to join development projects soon
  • Higher secondary council overstepped jurisdiction: Educationists
  • Party time: Kolkta hotels cheer as early curfew lifted for party season
  • Teachers give in after failed students lock them up
  • Two Murshidabad schools face students' ire
  • Behala teachers in shock over students' wrath over pre-test failure
  • Trauma in Bengal school after 22-hour siege by students
  • Student attempts suicide despite re-test offer
  • West Bengal eyes vacant ESI land to boost healthcare
    • The Telegraph
  • Delhi shocker scars mother & girl
  • Ive never been more terrified
  • Licence seized, not problem
  • City misses Xmas chill factor
  • HS council slammed for interference
  • Stolen minibus seized, thieves flee
  • Protest stalls Bypass traffic
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  • Khadims kidnap key accused arrested
  • Carnival to spread joy
  • Chulbul back with eye on fastest 100
  • Bullet flies past murder accused in court
  • Mamata peace appeal in brothers Tehatta
  • At Cong doorstep? Mitra doesnt care
  • Tagore museum to keep open during Pous Mela
  • Tea workers on Calcutta mission
  • Students recoil on re-exam cry
  • Cong prods NHAI on highway repair
  • Firing on court campus in Raiganj
  • Airport land block keeps planes in air
    • Indian Express
  • School gherao: Govt gives clean chit to Education Council
  • Huji operative wanted in Khadim abduction case held
  • Norway row: Mother moves High Court for custody of children
  • At Singur, chorus of talk to Tatas grows loud
  • President urges students to focus on research works
  • Hooch deaths: Act against excise officials, WBHRC tells govt again
  • Delhi gangrape shocker makes govt act on buses with tinted glasses
  • Demise of Claudius irreparable loss to sports world
  • Tehatta firing a mistake: Mamata
  • Santoshpur school gherao replicated across state
  • English tips from Oxford
  • Glimpse into the future
    • Hindustan Times
  • Wife gets lessons in burglary on 1st night
  • Haldia Dock II project gets central government nod
  • 'Mamata knows TMC workers extorting money'
  • Spate of baby deaths rocks Bengal again
  • Nano a no-no for Mamata, but nano-science fine
  • Direct cash transfer won't push up inflation: Basu
  • Students fail, hold teachers hostage
  • Power sector rise must to spur growth, says Scindia
  • Congress asks Mamata to reveal land bank in state
  • PIL filed seeking removal of VB vice-chancellor
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line