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November 04, 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
  • Cyclone Nilam disrupts train services to south India
  • SMS sermons for railway employees
  • Jewellery, cash worth Rs 4.5 lakh looted
  • Police foil baby sacrifice at Malda village
  • Microfinance firm enters retail trade
  • Denied 'dada' fees, ticket agents knife duo
  • Homemaker dies, family cries foul
  • ABG still on board, says port trust
  • Dragonair connects Kolkata with Hong Kong
  • State cold storages threaten strike
  • TMC accused in attack on factory owner
  • Kin of injured man accuse cops of laxity
  • Cloud cover, drizzle make weekend pleasant
  • Surrendered rebels at CM's house
  • No buzz in biz world for CM's Bijoya meet
  • Forgotten war memorial gets its place in history
  • World to taste slice of Bengal at UK meet
  • Meters may be recalibrated to show actual fare
  • Mega makeover for parking lots
  • Governor M K Narayanan asks state to act against Topsia crime
  • Mamata prepares for rural polls, calls meeting of all political members on November 6
  • Maoists meet Mamata, return happy after job assurance
  • State-run theatre stops screening of film Teen Kanya
  • Haldia Port Trusts vested interest barb at KoPT, government
  • Port trust makes Haldia U-turn in Calcutta HC
  • Six-month-old female baby lying in a courtyard of a temple rescued by police
  • West Bengal finance department kick started a slew of electronic measures aimed at better tax compliance
  • Prisoner serving a life sentence for murder in Midnapore central jail escaped
  • West Bengal government is doing its best to rope in investors: Partha Chatterjee
  • Ficci to organize the National Executive Council meeting in Kolkata
  • Partha, Surjya in war of words
  • Jumbo count goes up in south Bengal
  • Centre-Mamata tiff hits East-West Metro work
  • State sets Dec 31 deadline for digital switch
  • Presi students can now switch streams
  • Adhir to take up 'ignored' railway stretch
  • Bike gang resurfaces, strikes twice in 45 min
  • West Bengal to help Christians make Holy Land trip
  • Film Festival may include first Indian film
  • Cop drinks acid to kill himself
  • Bengal trasport minister Madan Mitra cracks whip on carpools in Kolkata
  • Madhyamik hurdle for Mamata's panchayat poll plans
  • Trinamool factions clash in Keshpur
  • Crackdown on overpricing of set-top boxes
  • Pro-Trinamool intellectuals head to Haldia
  • Kolkata Port Trust cries conspiracy, demands damages
  • Sunil Gangopadhyay's translation of Shakespeare in print soon
  • First lot of aerobridges reaches Kolkata airport
  • Political parties set to break 'no rally' truce
  • Rs 100cr for Kolkata's urban poor lying idle
    • The Telegraph
  • Caught in a cashless card bind
  • Charms of chai bagan
  • Next weekend you can be at ... Boalia
  • Pan-Indian take on Tagore tales
  • Hall windfall for 3 Kanya
  • Haldia makes head hang in shame
  • CID probe into Tagore fakes show
  • Hospital at any cost: minister
  • Festival to boost Darjeeling for films
    • Indian Express
  • HBT created scene to exit without paying penalty, says Kopt
  • Screening of anti-govt movie scrapped
  • Haldia port 100% normal
  • Body of missing doctor found
  • Mamata govt ignored port authoritys cries for help
  • Dragonair first flight touches down at Kolkata airport
  • Surrendered Maoists found roaming near CMs residence
  • HBT settles payments of its 348 workers
  • More trouble for TMC : Panchayat pradhan booked for attacking officials
  • English tips from Oxford
  • Glimpse into the future
    • Hindustan Times
  • Anti-Mamata Cong MPs chosen from Bengal
  • Mamata painting auctioned in New York for $3000
  • A journey into the mind of Mamata
  • Mamata Banerjee vows to create 1 crore jobs in West Bengal
  • Molest slur on scientist hits key ISRO projects
  • Mumbai-based port operator quits Bengal
  • Mamata wages war against TV digitisation move
  • Fear grips Haldia dock workers
  • World's smallest Durga idol comes to Kolkata
  • Seoul to organise its first Durga Puja this year
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line