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January 27, 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
  • Two eminent doctors arrested for AMRI fire
  • Sainik School in Purulia turns 50, Air Marshal to be chief guest
  • New BPL list survey to start this month
  • Locals thwart robbery on highway
  • Wails and slogans greet health director in Malda
  • Suicide at Metro station disrupts services
  • Denied salary, CTC staffer hangs self
  • Ghost employees hired in Left regime
  • Fear stalks Kasba locality
  • Girl's body found under Dhakuria bridge
  • No more taxi refusal, faulty meters: Madan
  • Fair to celebrate 200 yrs of Dickens
  • Kids on garbage duty at boi mela
  • Fair ground for politics?
  • Woman fights snatchers, shot
  • Mamata shakes up KMC, mayor downsized
  • Biker ferries patients free of cost
  • Rs 2k cr for drinking water in draught-prone Bankura
  • Malda crib death horror continues
  • Madan raps transport corps
  • Mob runs riot at court, targets 'tormentor' Hooghly leader
  • BINP transfers to affect researchand treatment
  • Arrest heat on CPM men after campus row
  • Girl's body found in sack at Park Circus
  • Santiniketan murder: One more arrested
  • Are directors responsible for a hospital fire, ask panelists
  • S K Birla to reward Dhakuria bravehearts
  • Maoist squad member arrested in Malda
  • State's second Sainik school to come up in Darjeeling
  • The trouble with principles
  • Five fall ill after drinking 'tari'
  • Five arrested after clash in Ekbalpore
  • Chaos greets boi mela guests
  • Brace for massive traffic snarls
  • Writer Mamata plays the host, 3 books released
  • Mamata Banerjee, Jairam Ramesh avoid each other
  • Manipur assembly polls: Mamata Banerjee to address rally
  • Ramesh, Subrata discuss rural jobs
  • New forest rail track sparks fear of jumbo deaths
  • Kids to march dressed as Bapu
  • 6 killed, 20 injured in road accident
  • Now, take a bus from Tagore tank to Nazrul
  • Two senior AMRI staff arrested
  • 'Tagoreana' brings Netaji grandson to city
  • Government plans battery-operated pod cars near airport
  • Fire victims bank on government rehabilitation
  • Book fair to celebrate culture too
  • Farm loan riddle in debt-trap districts
  • ATM's door collapse severs woman's finger
  • Subba hints at fresh stir for Gorkhaland
    • The Telegraph
  • Price of bravery: a bullet
  • Boy set for Oscar walk
  • R-DAY ROSTER: RED ROAD TO MILAN MELA
  • JU press debut at Book Fair
  • Taxi refusal to go on, unions tell minister
  • Body in boot, dumped in vat
  • You share your birthday with...
  • A-teams coalition reminder
  • Aila relief at snails pace
  • No pay, CTC worker kills self
  • SFI winners defect, Trinamul wins
  • Top award beckons Tenzing
  • NBU to offer Msc in tea science
  • 2 killed in road mishap
    • Indian Express
  • Kolkata fest to stay clear of politics
  • Mamata asks Ramesh to show patience
  • Hooch tragedy PIL in HC
  • As good as it gets, says Jhulan
    • Hindustan Times
  • AMRI fire: Two doctors arrested
  • Rushdie row: Seth says religion being misused
  • Rooted to the ground
  • One more snub: Mamata skips meeting with Jairam
  • Trinamool to contest 48 seats in 60-member assembly in Manipur
  • Five more babies die in Malda hospital
  • Malda hospital death toll rises to 35
  • Not paid salary, transport worker commits suicide
  • Medha Patkar's car hits boy, stoned
  • Mamata the fighterand writer
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line