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October 13, 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
  • Full moon smaller, less bright
  • Govinda to have a home in Hills
  • SSC boss removed amid confusion
  • Five judicial panels to start work in November
  • VIP Rd flyover project finally set to take off
  • Mangrove variety may be behind falling tiger count
  • Police job notice may be unconstitutional
  • Adivasis demand GTA-type council
  • Didi bid to bridge Hills-Dooars divide
  • Rly worker dies in freak accident
  • Software firm exec held for smuggling out data
  • Old acquisition act for dyke land
  • Bengal suffers in Bihar blockade
  • Cloud over firecracker fair
  • Bangla duo held for string of burglaries
  • Curse it or lump it, foul is fair for new-age filmmakers
  • Rattled on rutted tram tracks
  • Fee committee can start probe on parents complaint
  • State govt to monitor fee hikes
  • CM woos Hills with cheques & charm
  • Leopard skin seized from BT Road shop
  • Govt talks tough on Dunlop row
  • Club 'rowdyism' leaves family traumatized
  • Hi-tech critical care unit at SSKM
  • Youth hangs self over failed affair
  • Pleasing goddess of wealth a costly affair this season
  • Govt to introduce one-time tax for private cars
  • Street saviour: Helping hand for mentally ill
  • Speedway now a torture trail
  • Lost highway chance will cost state dear
  • Police 'kicks' land 4-year-old in hospital
  • Mamata's pooja greetings for Bengalis in London, US, Paris
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Writers barges in on CAB
  • Software nabs office spy
  • Two arrested for visa fraud
  • Bangla duo in theft net
  • Sisters swim with sharks
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  • Cloud over cracker sale on Maidan
  • Migrant waterfowl swim in troubled waters
  • Sparks in AC Metro rake
  • Strike halts trains to north, govt prods Bihar
  • Seth college students fear uncertain future
  • State force camps to be withdrawn after strike
  • State suffers power cuts
  • Modern but not renovated enough
  • CM mum on tribal autonomy plea
  • Govt houses for Sikkim
  • Rs 120-crore quake grant
  • Digital track on Bhutan rivers
  • Tips on how to handle visitors to Northeast
  • Saturday hope for water supply
  • 30 hurt in bus accident
    • Indian Express
  • Didi does balancing act as tribals want council of own
  • Bengal wants three-year interest holiday from Centre
  • Cop-hiring drive in Junglemahal a conspiracy , say Maoists
  • No baazi bazar at Shahid Minar, traders urges govt to step in
  • Stop dumping, clear clogged drains of Kolkata
    • 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
  • Mamata inaugurates Railway projects in Darjeeling
  • Mamata rules out division of Bengal, announces projects
  • Prisoners on indefinite fast in WB jail
  • Mamata resigns from Lok Sabha
  • Three children injured in bomb blast in Nadia
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line