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December 24, 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
  • No bail, 6 AMRI bosses sent to jail custody till Jan 5
  • Mamata offers hooch-sellers rehab package
  • Adventure hub sports on city outskirts soon
  • 6 babies die in 6 hours at Malda hospital
  • Catch a helicopter to visit Poush Mela next year
  • Confusion remains on first call after fire
  • Man arrested after son's death
  • Govt to set up all-women thanas in state
  • Bill to free education from politics passed
  • Rachanabali to go beyond Bengali
  • Appoint new art college head: HC
  • Oppn walks out over CM remark
  • Police yet to crack trader murder case
  • CM plans highway authority for state
  • No more snail mail, postal system gets a makeover
  • Don takes on Feluda in year-end box office bout
  • X-factor: Is that mishti or a Christmas cake?
  • Churches deck up in Christmas glitter
  • Release patients' records, urges AMRI
  • AMRI directors denied bail, sent to judicial custody
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • DIDI DELIVERS (BY DEFAULT)
  • We rise to meet your dip!
  • HC order on art college
  • Push for taxi printer
  • Fog delays trains, flights
  • Words of hope and warmth from family
  • Agarwal to be quizzed
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Jail custody for AMRI directors
  • State highways body announced
  • Dues to keep Santa out of garden
  • Agro varsity officials confined for over 24 hours
  • Quake funds to rebuild houses
  • Govt cites VC choice hurdles
  • Scanner on buildings violating fire norms
  • End to hill road protest in sight
  • Bangla trio arrested
    • Indian Express
  • Govt to arrange alternate livelihood to hooch sellers
  • Citing sabotage, CID may slap murder charge
  • HC debars Bar Council from publishing lawyer exam results
  • NCPCR orders investigation into infant death
    • 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