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December 31, 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
  • State raises age limit for Group C & D jobs to 40
  • Riverside beautification: Howrah to get first makeover in decades
  • 14th century manuscripts restored
  • Motorman foils Metro suicide bid
  • Mamata campaigns against hooch menace
  • Allies bicker over Indira Bhavan name change
  • Tea garden deaths spark starvation controversy
  • Presidency University waits for 'excellence' tag
  • Reviving a temple town
  • Weaving a heritage dream
  • Man rapes wife, kills her
  • Lack of coordination in Team TMC
  • Mamata may keep Cong guessing till rural polls
  • Campaign launched against bheri fill-up
  • "Repentant" Hossain to sit out a few matches for team
  • Govt may lose 6K cr on specified UTI assets
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Do it right this 31st Nite
  • Talks on Presi special status
  • School seats quota deferred
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  • Dad, never late in Didis land
  • Left closing in on govt soft spot: industry
  • CM not to rename Indira Bhavan
  • Barrage water for clean-up
  • Night to heat up for New Year
  • Rs 3 crore to rebuild houses
  • Rare wild dogs spotted in Buxa
  • Fun-packed fair lined up for Darjeeling farmers
  • Siliguri eatery sealed
    • Indian Express
  • 40-yr-old can apply for govt jobs
  • Mamatas land policy flawed, says Buddha
  • TMC-Cong trade barbs, Adhir calls for pullout
  • Pro-Left farmers join Cong protest against rice procurement
  • Dissolve medical council: NRI doctor tells Governor
    • 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