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October 05, 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
  • Cranes: KoPT's answer to immersion woes
  • Religion study centre at JU
  • Pujas flouting ban on Ferris wheel
  • Robbery victims face tough time filing FIR
  • Double-decker train clips overhead wires
  • Now, car stalls at pandals
  • Speeding train mows down jumbo in Dooars
  • Triple murder or suicide pact? Note may hold clue
  • Interlocutors waiting for govt stand on Maoists
  • Power demand soars during Puja
  • Students to be made job savvy
  • Revellers soak in Mahasaptami spirit
  • Apartments spare a thought for the deprived
  • Method brought in traffic madness
  • Parikrama brings smiles to little faces
  • City Pujas not so 'green': Study
  • Mob ransacks RPF booth at Baruipur station
  • Six-year-old girl to be godess
  • Metro Railway answers Durga Puja revellers' prayers
  • Mamata fails to turn up at Gandhi Jayanti function
  • How green is your Durga Puja? PCB is watching
  • Truck kills three, mob attacks policemen
  • Landmines found in Salboni
  • Didi plans 25 high-end hospitals in districts
  • Dhaks replace war drums in Red zone
  • Makeover mishti to sweeten this Durga Puja
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Harmony mirrors true spirit
  • Spirit first in festive flourish
  • Universal theme in a special time
  • Joyride assault kills youth
  • Viral outbreak mars festivity
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  • 100 years of citys only Parsi fire temple
  • CPM defers polls, cites rival terror
  • $250m Bank loan for state
  • Didi inspires all-ladies puja
  • Govt wants students back by Monday
  • Homage to maker of Cooch Behar
  • Quake kitty, from convicts
  • Band tribute to lives lost in Sikkim
  • Lawyer, wife & daughter found dead
  • Jumbo dies on tracks
    • Indian Express
  • Maoists agree on 30-day truce
  • Darjeeling Mail passengers looted
  • Mamatas minister stokes fire, says firefighting not womans cup of tea
  • Less staff but loads of work, Bengal cop fighting trafficking seeks transfer
    • Hindustan Times
  • Bengal Maoists offer 1-mnth conditional ceasefire
  • CPM back to basics in Lalgarh
  • 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
  • Congress to project Rahul as future leader: Pranab
  • Differences with Chidambaram a closed chapter
  • Bengal Maoists offer 1-mnth conditional ceasefire
  • Leaders missing, CPM fills up Lalgarh posts
  • Pranab off to ancestral home to perform Durga Puja
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line