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October 02, 2011
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
  • Panchami blast rocks city, 1 dead
  • State restarts Jangalmahal ops against Maoists
  • Airfares skyrocket with Durga Puja home rush
  • Chile envoy to salvage state agri
  • Snag hits Metro on Panchami day
  • CM move to snap red tape tangle
  • Mischievous SMS leaves Mamata worried
  • Fire breaks out at cotton mill
  • Help cops ensure safe Puja: CP
  • Organizers defy KMC ban on giant wheels
  • Visit the Goddess with 18 arms at Shreesangha
  • Treat for children of a lesser god
  • Dig into the best of Bengali culinary delights this festive season
  • Bank customers concerned over Durga Puja holidays
  • Police seize cache of arms, arrest six
  • Train services disrupted for 48 hours, passengers ransack station
  • State pumps in State to spend 18 cr on studio revamp
  • Salt Lake robbery cases cracked
  • Woman's chain snatched
  • Bank loan racket busted, four held
  • Probe into blocked salary
  • Safer journey: Ground radar commissioned at city airport
  • Med college staff assault expert team
  • GRSE launches three ships
  • Marks breather for Plus-II students soon
  • Buddha relics to be in Bhutan for a month
  • Puja Frenzy Sweeps City Early
  • Away from home, but true to Puja spirit
  • D-Day countdown starts at barir pujos
  • Midnight blaze in 8th-floor office
  • World Heart Day celebrated in Kolkata
  • St Xavier's students to keep a date with US varsities
  • CID asked to probe Nandigram cases
  • High court rejects ex-minister's bail petition
  • Maoist suspect dies, kin informed after two days
  • Mamata to meet Bhutan PM today
  • Shun arms, Mukul tells guerrillas
  • Mob ransacks station, assaults rly official
  • Buddha stance irks party ranks
  • Mamata's painting in puja guide map
  • Minister, doctors and hospital super picks up broom to clean up hospital premises
  • Now, state gets school council
  • Guv relaxes embargo on state varsities
  • Puja rush triggers traffic chaos in Esplanade
  • Presi V-C Leaves Her Mark
  • Crack pandal riddle, win Rs 5 lakh
  • JU in fresh ragging row
  • SC seeks clarification on medical college recognition
  • Didi's dream: 1-km-long viewing deck on Hooghly bank
  • IAF to allow civil flights in Kalaikunda
    • The Telegraph
  • Film on a stage persona
  • Novel ahead of its time
  • Presi VC to stay for now
  • Metro snaps, Puja crowd stranded
  • Highway to Nathu-la cleared
  • Mamata oath after Lakshmi puja
  • Safe message for visitors
  • Check out the gastronomic delights
  • Police fine-tune plans before 5-day fest
  • Footage leads to arms
  • Track repaired but trains still slow
  • Praise for army, cry for NH55 handover
  • Registrar orders get stay
    • Indian Express
  • Cracker explosion leaves 1 dead
  • Govt on extended leave, but ministers busy
  • Medical facilities to fight TB inadequate: Narayanan
  • GTA divide clouds civic polls in hills
  • SBI branches in Bengal open today
  • Bank unions conspired to delay salary of govt staff: Mamata
  • Revival of Urdu theatre: A cultural movement
  • Undaunted, she rushed to help a family under attack
    • Hindustan Times
  • Pranab off to ancestral home to perform Durga Puja
  • Explosion in a cracker factory kills one in north Kolkata
  • First in decades: Bengal ministers plunge into pujas
  • Susanta Ghosh's bail plea rejected
  • Emami's new step towards women welfare
  • Pranab off to ancestral home to perform Durga Puja
  • Passengers stranded, as minister flags off new trains in Howrah
  • Explosion in a cracker factory kills one in north Kolkata
  • Emami's new step towards women welfare
  • Mamata secures 77% votes in assembly bypoll
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line