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May 24, 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
  • Land sharks gobble up 80-cottah pond
  • No domestic flight from new terminal till year-end
  • Teenagers caught with revolver in Howrah
  • Cop's daughter kidnapped, no ransom call yet
  • Mosquitoes run riot at East-West Metro site
  • Government to scrap Special Economic Zone Act
  • Gandhi Bhawan stuck in a limbo
  • Trinamool Congress's oppression rising in West Bengal, says Brinda Karat
  • Traffic woes on D H Road after trucks overturn
  • Minister-mayor meet on water crisis
  • Hospital fire: Close shave for newborns
  • Kishanji's bodyguard, six other Maoists surrender
  • If you live in a highrise, solar panel is must
  • Trinamool Congress cautious on red carpet welcome to Mulayam Singh Yadav
  • Kolkata fumes over petrol price hike
  • Kolkata sees its worst day this summer
  • Mamata sets up state zoo authority
  • Survey shows sharp fall in strikes, rise in mandays
  • Abacus competition in Kolkata
  • Meet on Dunlop factory on May 25
  • Calcutta University boss gets a second term in office
  • Crores lost in Railway post office savings scam
  • Justice Markandey Katju heaps praise on Mamata 'behen'
  • Morning blaze razes Sarkar Bazaar
  • US media dubs Mamata obstacle to liberalization
  • Telecom executive abducted
  • Congress invokes Jyoti Basu to protect Indira legacy
  • Dilli Haat-like platform for Bengal craftsmen
  • US historian gives Kolkata 'key' lessons in poll prediction
  • Filmmaker who launched Arnold Schwarzenegger zooms in on Sunderbans
  • Flyover riddle in beautification overdrive
  • State eyes private companies for township makeover
  • Chief minister Mamata Banerjee lens on unutilized funds
  • Minister meets district magistrates to speed up rural works
  • State borrows at highest interest
  • Engineer shot dead near home
  • Police and locals pitch in to marry off orphaned girl
  • Goons attack slain cop's home before trial
  • Park Street rape accused in hotel stay with starlet?
  • Mamata Banerjee refuses to back Pranab Mukherjee for President
  • Rs 1,000-crore water supply boost to south Kolkata
  • Tribunal to hear Unlawful Activities Prevention Act cases on May 26
  • Hotel owner arrested in Howrah
  • Trinamool Congress launches party mouthpiece in English
  • Supreme Court stays Kalighat devotee bar order
  • Promoter, son arrested for murder contract
  • Calcutta high court ruling didn't stop pandas, or devotees
  • Weekend trains cancelled for bridge repair
    • The Telegraph
  • For city students, text stands for books
  • Discomfort seasons high
  • City of air subsidiaries
  • Songs of Nazrul at traffic lights
  • Eden in line for more T20 action
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Tout torment in taxi booth
  • Objective tests for Presidency admission
  • Power outage despite surplus
  • IISCO deal to relocate deity
  • Delhi funds lie idle as Mamata seeks cash
  • Katju praises CM integrity
  • Trinamul doubts BJP help on bailout
  • Suspended Basu leads CPM rally
  • Govt not to raze Indira Bhavan
  • Girl escapes traffickers
  • Trinamul to open units in hills
  • Subhendu identifies Cong as main rival
  • Hawkers protest scrutiny
  • Engineer sole target of gunners: cops
  • Woman branded child lifter, thrashed
  • Soccer talents get skill boost
  • Two-day summer break
    • Indian Express
  • Humiliated Mahasweta quits from post given by Mamata
  • Left-Maoist plot to kill Mamata: CPM to examine merit for defamation
  • Demoralised after Kishenji death, 7 Maoists surrender
  • New IT policy finalised, SEZ Act scrapped
  • Medical tests to determine if arrested trio are juveniles
  • Is diesel price hike next? Transporters ask
    • 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
  • Trinamool now seeks job quota for Muslims
  • BJP to Mamata: join us, we will push for bailout deal
  • Mother detained for selling baby girl
  • Scarred, 'Maoist' student pens open letter to Mamata
  • Mamata does a Jaya on govt anniversary
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line