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October 11, 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
  • Body of ex-armyman found at Barasat
  • In times of doubt, grab another degree
  • Hard times for tech grads
  • Govt ignores NRIs bid to promote Durga Puja globally
  • Times Scholars programme: Teens floor judges with unique ideas
  • Car-ma and destiny: Kolkata's soccer stars show new drive
  • Bike gang trumps cops, strikes at Lake
  • Snatching on Howrah road
  • Ex-CPM minister Gautam Deb's son accused of murder bid
  • No more queues, paying taxes now a click away in Bengal
  • Congress MLA stays away from rally for AIIMS
  • Parking woes plague Puja shoppers
  • Kolkata Port Trust report 'unilateral', say Haldia dock officials
  • Jadavpur University debate on India's superpower status
  • Birds land on runway in Kolkata, stop flight operations
  • Principal accused of molesting girl granted bail
  • Student dies in university lab
  • Third-year engineering student found hanging in hostel
  • Imams refuse to take cheques from Mamata in public
  • Kolkata cops held for Rs 45L robbery, fake abduction
  • Surprise transfer for SSKM doctor
  • Students hurt in road accident
  • Durga Puja extended for 3 more days in Malda
  • Army chief visits 3 Corps headquarters in Dimapur
  • Shop-owners evicted from college street are in misery as book mall drags on
  • Rajarhat to get telefilm academy
  • Three years on, film lab revival still a 'plan'
  • Experts speak up to save railings
  • Indian and Danish govts to revive Serampore heritage
  • Late start, slow work and no closing date
  • Cops to make minority youths job-ready
  • Forces dig up Maoist arms cache in forest
  • Molestation charge on Visva-Bharati teacher
  • Fake freedom fighters under govt scanner
  • Ration products at discount this Puja
  • Snow leopard in Kolkata today en route to Darjeeling
  • Gorkhaland Territorial Administration focus on tourism and education
  • Police custody for parcel bomb prime accused
  • Tigress captured in Jharkhali
  • Mangroves under siege in Sunderbans
  • Panel proposes to reinstate sacked employees in Haldia
  • Speed up projects, CM tells Partha
  • US varsities invite CM to lecture on politics
  • Mayor calls trident light row a closed chapter
  • Schoolboy killed in accident
  • Mamata's plans Simla trip, post Pujas
  • Firms keen to invest in financial hub
  • First time ever, President in priest garb
  • Left Front to rally in front of Kolkata Municipal Corporation headquarters today
  • Cops cut short casanova conman's 'charmed' career
    • The Telegraph
  • Presi privatisation storm in coffee cup
  • 2 more held for robbery
  • Chain snatched from lake morning walker
  • Deb son in molest case
  • 29 injured in bus accident
  • Clock ticks on cable & customer
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  • Court orders SSC script review
  • City to host Jesuit meet
  • Runway flock disrupts flights
  • Bengal comes to Grips with e-payments
  • FDI demon in Puja pandals
  • Haldia port firm alleges assault
  • Irregular doctors locked up for three hours
  • Trinamul cry against own civic chairman
  • Four-lane hope for two highways
  • Trinamul roadblock finger at Deepa rally
  • Garden shut, staff seek rural scheme
    • Indian Express
  • CM adds Sheikh to OBC quota list
  • First at Writers', expensive puja gifts to select babus from CM Mamata Banerjee
  • Rs 654 crore GTA budget approved
  • Didi takes FDI to farmers
  • Cautious Trivedi welcomes any move good for railways
  • Cong: Mamata has right not to introduce FDI
  • Huge cache of Maoist ammunition seized
  • Trinamool to take parivartan plank to Himachal polls
  • From the courts: HC directs police to inspect Thakurpukur before giving nod to holding pujas
  • National eligibility test compulsory for medical aspirants
  • Glimpse into the future
  • US tutors on Kolkata recce
  • English tips from Oxford
    • Hindustan Times
  • Govt hikes LPG price; Mamata Banerjee says very bad, very sad
  • Minister's son who attempted suicide dies
  • City to host Anglo Indians from across the globe
  • Cap on subsidised LPG will affect mid-day meal scheme: Mamata
  • Will oppose FDI in pension: Samajwadi Party
  • Mamata vows to create 1 crore jobs in West Bengal
  • Didi eyes numbers to take UPA battle to Parliament
  • A journey into the mind of Mamata
  • Visva-Bharati dean removed for molesting student
  • FDI will jeopardise pensioners' future: Mamata
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line