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July 17, 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
  • BASF is world's most transparent chemical company
  • Emirates offers more for less this monsoon
  • Big boost to Gujarat tourism
  • Travel tourism fair a big hit
  • Alam gets award from President for contribution to promotion of Persian language
  • Now, authenticate your medicine through mobile
  • Air Arabia ranked second best performing carrier
  • Urban planners from Kabul in Kolkata to know on township planning
  • Kona Expressway fraught with problems
  • National Medical College reeling under power cut
  • Promoter killed in Rajarhat chase
  • MMS, lies and now tapes: Pinki case gets murkier
  • Woman cries rape at rave party
  • KG kid beaten up for crying to go home
  • Robbers stab trader's wife to death
  • Blast in school laboratory, narrow escape for kids
  • Snag in AC rake hits Metro services
  • Denied meeting with Didi, man hits staffer with hammer
  • Kolkata Municipal Corporation repairs pipe, but water still stinks
  • Flood alert for North Bengal
  • Jawan held with illegal arms
  • Traffic pain for Metro gain
  • Rush to meet CM deadline on projects
  • US gates shut, sex workers to hold global meet in Kolkata
  • Wetland being sold in pieces
  • Victoria to mark sculptor's centenary with first-time exhibition
  • Gandhi does a Kalam, thanks Mamata for support
  • Kolkata turns into Global Village
  • Gurap horror: Cops may exhume bodies
  • National Award winner takes a dig at Mamata government
  • First flight lands in style at swank new terminal
  • Pranab Mukherjee writes to MLA Mamata Banerjee
  • Pinki Pramanik lodges theft complaint against former partner
  • More buried in Hooghly horror home?
  • State to set up 35 fair price medicines shops
  • Scrutiny for SSC exams to be outsourced
  • Landslides cripple traffic in the Hills
  • Sewage water flows out of Elgin Road taps
  • Kolkata youth drowns in Howrah lake
  • Residents exhibit their talents at Times event
  • Jewellery export crosses Rs 10k crore
  • Brawl on Vietnam ship near Sagar, one critically injured
  • State lodges FIR against Gurap home
  • Driver kills flat mate in scuffle over TV show
  • Trinamool will decide on contesting VP polls: Krishna Bose
  • Unheard tales of the unsung crusaders
  • Sutia fears return of black days of 2000-2002
  • Kolkata flies high, finally
  • Aerobridge, X-ray hurdles for terminal
    • The Telegraph
  • All smoke and no Kadir
  • Visitors hammer blow in Writers
  • Rally-a-day in Esplanade
  • A picture of neglect at zoo
  • Face it: Facebook is a battlefield
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  • Stay cloud on tech classes
  • Board asked to keep a medical seat vacant
  • Dawn chase and murder
  • Newest AC rake breaks down
  • Wife sets man ablaze
  • Mom hacked to death in heist
  • Jumbo rips apart keeper
  • CM last-hour call on polls
  • Pupils turn fodder for Adhikari show
  • Sex cuffs on hostel chief
  • Parents grouse to varsity
  • Jumbo rescue for Jalpaiguri
  • Animals graze in CM hospital
  • Boy swims to sit for exam
  • Couple die as car skids off highway
  • Bagdogra College strike call
    • Indian Express
  • Govt orders probe in Pinki land dispute
  • Flash flood in north displaces 2,000...
  • Power tariff hike has CM nod: Cong
  • ...South gets deficient rain
  • Now, Pinki Pramanik files theft complaint against her accuser
  • Embankment breached, 1000 shifted in Jalpaiguri
  • V-B report fails to conclude
  • GTF to observe GTA anniversary as Black Day
  • Panel to monitor womens homes to comprise DMs wives, says Minister
  • Radio jockey accuses industrialist of rape
    • Hindustan Times
  • Probe report confirms Karabi urine cure incident
  • Looking for stolen cash, teacher strips student
  • President has to live up to traditions: Pranab
  • 'Pranab's nomination for President not a reward'
  • 'Pranab had resigned as chairman'
  • Mamata declares support for Pranab with 'heavy heart'
  • Top Maoist leader nabbed by joint forces
  • MP's husband forced me to frame Pinki: Ex-partner
  • MP Congress leaders protest outside Speaker's chamber
  • Don Bosco hostel super arrested for abusing 10-yr-old
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line