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November 27, 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
  • Mamata govt plans archive of old films
  • Mamata Banerjee flays media again
  • Will Mamata meet Sushma Swaraj on Friday?
  • Mamata government lets down Singur farmers
  • Ramkinker Baij retro planned in Kolkata
  • Adhir rejects Didis railway job plan for land-losers
  • Govt stakes claim to 50% tuition fee of aided colleges
  • Illegal Ballygunge 'club' razed
  • Tax waiver spawns more cheats
  • 13 years later, zoo to get giant tortoises again
  • Pandal chokes road for 5 weeks
  • Techie turns novelist with terror thriller
  • Fire engines for hospitals at night
  • Missing patient's body found in pond
  • Revised fares are profitable: Mitra
  • More neo-natal care units to fight crib deaths
  • Hidco scanner on unutilized plots
  • Trinamool Congress bleeds in faction feud
  • Chamber chief bats for Haldia
  • 19 newborns die in Malda in 5 days
  • Villagers save teen from getting married
  • Transfer of depts to GTA not before 2015
  • Rebel minister stokes 'cut money' debate
  • Disgruntled minister may lose more power
  • Man dies after falling into well
  • St Xavier's may soon be granted full state aid
  • PIL seeks special probe into Loba firing
  • Lens over 'faulty' fire system at SSKM
  • Denied salary, CTC staffer sets self on fire
  • Make Netaji files public: Kin
  • Flight to the killing fields
  • Airports Authority of India suspends landings on secondary runway
  • Stock-taking meet on Writers' fire-fighting operations today
  • Felicitation takes Chief Justice of India down memory lane
  • Aftab Ansari seeks political prisoner status
  • Meet today on Xavier's upgrade
  • Markandey Katju: Mamata is intolerant
  • Braveheart duo sets sights on Mt Makalu
  • Railways meet venue vandalized
  • Centre stresses land reforms to battle reds
  • Ex-ministers switch seatsin Lok Sabha, assembly
  • Rebels plan reshuffle to strengthen base
  • Snakes hold train passengers to ransom
  • Singur works overtime for Mamata's meeting
  • Is human brutality better than animal's? Ask Pi
  • New irrigation minister wants flow in work
  • Mamata cautions party ranks on 'cut money'
  • Howrah mayor in water muddle
  • No green plan in PWD's road project
    • The Telegraph
  • Private schools in quota fix
  • Stations to switch name tracks
  • Adhirs East-West prod
  • HC summons for dues delay
  • Poverty weight in podium quest
  • Xaviers bats for new badge
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Tourist robbed while shopping
  • Help! Hes thief & were cops
  • Bail for CPM leader son in rape case
  • Taunted for years, man hacks villager
  • Direct-buy camps for paddy districts
  • Tagore tribute: a rare Gitanjali
  • Centre worry on state law
  • Power transfer to GTA nears end
  • Settlers refuse to pay tax
  • Ras Mela to start today
  • 2 hydel units by Dec
  • Central nod eludes flood control plans
    • Indian Express
  • Post-defeat, selectors mull leggie option, Harbhajan place uncertain
  • Mukul hometown tense as Adhir takes potshots at Didi
  • Posters lampoon adhir, trinamool denies hand
  • Stick to 1962 rules for hiring constables: HC
  • Cong demands CBI probe
  • Mamata has integrity but is intolerant, says Katju
  • Mamata snubs IAS officer at fair inauguration
  • Didi all praise for Modis Gujarat
  • English tips from Oxford
  • Glimpse into the future
    • Hindustan Times
  • Mamata intolerant, wants yes men around her: Katju
  • Eye on Panchayat polls, Mamata rejigs cabinet
  • New conditional permits to be issued after transporters take a no strike pledge
  • Woman dies after husband sets her on fire
  • Kolkata LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender) film festivalto kick off on Friday
  • Haldia Dock II project gets central government nod
  • Hungary-Darjeeling cement age old relationship
  • Mamata intolerant, wants yes men around her: Katju
  • Maoists meet in city to remember Kishenji
  • Singur voices support for rebel TMC minister
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line