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June 18, 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
  • SER to continue running Summer Special trains to clear rush of passengers
  • Collector puts together 10,000 rare albums
  • MTS boosts product portfolio
  • Doctor's suicide: CID may grill CPM leader
  • Engineering student found dead in rented room in Kalyani
  • Tutor held for molesting Class VI girl
  • Women don the chefs hat at Times Evening
  • Congress, TMC unlikely to part ways now
  • Endangered turtles bred in Sunderbans
  • Woman charges doctor husband with rape
  • All in the name of soccer
  • Monsoon relief for sultry Bengal
  • Animal kingdom reels under a human invasion
  • Doctor commits suicide allegedly provoked by CPM leader in West Bengal
  • First step to clean up Sunderbans
  • Trinamool leaders fear cross-voting
  • Buddha brigade bats for Pranab, Front unsure
  • Old friends recall 'Chanakya'
  • Hakim dares Congress to leave government
  • Potshots and praise flood the web
  • Car dealer robbed of Rs 2.5 lakh in Dum Dum
  • Monsoon may hit city by Tuesday
  • Pinki's railways job fate hinges on court order
  • Missing bow box puts Rahul under pressure
  • Two day workshop for station managers of important stations under South Eastern Railway
  • Armed forces tribunal exonerates Lt Col Mukul Dev
  • GTA meeting at Writers' Buildings
  • Two fires break out in Kolkata, no casualties reported
  • ITBP campaign for a clean Ganga
  • She is my daughter, says mom
  • Aggressiveness a symptom: Experts
  • Shibu Soren backs Gorkha Janmukti Morcha's Gorkhaland demand
  • Ticket checker beaten up as youth falls to death
  • Fishing trawlers to get green engine
  • Trinamool Congress wins assembly bypolls
  • Biman flight returns to Dhaka with 'snag'
  • Brothers cross border in search of father, return after 10 years
  • Dance with stars, act like one
  • Asiad gold medallist sent to jail for 'rape'
  • IIT-Kharagpur faculty opposes common test
  • Auto rams into lorry, 5 killed
  • Doc kills self, writes 7-page note blaming professional victimization
  • 14 bills will be tabled in assembly today
  • Shibu Soren on his way to Darjeeling to meet GJM leaders
  • Pranab Mukherjee telephones Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
  • AAI clears plans for metro station near Kolkata airport
  • Mamata Banerjee govt offers IT park status to Infosys
  • Presidential poll: Mamata's politics of sentiment
  • Presidential poll: Mamata eyes Delhi in high-stakes plot, signals distance from Cong
  • CAG hauls up Bengal transport department
    • The Telegraph
  • Grand plans on paper
  • Its monsoon: Plumes signal end of wait before gadgets can!
  • Rules to rein in autos but...
  • Fair chance at career choice
  • All-rounder Kumbles lesson for the youth
  • Bullish about a brand called Durgapur
  • Ray of hope in training programme
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Power cut paradox amid excess supply
  • School role curbed in Class IX, X tests
  • Accident claims woman
  • CU course launch put off
  • Boy catches, cop drops
  • Six die in road crash
  • Duped with yagna ruse
  • Poll ends, punishment starts
  • Poll support buzz before Morcha parleys
  • Plea to revise nursing rules
  • Raiganj principal defends admission
  • Hills & plains slam new panel
  • Siliguri violinist headed to Silk Way
  • Floods leave 50000 homeless
    • Indian Express
  • New panel to spot errors in GTA report irks Justice Sen
  • SP: Backing UPA because our candidates didnt join the fray
  • Miffed Mamata pours it out on FB
  • Conversion: Sisters afraid to return home
  • Govt sets up panel to verify Sen report on GTA
  • Monsoon speeds up, hits Bengal
  • Separate Board exam for Class IX proposed
  • Briefly State : Rival TMC groups clash, 11 held
  • Latin fest in Bengal
  • Slain TMC leaders wife moves HC for CBI probe
  • Sticking to their VISION
    • Hindustan Times
  • Sangma rings up Mamata for support
  • Mamata no-go holding up FDI in airlines
  • Mamata hits the streets to protest petrol price hike
  • NRI kids in fresh row, state panel orders probe
  • Modi praises mamata for opposing wrong policies
  • Be prepared for the worst, Didi tells partymen
  • Bengal awaits medical council nod for seats
  • Mamata happy for 'overwhelming' response to Kalam appeal on Facebook
  • Whatever I have to say I will say on Facebook : Mamata
  • Trinamool not dependent on Cong: Bengal Minister
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line