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December 29, 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
  • Fire in AMRI Hospital's basement
  • Glue addict student hangs self
  • First Pakistani president's Bengal home in a shambles
  • Appoint fire safety officers, government tells hospitals
  • Mystery shrouds student's death, mother meets DGP
  • Hidco decides to sell more plots in Rajarhat
  • Inter-state car theft racket busted
  • Weather improves in the Andamans, state tourists safe
  • Wife 'molested' in picnic, constable beats up OC
  • Automatic train control system in the east from 2012
  • Abducted man rescued in Howrah
  • Solution in sight to NBU impasse
  • Five suspected Maoists thrashed by villagers
  • Road project hits land hurdle
  • Married girl in MMS blackmail trap
  • No trace of ONGC exec's attackers
  • After suffering for months, Bandel erupts in anger
  • Polo? It's child's play
  • State to rename Indira Bhavan
  • City to miss chill on year-end
  • Police gear up to handle massive crowd on New Year's Eve
  • Twelve-year-old girl dies enacting suicide scene
  • 1000 Bengal tourists stuck in Andamans
  • Drunk goons stalk, thrash senior ONGC official
  • Five more babies die at Malda hospital
  • Revamp on cards for expressway
  • State climate plan mayinclude Sunderbans
  • IT wizard knocks on Bengal govt door with tech offer
  • Five Maoists, PCPA member arrested
  • Jana Gana Mana centenary celebrated
  • No plan support for transport PSUs
  • Guv assent to tax waiver bill
  • Centre calls GTA review meeting on January 9
  • Laldighi parking for central govt cars
  • Suspicion led to killings: Police
  • 'Today, it was me; it could be you tomorrow'
  • Subrata new strongman in Didi's Cabinet
  • Police boost for Salt Lake and Barrackpore
  • Hooch sellers' kids demand early rehab
  • Mousam seeks probe into child deaths
  • Varsity rules bent in LF regime: Report
  • Promoter murder accused held in Dankunifrom Dankuni
  • Mamata extends help to Indian couple in Norway
  • Bratya to meet NBU officials
  • Depression to push up mercury for next few days
  • IAS officers shying away from key posts
  • Publishers end stir after CM assurance
  • Two AMRI officials in judicial custody till Jan 5
  • Four of family found dead in Manicktala apartment
  • Man kills family, commits suicide
    • The Telegraph
  • Looks winter, feels summer
  • Approver hunt in AMRI probe
  • Broken road, broken promises
  • Green light to Presi IT department
  • Besu research hub for early diagnosis
  • Tragedy prompts fire rules rethink
  • Overshoot threat in overtime strike
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Basu home to house Nazrul academy
  • Online jobs at post offices
  • Resource crunch cripples disaster squad
  • Robbery attempt with toy gun
  • Land cloud falls on highway
  • 1 killed in accident on crater stretch
  • Steel plots face return call
  • From Russia to Durgapur
  • DGHC takes up Rohini repair
  • 90-year-old trader found murdered
  • Farmers want unused plots back
  • Sikkim VC swipe at government on land
  • Clash during blockade
    • Indian Express
  • AMRI probe report wants new fire guidelines
  • Bengal may soon get new Lokayukta
  • Surge in Chinese scribes, scholars entering Bengal
  • Judicial probe on 1993 firing begins
  • Enclave panel appeals governor for fast implementation of pact
  • Bail pleas of AMRI accused rejected
  • Post AMRI, fire dept gets 1 more director
    • 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
  • Madan Tamang murder accused found dead
  • Aussie couple visits Darjeeling every year on Christmas
  • Six infant deaths in 10 hours in Malda hospital
  • West Bengal Govt optimistic of Prez nod to GTA Bill
  • West Bengal eyes President's assent to GTA
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line