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December 28, 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
  • At 10 C, it's the coldest Dec day in a decade in Kolkata
  • Salt Lake caretaker's family robbed at gunpoint
  • Centre turns down CM's plea for techno park
  • Leopard strays into Hills colony
  • Tortured at home, widow gets justice in court
  • Gang rape case accused surrenders
  • IIM-C survey raises school stink
  • Kolkata misses digital deadline again, but govt refuses to blink
  • Finally, KMC to procure tridents from workshop
  • West Bengal plans private degree colleges
  • Commuter safety tops railway list
  • Mamata woos poor with special benefits
  • Woman lynched for 'trafficking' girls
  • Police complaint against minister
  • Ex-minister's filthy jibe at CM raises storm
  • Students protest attacks on women
  • Thakurpukur accused held in Bihar
  • 4 killed as car falls into canal
  • Truant cabbie in cop net
  • Official seeks FB help to rescue woman
  • Pranab, Zardari may attend Eden match
  • Recovered Pak patient regrets inability to watch India-Pakistan ODI
  • Mamata govt to eye employees through hidden cameras
  • Transport operators demo to throw city traffic out of gear
  • A bad year gone, will things look up for Mamata in 2013?
  • Mamata to officially kick-start panchayat poll campaign from New Year
  • Katwa girl's kin yet to be traced
  • Belda eatery shut down after attack on owner
  • Higher wages for unorganized workers
  • 7% DA by end-Jan: CM
  • Man in sadhu's garb loots train passengers
  • Govt may abolish CA post, do away with their pension
  • National Volunteer Force workers' protest continues
  • Haldia civic chief denied entry to office
  • 2 killed in Howrah road accident
  • Rape charge against ex-aide of minister
  • Rape bid: Victim tested for molestation
  • CM's Presidency University visit likely on Jan 12
  • Metro to speed up work on cell connectivity in trains
  • Revellers give Kolkata's fun street a miss on Christmas
  • Rights body stands by harassed patient
  • Met office records coldest day of season
  • Slums sitting on LPG time bomb
  • Hawkers hold civic project to ransom
  • Hawkers make a grand invasion
  • 8 years on, they still wait for their kids to return
  • Governor to Council: Be firm with school indiscipline
  • Cabbie abuses mom, demands money after child pukes in vehicle
  • Mamata stays away from NDC meeting
    • The Telegraph
  • 10,234 days on, 10 again
  • On duty in half sleeves
  • Rally trio hit traffic
  • Set-top box scramble after T20 blank-out
  • Child at gunpoint, house looted
  • Hospital plan for Salt Lake
  • Snag woes for tourists
  • Outram Club presents Winter Festival
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  • Rogue cabbie gets bail
  • CM: States non-plan coffers empty
  • Repair road or give it to us
  • Threat slur on minister
  • Woman lynched in city
  • Repair highway or give it to us: CM
  • Sikkim to host global flower show
  • NET exam seat website
    • Indian Express
  • CPM MLA asks how much CM will charge to get raped
  • 2 Bengal politicians outrage nation with sexist remarks
  • CMs new bat to hit Centre SHG
  • Adhir firms manager gets death threat from minister
  • Chargesheet against 4 TMC men for attack on JU prof
  • Minor goes to court saying parents forcing her to marry
  • Next, an investor summit in Mumbai
  • GJM delegation in Delhi, reiterates mouza demand
  • Sexual assault charges against Madan Mitras ex-aide
  • Surrendered Maoists to snoop on their ex-comrades
  • English tips from Oxford
    • 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
  • Anisur's remarks 'undesirable and indecent': Biman Bose
  • WB: Unhappy with food, drunk tourists kill dhaba owner
  • African pygmies may have roots in Narmada valley, says new study
  • Charges framed in Jnaneswari Express disaster
  • 24-yr-old raped, set afire in Bengal by her neighbour
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line