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December 31, 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
  • 11 women inmates escape from destitute home in West Bengal
  • West Bengal's dependence on other states for IV fluids to come down
  • Fire in Burdwan's Central market, no injury reported
  • Left for resolving Singur issue with Cyrus Mistry
  • 'Raped' wife dead, man critical
  • Salt Lake civic body earns Rs 10 crore revenue
  • Bothering heights: Green Visva-Bharati turns grey
  • Rape claim in pregnant girl's murder
  • Nightmare on Barasat streets
  • Out of business, buses clog Kolkata
  • Pepper spray flies off the shelves
  • Barasat victim joined work for grandson's treatment
  • UN body to kindle Didi's London dreams
  • Trinamool Congress leader hurt in clash with CPM
  • Civic bodies fail to pay dues, power utility bleeds
  • Candle rallies go beyond Kolkata
  • Electronic toll collection system along NH2 from 2014
  • Tea workers stare at starvation death
  • Go paragliding in Malda, Siliguri
  • Trinamool Congress factions clash over school election
  • Tollywood's Bhabishyat: Sunny Days Ahead
  • No takers for cards in e-age
  • A drop of Panchamrit
  • Scientists' tribute to C V Raman
  • Kolkata Doctors send Karachi patient back home with new lease of life
  • Woman gang-raped, murdered in West Bengal
  • Give us a missed call, we'll find you: Police to women
  • Chief minister wants a 'Pragati Maidan' in Kolkata
  • Hapless mother faces mob frenzy
  • Another filthy barb from CPM leader Anisur Rehman
  • Delhi tragedy gloom on festive street
  • Cricket Association of Bengal defaults, Kolkata Municipal Corporation not 'amused'
  • Delhi gang rape: Mourners fill Kolkata's streets
  • Lights out at Park Street but few notice
  • Delhi gang rape: It should be a lesson to society, says Park Street victim
  • Mamata Banerjee wants special session of Parliament on rape
  • Bombs seized from CPM party office
  • Gang rape whiff in murder
  • Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar gives didi's mega event a miss
  • Police seize bombs from CPM office, 10 arrested
  • Hawkers gone, sales shoot up
  • Wishes from the last partygoers
  • Western twist to festive sweets
  • Pakistan rights panel chief to speak in Kolkata
  • Lady cops in disguise trap eve-teasers
  • Cement major to set up third unit in West Bengal
  • Malda gears up for bypolls
  • Man shot dead in Nanoor clash
  • Rights panel takes up Anisur Rehman remark
  • Official falls to death at new airport terminal
    • The Telegraph
  • Your guide to the bright night
  • One held for Barasat rape & murder
  • Nobel galaxy at science meet
  • They bring warm wraps, city wraps them in warmth
  • Terminal duo to add trains to south and west
  • Student grades for JU teachers
  • Season in the sun: they had joy, they had fun
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Body on river bank, brother alleges rape
  • Cuffs for assault on homemaker
  • Visva to pay tax for Pous Mela
  • Anisur draws Firhad fire
  • Sikkim rape in forest
  • Chinese satellite bond
  • On jumbo-killer rail tracks, nod for only two watchtowers
  • Dooars tea garden shut
  • Opposite tribal tones after Mamata visit
  • Bihar resident shot at
    • Indian Express
  • Bengal poster girl against child marriage ties knot at 16
  • No roadmap for building schools for cops kids
  • Mamata too demands special session of Parliament to strengthen law against rape
  • Martial art need of the hour for girls
  • Another rape remark row, this time by TMC MP
  • Amend laws for stricter punishment: Biman
  • CID takes over probe, visits spot
  • Year on, Rs 20 cr financial centre lies unoccupied
  • Nepali must for Hill postings triggers row
  • School polls witness political clashes
  • 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
  • Fate of Baranagar-barrackpore Metro hinges on KMC clearance
  • Land policy may help reduce number of displaced in state
  • TMC mulls social boycott to punish CPM leaders
  • Bengal is fogged out, transport hit
  • Anisur faces more flak under WBHRC scanner
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line