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December 22, 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
  • Neater, safer boi mela next year
  • Book industry on strike against govt's free distribution plan
  • Norwegian couple at Mamata door to be reunited with kids
  • City kids are Limca Quiz champs
  • Excise wasn't aware of hooch dens
  • 'Pachai' licence may curb menace
  • Sizzling shows to add warmth to 31st chill
  • L&T tests waters for power project
  • Vidyapith authorities meet Bratya
  • Bangla schoolkids on a 3-day visit to city
  • MLAs can now work in 126 govt bodies
  • Former General's take on Bangla war sparks debate
  • Visitors at Botanic Garden to be frisked
  • Farmer commits suicide in Jalpaiguri
  • Seminar on HIV/AIDS at nursing college
  • Decision on Agarwal fate tomorrow
  • Online puja fills private coffers
  • Court sends six AMRI bosses back to lock-up
  • New Year gift from Kolkata cops
  • Tiljala firefight still on, fire may spread
  • 'They murdered our child'
  • Airport, planes ill-equippedto fight fog
  • Tourism fest begins in Darjeeling
  • 'Burglar' lynched in Nadia market
  • Body of daily labourer found
  • R S Agarwal not critical, say police
  • AMRI director brought to court on a stretcher, sent to SSKM
  • Activist files petition on coal prices
  • Flight from Dhaka, 19 hours late
  • Mamata to table land bill in winter session
  • Church lit up, but no carols
  • Fire in Kolkata slipper manufacturing unit
  • Christmas decor from new shores
  • Rhythms of Bengal, made in Boston
  • Alumni fund to boost Presi drive for quality
  • Kolkata to get India's first renewable energy college
  • Left rips into govt at all-party meet
  • School alumni, teachers rally to protest assault
  • Enquiry commission to probe baby death
  • Passengers left stranded at Howrah station
  • No third-party rights on Knowledge Hub land: HC
  • Drunk sweeper kills baby at Kolkata hospital
  • Fire breaks out in rubber factory in Kolkata
  • Fog disrupts flight operations in Kolkata
  • Story of two Earls and the legacy they left behind
  • Tribal body stares at a split in Bengal
  • CM wants IPS officers back in state
  • GJM youth wing to launch stir over Gorkhaland
    • The Telegraph
  • Brrrace for yearend sub-10 chill
  • Mamatas prod prompts AMRI sleuths to hit the pedal
  • Mission box office: in Cruise control
  • Movie magic, just for kids
  • Memories served warm
  • FIR against Tiljala footwear factory
  • You share your birthday with...
  • JU defers process to choose VC
  • Apology for emblem abuse
  • Fire check bares hospital lapses
  • Early exam to avoid strike
  • Air Indias third Mumbai flight
  • L&T sets up a 1600MW land test for hands-off state govt
  • Nandi CPM leaders arrested
  • 2 women die, forecast of cold wave
  • Amit topples Left apple cart
  • HC asks power firm to restore ECL supply
  • Land bill circulated by mistake
  • Boost in fight against baby deaths
  • Priceless wheels in fest parade
  • Outsider spots tiger
  • Truckers cry for more incentives for longer haul
  • Dues worry for board
  • Clerk falls to death in court
  • Two die in road mishaps
    • Indian Express
  • For Peoples Governor, Bengal is my state
  • Govt halts land bill passage for now
  • In rural Bengal, power outages shoot up
  • Court stops cops from questioning arrested AMRI director in hospital
  • CM sits in front row as children take spotlight at film festival
    • Hindustan Times
  • Post-Kishenji, Maoists maybe down, but not out
  • 21-day-old dies after drunk sweeper pulls off O2 mask
  • People punished Left Front for corruption: Buddha
  • Up in arms against hooch sale
  • Bengal seeks Rlys help to curb hooch menace
  • Sherpas want Bharat Ratna for Norgay
  • 21-day-old dies after drunk sweeper pulls off O2 mask
  • People punished Left Front for corruption: Buddha
  • Hooch toll at 148, youngest victim a 15-yr-old
  • Will Sangrampur be a no man's land?
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line