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May 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
  • Abducted Kolkata executive rescued from Odisha
  • Probe ordered against errant Bengal cop
  • Letter to Mamata Banerjee against Malda DM
  • From depths of despair to heroes of hope
  • Joint Entrance Exam results: Boys outscore girls, districts rule ranks in Bengal
  • Fire masks must for flat owners in Bengal highrises
  • Mamata Banerjee appeals for help in railway project
  • Probing ex-DGPs role in Nandigram: Bengal tells court
  • Mamata Banerjee seeks rural job breather for women
  • Prisoners tribute to Kazi Nazrul Islam
  • Mamata govt's anniversary buzz brings out the workaholic in Writers' Buildings
  • Heat pushes up demand for power in Kolkata
  • Presidency University homecoming for three professors
  • Swanky new Great Eastern may be thrown open by year-end
  • Paralysed Kolkata boy fights for justice
  • Season's hottest day leaves Kolkata gasping, no respite in 48 hours
  • Driver held for sodomy
  • Seven injured in Howrah factory blaze
  • Youth kills six-year-old for earrings in Bengal
  • Nandan complex turns into dumpyard
  • Bike gang targets girl in Kolkata's Jadavpur
  • 2 held for gangster's murder
  • Two-month-old girl stolen from New Alipore bank
  • More funds for rural development in Bengal, but how to use that?
  • Kolkata Metro services at 5-minute interval from Monday
  • Mamata govt's anniversary plan: Bengal ministers to visit districts
  • Admission to UG courses in Calcutta University from June 28
  • Students leave Kolkata for wider career scope
  • Premature twins win 70-day battle for life
  • Film by 25 directors in Kolkata on May 25
  • Rajasthani poet's tribute to Tagore
  • Bengal youth held for duping job seekers
  • Governor nod to land act, Mamata gets an anniversary gift
  • Mamata Banerjee talks tough on development
  • Mamata to lay Nazrul Academy foundation on May 25
  • Andamans ship catches fire in repair docks
  • Kolkata trader held for pay order fraud
  • Lifestyle to blame for rise in gestational diabetes
  • Kolkata airport official faces threat from within
  • Rain in Kolkata suburbs may cool sizzling city
  • Students get early vacation, teachers to slog on
  • Jadavpur University percentile system to make it a fair race for higher secondary passouts
  • Air pollution monitoring in Bengal soon on auto mode
  • Kolkata Police constable gets anticipatory bail in assault case
  • Stay away from illegal parking lots: Kolkata Municipal Corporation
  • Student drowns in canal
  • Woman found dead, hubby and father-in-law held
  • Pradip Ta murder: Notices served on two accused
  • Supreme Court notice on entry into Kalighat temple
  • Bengal industries minister Partha Chatterjee allays Infosys exit fears
    • The Telegraph
  • Freak of runaway May rain
  • Lash of falling rupee on foreign travel and fancy liquor
  • Olympics archery team flees cauldron
  • Police role under scanner
  • Fear of engineering quality drop
  • Transport staff in corruption net
  • High five to fighters on JEE list
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  • Ali Baba, Sita and more at DPS show
  • Abductors held, man rescued
  • He has brought light into his world
  • Drug angle in students death
  • Tout & taxi torment at city gateway
  • State develops a taste for power tariff hike
  • Harass stick on policeman
  • Nandi glare on three cops
  • Poisoning whiff in tech student death
  • Malda CPM leader shot dead
    • Indian Express
  • Youths from outside Bengal throng to Mamatas Yuva
  • Court extends stay on counselling of govt doctors for PG courses
  • WBJEE to rank all examinees
  • Govt to buy land for landless
  • Will poor Didi repeat Jaya splurge act? All eyes set on May 20
  • No girl in first 10, toppers from districts
  • No respite from heat in sight
  • Panchayat member shot by dacoits
  • Skywatch: For gold earrings, youth kills child
  • State universities havent filed account details for years
    • Hindustan Times
  • Clinton visit: US wants oil-thirsty India away from Iran
  • Clinton in Kolkata: Teesta treaty high on agenda
  • Three killed in Bengal allegedly over MNREGA work
  • Mulayam, Mamata likely to join hands for Prez poll
  • AMRI authorities plan to reopen fire-hit hospital
  • Mamata Banerjee completes one year as CM: The change & after
  • Mamata warns Facebook, Twitter
  • WB: One drowns, six missing in boat capsize
  • Lok Sabha poll may be advanced, claims Mamata
  • Mamata does a U-turn, sayswill be happy to see UPA last full term
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line