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June 22, 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
  • Pinki may undergo gender verification test on Monday
  • Rath Yatra gets a Russian flavour in Kolkata
  • Few takers for ladies-only trams, Calcutta Tramways Corporation rues losses
  • Mamata Banerjee ignoring House, says Left, stages walkout
  • Kolkata to get countrys first two-storey toilets
  • Is Writers Buildings the next Mantralaya?
  • Police custody for Nonadanga activists
  • Bengal line tilts scales for Pranab Mukherjee in CPM politburo
  • Geojit BNP Paribas to attract Arab investors to Indian Stock Market
  • Departments fight battle over contract farming
  • Veg price sky-rockets, no control over pricing
  • Change of menu in ICDS meals
  • Test put off: Candidates for police job block road
  • Wait for LPG cylinders gets longer
  • Cops nab driver for raping minor in taxi
  • Cabinet nod to lifetime tax payment for cars
  • Varsities to keep 60% PG seats for own students
  • Highway toll hike to push up prices
  • Not looking forward to Gorkhaland Territorial Administration election now, says Giri
  • Doctors seek anticipatory bail in suicide case
  • Tender minds ripped apart at home
  • How we are raising an unhappy generation
  • Queen's piano restored, to be unveiled at Victoria today
  • Want a driving licence? Have your passport number ready
  • Trapped leopard leaps back to life
  • Damodar Valley Corporation boss meets CM to discuss flood control
  • West Bengal vies for World Bank fund for drinking water project
  • Overcast sky sets stage for Times Evening
  • Eastern Railway improves safety aspect on trains
  • Slovenia envoy scouts investment opportunities
  • Kolkata rocks, says Israeli diplomat on biz mission
  • New age surgeries catching on in Kolkata
  • Calcutta University will focus on professional courses
  • Truant creed: Catch us if you can
  • Fire at Lenin Sarani shop leads to traffic snarl
  • Bharat Chetri counts on Nobbs effect
  • Track fracture disrupts Metro services
  • Official held in fake vehicle registration case
  • 18-year-old boy killed in brawl over water
  • Rights panel summons police commissioner over professor's arrest
  • Kids make music with DJ Akash at Times workshop
  • Schools tighten reins on bunking brigade
  • Brain surgery with local anaesthesia gives teen new life
  • High court admits Ghisingh petition on Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Act
  • Girl 'raped' in taxi, dumped on road
  • Kolkata lad wins law school fight
  • Year-old state government yet to hold a single audit meet
  • APJ Abdul Kalam lauds Mamata Banerjees graceful politics
  • Haldia Petrochemicals Limited gets new managing director, Purnendu says set-up job
  • 'Singles spend more time on matrimonial sites than social networking sites'
    • The Telegraph
  • Caged cubs in gender play
  • Calcutta encroachment model, New Town-style
  • Pitch for solar power
  • RAF tips for rugby kids
  • Mamata flags off Rath Yatra
  • SSKM panel for Pinki scan
  • First taste of monsoon since onset
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Signal strength shifts
  • Vacate order to film city plot encroachers
  • Flier with 3.5kg gold detained
  • Minister-secretary spat over recruitment
  • Labour turf war at Durgapur mall
  • Singur law verdict today
  • Leader beats lady over cow
  • Policeman benched for robber slip
  • Asansol factory strike lifted
  • Life for driving wife to suicide
  • Record demand led to power outage
  • Extortion attack on teacher
  • Language cry in college
  • Block hope leg-up for SMC added areas
  • Elephant repellent: the chilli
  • Tour agents to get tax lessons
  • Youth shot, finger at Cong
  • Security for lawyer after court attack
  • Union clash at college counselling
    • Indian Express
  • Rugby fever grips Kolkata, Spitfires lend helping hand
  • Nonandanga: Scientist Ray slams cop crackdown, plans more protests
  • HC verdict on Singur act plea today
  • Pranab to seek family blessings
  • State govts callousness holding up MPLAD funds: Congress
  • Trinamool undecided on Sangma: Kunal Ghosh
  • Queen Victorias piano back on display after 20 years
  • Two sentenced to 15-yr RI for smuggling ganja
  • HC stays govt order cancelling sports bodies in districts
  • CID probes suicide by doctor tormented by CPM leader
    • 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
  • Mamata loses Singur case in HC, but says farmers will win
  • Setback for Mamata, Tatas win Singur land row in Calcutta HC
  • Bengal to decide action after getting copy of HC verdict
  • Mamata sees red as CPM backs Pranab
  • Party fears some MPs will vote for Pranab
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line