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October 10, 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
  • Shakuntala Park residents wary of burglars
  • Unions at Dunlop unite to fight for a 'common' cause
  • Eight killed in accident on way to Puri
  • Film festival opening live on Nandan screen
  • Of depression and drugs
  • I stood nowhere even after a 7-year stint: Former BPO executive
  • Double-deck delights for Kolkata this winter
  • Mamata govt not keeping pre-poll promises
  • NRI scholars keen on joining Presidency faculty
  • Police were forced to fire, says SP
  • Read Bankims works online soon
  • After river, cranes clean up ponds
  • Researcher's body found in Bangladesh
  • Immersions clog Adi Ganga
  • 'Migration bringing down Parsi population'
  • Pilots make a beeline for IndiGo
  • Fire at Howrah markets, politicians play blame game
  • Birla Planetarium in makeover mode
  • Trinamool men 'tormenting' villagers
  • Suspension of work at Dunlop unit
  • CPM ex-MLA arrested in Arambag
  • Mamata walks tightrope before trip to Jangalmahal
  • Kolkata mourns Steve Jobs
  • Theft at Salt Lake on Nabami night
  • Couple beaten up by checker, RPF men at Midnapore rail station
  • Kolkata Film Festival opening at Netaji Indoor
  • Matri puja in land of Matryoshka
  • A river ritual that reunites two nations
  • Ganga garbage divide: Clean up here, pollute there
  • Panel to assess West Bengal's tech college standards
  • Parents of BArch students join protest against anomalies
  • Poor show in exams forces BTech student to end life
  • Sharad Parikrama brings smiles to their faces
  • Will follow immersion guidelines next year: KMC
  • Neonatal docs at SSKM set an example
  • Prisoners in Mumbai with Tagore ballet
  • TMC sceptical over ceasefire deal
  • Trinamool stifling voices of other parties
  • TMC blamed for attack on varsity team
  • NGOs roped in to run health camps
  • Burglary at EFR Cooperative bank, guards clueless
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Fishsellers labour of love
  • Talks truce in IIM rivalry
  • Immersion: highs & lows
  • Festive memories in a few clicks
  • Landmark sweet shop marks a milestone
  • Lecture on Mamata at Yale
  • Airline flees after 4 flights
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Lord Mayor of London to talk business in city
  • Theft near Buddha home
  • Puja art finds new pandals
  • Flight diverted as snag triggers mid-air scare
  • Nadia death brings firing leash on cops
  • Sonia to get incident report
  • Rivals unite at Dunlop plant
  • New beginning after quake & Puja
  • Bangla war veterans recount Indian tryst
  • Plea for regular flights
  • Deb & 5 MLAs in shut garden
    • Indian Express
  • Congress demands CBI probe into Bagulia firing
  • Assocham wants govt to get involved in land acquisition
  • Clash in Birbhum between two groups, RAF deployed
  • Mahasweta to take up fishermens demands
  • Assocham signs MoU for food, agro cluster in state
  • Videocon says it may shift its projects out of Burdwan
  • Kolkata Confidential
    • Hindustan Times
  • Despite ceasefire offer, anti-Maoist ops continue
  • Mamata resigns from Lok Sabha
  • Bengal Maoists offer 1-mnth conditional ceasefire
  • CPM back to basics in Lalgarh
  • Pranab off to ancestral home to perform Durga Puja
  • Prisoners on indefinite fast in WB jail
  • Mamata resigns from Lok Sabha
  • Three children injured in bomb blast in Nadia
  • Congress to project Rahul as future leader: Pranab
  • Differences with Chidambaram a closed chapter
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line