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January 28, 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
  • Padma Shri among top medics held for AMRI fire, docs furious
  • What's ailing the crows? Birds drop dead, authorities don't care
  • 'Bar on Rushdie barbaric, free the written word'
  • Violence, not Ahimsa, integral to Indian culture: Upinder
  • Gang of 8 loots 2 lakh from bus
  • Lage Raho at book fair
  • CM to lay foundation for Rajbanshi academy
  • TMC panchayat member shot
  • Doctors react angrily to 'father figure' arrest
  • Seven more babies die in Malda hospital
  • Schoolkids enthral crowd with performance
  • New AC rakes for Metro by August
  • New power game in North 24-Pgns CPM
  • Man shot during train robbery
  • AMRI arrests send the wrong message: Cong
  • City school to award marks for sports
  • Railway job racket busted, 5 arrested
  • Mamata to visit Sunderbans on Jan 31
  • Govt turns down operators' request to hike bus fare
  • Mamata balm for transport PSUs
  • Chhetri statement vital, say cops
  • 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 Telegraph
  • 49 days on, pangs of arrest
  • Bikram rocks it and lets it rip
  • State members under scanner
  • Lit Meet sets off with Tagore
  • School dress with body in vat
  • Bypass ward in CMC hands
  • Archaeology vs history
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Swamiji plaque & chair
  • Fiesta to mix fun and fervour
  • Puri model for Kalighat
  • Paddy ire puts Malay on bike
  • Congress grouse to Mamata
  • Push to end projects by March
  • Congress missive to Mamata
  • SFI denies defection
  • Road awaits Japan tips
  • Hill land panel term extended by 6 months
  • SC panel scan on tea estate
  • Tribal face-off in garden
    • Indian Express
  • CM discounts PSU disinvestment
  • 2 doctors held in AMRI fire case
  • Clamour for hike in bus fares intensifies
  • Congress letter war latest in alliance rift
    • Hindustan Times
  • 2 directors of AMRI held for hospital fire
  • AMRI fire: Two doctors arrested
  • Rushdie row: Seth says religion being misused
  • Rooted to the ground
  • One more snub: Mamata skips meeting with Jairam
  • 100 crib deaths in West Bengal since Jan 1
  • 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
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line