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December 25, 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
  • West Bengal hooch tragedy: Three main accused arrested
  • Parking extortion in revelry hub
  • 27 hospitals for backward Bengal
  • GJM plans to take backward region route for funds
  • Chancellor's post is non-political: Governor
  • Flight cancelled in Kolkata, Nepal mall opening put off
  • Goons shoot at man in bar
  • Bar on 'hot' shows this season
  • Ritu Guha passes away
  • Nigerian fraudsters arrested
  • For them, Christmas is Bow Barracks, forever
  • Minor fire, but prompt response from all quarters
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • With a song in his heart
  • You know you are in Calcutta when...
  • Fest of future leaders
  • It is humiliating even now
  • Chire on Christmas-eve in jail for AMRI 6
  • Fee confusion in state-aided schools
  • Plea for hill backward tag
  • Fog delays flights, trains
  • 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
  • GJM demands, Mamata assures
  • Plan panel sanctions Rs 8,000 cr for 11 backward districts
  • Step up with a difference
    • 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