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May 21, 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
  • Government felicitates 16 achievers on Ma Mati Manush day
  • Officer with a vision
  • Mamata Banerjee's video goes viral in social media
  • LPG racket busted, five nabbed
  • National Commission for Women seeks solatium fund for rape victims
  • Visa officer assault: Italian government may raise issue with external affairs ministry
  • Criminal escapes after attacking cop
  • Criminal Investigation Department to question former top cop over Nandigram
  • Four children injured in crude bomb blast
  • Mamata Banerjee to take up rural road issue with Centre
  • Now, enjoy meals on toy trains
  • Mourners eye VIP facility at crematorium, Kolkata Municipal Corporation in a fix
  • B R Singh Hospital achieves rare feat with cardiac surgeries
  • Jadavpur University professor wins housing body poll by bigger margin
  • Woman wins over criminals, starts school
  • Mercury takes rain dip, but its a scorcher ahead
  • Busts trace Rabindranath Tagore's footprint across the globe
  • Youth killed in scuffle over tree in Malda
  • Piling debts drive farmer to suicide in Burdwan
  • Couple's kidney sale bid foiled
  • 12-hour traffic woes after truck accident
  • Arabul Islam in new controversy
  • Mela shows Mamata Banerjee's personal touch
  • Push to shake off debt burden
  • Bengal makes business sense but hiccups remain
  • Two teenagers arrested for posing as examinees
  • Woman 'raped' by neighbour in Kolkata
  • Two held for assaulting Patuli assistant sub-inspector
  • No leads yet in Regent Park guard murder
  • Diplomat accuses police of assault
  • Kolkata Municipal Corporation's Bypass water promise can't be kept: Civic officials
  • Former top cop passes away, juniors remember an 'outstanding officer'
  • ICSE, ISC results: No alternative to hard work, feel Kolkata toppers
  • Still miles to go, Cong tells Mamata Banerjee
  • Mamata Banerjee delivers 'success story', tinged with Singur regret
  • Fake currencies found from ATM
  • Miss this, and the next one's in 2117
  • Daylight murder in Regent Park home
  • High court turns down Lakshman Seth's bail plea
  • Army chief to visit Kolkata today
  • Bengal top 10 can't impress at IIT-JEE
  • Unsuccessful students run riot at WBJEE office
  • West Bengal handicrafts may get a new lease of life
  • Cops evict 'unwilling' land losers
  • Plane heads for closed runway, disaster averted
  • Expelled leader slams TMC in book
  • Kolkata couple held with fake notes
  • A year of lessons and landmarks
  • Priti Sureka gets anticipatory bail
  • Rain likely after scorching week, but relief temporary
    • The Telegraph
  • Sunday brings swelter saviour
  • Objective shift in Presi test
  • Weather spoilsport at success show
  • Brothers arrested for rape
  • Trinamul, Cong in rename rift
  • Torture scheme in tax name
  • Harley helps fan get his vroom back
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Born leader of police force
  • Schoolkids draw attention to grim picture of malnutrition
  • Probe into cop assault
  • ATM spews fake cash fed by loaders
  • Masons son cracks joint medical test
  • Development test in peaceful Jungle Mahal
  • GTA delay fear in axed meet
  • Shakeel pats govt, but wants more
    • Indian Express
  • Reclusive Suchitra gives award ceremony a miss
  • Taking cue from job queues
  • Ma Mati Manush song to be played at traffic lights
  • TMC MP to raise Bengal Regiment issue with Centre
  • Rift within grey minds
    • 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
  • Scarred, 'Maoist' student pens open letter to Mamata
  • Mamata does a Jaya on govt anniversary
  • Mamata govt completes 1 year
  • Didi sees reds in TV audience, sends police after them
  • Inability to give back Singur land my biggest regret
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line