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December 30, 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
  • Court to decide on R S Agarwal's custody on Jan 2
  • Bandel residents relieved after arrests
  • Music fair play at party zones on New Year's Eve
  • Commuters spot smoke, panic at Metro station
  • CP demonstrates at Writers'
  • Man shot dead in front of son
  • Seven nabbed for promoter's murder
  • Gang of five raids bank in Howrah, loots Rs 36 lakh
  • Land sharks devour 43 bigha at Ramsar site
  • PM writes to Didi on law for slum-dwellers
  • Madan Tamang murder accused killed in Hills
  • School service commission
  • Bank refuses to issue credit card to Armyman serving in J&K
  • Musical journey takes audience back in time
  • Goons assault teacher
  • Asiatic Society, the red-tape muddle
  • Presidency Council clears fire system overhaul plans
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Sweet to melt man of steel
  • Probe panels in paralysis
  • Smoke triggers scare at AMRI
  • Cong protest at Indira Bhavan
  • Delhi way out of city traffic jam
  • Private kitchen for schools
  • Innovation key in Presi teacher hiring
  • You share your birthday with...
  • 50000 more teachers soon
  • Suicide bid at RG Kar
  • Power poser in govt land options to L&T
  • Adhir support withdraw barb at ally
  • Fine and land-grab bid in Nandi salishi
  • Poison threat hangs over Karala
  • Ally FIR against Congress MLA son
  • NBU gets back to work
  • Adhir barb at Trinamul
  • Hill murder accused killed
  • Ticket counter closed, Deepa snipes at CM
  • Teacher house burgled
    • Indian Express
  • Teesta, FDI, Pension, now Lokayukta: why Mamata is Congs loyal adversary
  • Cong up in arms against Trinamool move to rename Indira Bhavan
  • Madan Tamang murder accused found dead, brother missing
  • Smoke billows from basement, fire dept swings into action
  • Alliance with Trinamool useless, says Adhir
  • Govt hires NGO to supply mid-day meal
    • 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