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October 02, 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
  • CPM buoyed by mood against government, calls Mamata pseudo-Leftist
  • Campus on the boil over lunch passes
  • Waterbodies vanish from southern fringes
  • Choked in show of might, newborn fights for life
  • Drugs seized on border
  • Metro promises all-night runs during Puja
  • Narrow escape for Duronto passengers
  • President Pranab to come home for Puja
  • Panel to probe EM Bypass land controversy
  • One killed, 22 injured in Burdwan bridge collapse
  • 2 CRPF men killed in mystery 'ambush'
  • Retail facelift for Park Circus market?
  • No leads yet in Manicktala robbery case
  • CM puts district division on hold
  • Cop hurt in mob attack in Howrah
  • Kolkata first in South East Asia to be 'age-friendly'
  • Operation theatre ceiling caves in at SSKM Hospital
  • Congress burns CM effigy at Hazra
  • Cops make a bad day worse
  • Government mum as autos fleece commuters
  • Gang waylays trader, snatches Rs 45 lakh
  • Attacks on BSF men rise on border
  • Visva Bharati girl attacked by roommate
  • Minor foils parents' bid to marry her off
  • 'Irrational use of medicines rampant'
  • Puja organizers go hi-tech for sponsors
  • Two jawans killed in road accident
  • Kolkata Port Trust pins hope on Oct 3 meet to resolve crisis
  • Minister's son hospitalized with burns
  • CPM, Congress rallies to cripple Kolkata today
  • Patient's kin ransack Malda hospital
  • Seven pilgrims killed, 40 injured in road accident
  • 75-year-old sprinter eyes Taipei title
  • Behala woes to worsen after Puja
  • Flyovers Ground Traffic
  • An evening of Dwijendralal Ray
  • Civic bodies making mandatory provisions to use solar water heaters in commercial establishments
  • Mamata criticizes reforms on facebook
  • EC derails Didi plan for early panchayat polls
  • New terminal to miss Puja date as airlines refuse to move in
  • Dead girls parents give ministers wife clean chit after kangaroo trial
  • Suburban train jumps tracks
  • Transport minister avoids the issue of bus fares hike
  • Minister talks tough on rogue auto drivers
  • Nightclubs out of Puja plans this year
  • Cops refuse to file FIR after theft on train
  • Railways cracks whip on seat grabbers
  • You may soon need an ID proof to send a parcel
  • Something special about Bengal, says Shah Rukh Khan video
    • The Telegraph
  • Wheels within wheels of rally
  • City centre spared traffic nightmare
  • Chunk falls off SSKM ceiling
  • ICSE, ISC fee halved
  • Click-happy at the Lakes
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  • Maoists kill off-guard jawans
  • 9 crushed by sliding lorry
  • Cong burns CM effigy
  • March for innocent girl
  • Visva plans boot for illegal hostel stayers
  • Trinamul worker killed
  • Civic duty tops Trinamul list
  • Girls protest pass for campus exit
  • Bhutias club promotion
  • CPRM rally to renew state stir
    • Indian Express
  • As TMC plans no-trust motion, DMK says rethink retail FDI
  • Cong takes out counter-rally
  • SC to hear two SLPs on Singur together
  • Mamata reopens 20-yr-old case involving rival Dasmunsi
  • With pro-FDI banners, Cong to march to Mamatas house today
  • Two CRPF men shot dead by Maoists
  • EC did not heed state plea under pressure from Centre
  • GJM meets chief secy to expedite power transfer to GTA
  • Bus, taxi strike on October 9
  • Kolkata confidential: Whipping Lord of the rings
  • English tips from Oxford
  • Glimpse into the future
  • US tutors on Kolkata recce
    • Hindustan Times
  • Decongesting Kolkatas streets
  • Mamata toughens stance, Cong says UPA govt not in trouble
  • Congress ministers skip Mamata's Cabinet meeting
  • Forcible enforcement of bandh will not be allowed: Mamata
  • 'Little difference between orange and red'
  • TMC questions Marxist funds
  • CPM calls for direct confrontation with state govt
  • Buddha rekindles Singur issue, slams CM policies
  • Howrah woman killed out of personal vendetta, say cops
  • Congress counters Mamata's Delhi rally in Kolkata
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line