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January 02, 2013
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
  • New entrants vs old guards debate stalks Trinamool
  • Retrenched workers get casual jobs
  • Sanskrit pundit Murari Mohan passes away
  • Minister orders probe into Left-era projects
  • CM may add Jan 1 to state holiday list
  • Brother-in-law jailed for woman's murder
  • 'KMC apathy' forces traders out of crumbling New Market
  • Child marriage stalled at Malda
  • KMC departments fight over funds for street lights' upkeep
  • Molesters terrorise New Year party
  • Dirty linen greets passengers on ER trains
  • Kolkata moves to new party destinations
  • Chill set to go, New Year will begin on a warm note
  • Police start rape probe under activists' pressure
  • Woman's body found, locals cry rape
  • Barasat: Doctors yet to confirm rape
  • Woman molested on bus, guard held
  • Slow progress of projects may cost KMC dear
  • Pilgrims' toilets to sully Maidan
  • Youth ransacks police kiosk
  • 11 woman inmates escape from Hooghly home
  • Bengal abolishes special secretary posts
  • Trinamool wary of rainbow coalition
  • Minister cracks whip on contractors
  • Government to auction land for commercial units
  • 2 killed after boat capsizes in Kakdwip
  • 3-tier panchayat in Hills soon
  • Van falls into gorge, four killed
  • Bengal scores in revenue mop-up
  • Kolkata parties, but in a sombre mood
  • Murder accused gunned down
  • Red tape binds airport facilities
  • Mobile threat remains: Jadavpur University profs
  • Get screened on time, prevent thalassemia
  • Police find evidence of another rape and murder in West Bengal
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Kadir kept on radar but not caught
  • Barasat rape suspects missing
  • Cops spread out for peaceful yearend
  • On a tip of the Sunderbans delta, a beach billed to make Bengal proud
  • Winter enters warm phase
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  • One all with rival & a taste of celebrity treatment
  • Discontent over Trinamul fairweather flock
  • Jungle Mahal home plan hits a wall
  • Worry on rebels as guards
  • AIIMS poster war in Itahar
  • Trinamul raises Malda bypoll pitch
  • Balurghat RSP office ransacked
    • Indian Express
  • On late entrants, TMCs two Roys differ in public
  • Didi only promises, fails to deliver, say Muslim leaders
  • Departmental probe ordered in teachers appointment in Left rule
  • CPM office, cadres attacked
  • Despite initiatives, health sector ails
  • Doctors say Barasat woman may not have been gangraped
  • Man who stood for rape victim dies
  • 3 cases of molestation in city in last 24 hours
  • Cops keep tab on Pak visitors
  • Congress asks Mollah to apologise for abusing PM
  • 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
  • Mamata govt hires private agency to monitor media
  • Bengal woman gangraped by six, hammered to death
  • Telangana fans the Gorkhaland fire
  • Fate of Baranagar-barrackpore Metro hinges on KMC clearance
  • Land policy may help reduce number of displaced in state
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line