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December 23, 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
  • Buxa roars back, count finds 20 tigers in park
  • Gunmen chase, kill realtor in bustling Howrah locality
  • Draft education bill to empower students, VCs
  • Rs 51 crore for canal desiltation
  • Man gets life term after son's testimony
  • UGC-backed courses for city law students
  • Madhyamik paper rescheduled
  • Vidyapith writes to Bratya for clarity
  • Fresh hope for hand-pulled rickshaws
  • 16 cops injured as NH6 turns battleground
  • Cops fret over licence to traffic stoppers
  • Directors taken to AMRI
  • Last AMRI victim identified
  • Fog disrupts train services
  • Farmland acquisition in revised bill?
  • 'Land will not be a hurdle for industry'
  • Cold claims 10 lives in Malda
  • House drama over water poisoning rumour
  • Minister's flip-flop over hooch trade
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Last-day grill in gas chamber
  • Xmas bond of bakes & cakes
  • Chased, shot and hacked
  • History exam pushed back
  • God of the guitar for tomorrows guitar gods
  • Postal foray into mobile service
  • The Telegraph Indoor Corporate Soccer Tournament
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Waiver scheme queries
  • Accident spurs unrest
  • Half land in hand, NTPC to test waters
  • Tamper-proof ration cards from April
  • Poll panel for co-operatives
  • Tourists around but tax collection fails
  • Bhatt offer to Darjeeling
  • Musical treat for unsung hero
  • Hill territory panel seeks extension
  • Move to keep tribal trio from govt talks
  • Ready to face probe: VC
  • Poacher held with meat
    • Indian Express
  • CPM, Naxals conspiring to destabilise govt: Didi
  • NVF constables beat up candidate during test
  • Govt plans summit to woo industry
  • RG Kar ransacked for negligence
  • People for Better Treatment offers help to AMRI victims kin
    • 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