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October 13, 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
  • Nobel windfall for Kolkata's 'exclusive' Mo Yan
  • Ten-day Puja holiday for govt staff
  • Kolkata Port Trust cracks the whip on firm
  • Pujo Barir Shera Pujo salutes community spirit
  • PM to chair panel discussion in Kolkata
  • Gunmen raid CPM leader's home, five of family hurt
  • Killer jailed, but victim still an unknown
  • Paper tickets to meet Puja rush on Metro?
  • Trinamool councillors mob police station
  • Centre urges Bengal govt to deny preferential treatment to prisoners linked to banned outfits
  • Gautam Deb's son surrenders, walks out on bail
  • Rural polls in sight, govt expedites port project
  • Media persons assaulted in college
  • Best brains of industry awarded
  • Youth shot at near Ghola
  • Chased by villagers, Dalma calf drowns in canal
  • World Bank team visits Rajarhat
  • Hidco planning radioactive radiation to irradiate sludge
  • Bengal college girl 'drugged, gang-raped, filmed' by Trinamool leader and others
  • KMDA staffer, ex-deputy director try to sell govt land; arrested
  • 'Painting' TV Durga with bits torn off newspaper
  • Waterlogged streets greet commuters in Kolkata
  • Cong office ransacked in mayor's ward
  • Woman comes to the rescue of accident victims
  • Trader shot dead on Howrah road
  • A decade on, Times Shera Puja still a top draw
  • Kolkata district collector to oversee key city services
  • Cops dig up 27 rifles in Salboni forest
  • Politics may derail Metro project in Kolkata
  • Woman gang-raped near Haldia port
  • Amitav Ghosh, Thayil in Kolkata Literary Meet
  • Demand shifts a cause for worry
  • Kolkata Port Trust urges govt to resolve crisis
  • Bengal cops face rights body heat
  • Bengal Congress raises AIIMS rhetoric
  • Time bomb found on bus, Class XII student held
  • Demand to scrap Nandigram cases
  • Mamata refuses extension of central deputation to state cadre officers
  • Big B's sandals worshipped by fans in Kolkata
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Price gripe in flats with gas pool
  • Mamata spares staff CL to fill holiday gap
  • Go-slow grounds airport cargo
  • Fighting bulls injure kids
  • Court seeks report on cracker ban
  • Hunt for true festive feel
  • Travel less, see more
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  • Missing after threat
  • Govt meet on cable deadline as pushback hopes dim
  • Campus poll code delayed
  • Girl alleges rape in college
  • Boy dies in school wall collapse
  • Murder finger at Trinamul
  • Shirts waved to save train
  • GTA meet shuts out Trinamul trio
  • Cong in a fix on SMC meeting
  • Thrash protest lock on school
  • Malda fake note haul
  • Bonus cloud clears, 2 gardens to reopen
    • Indian Express
  • Mamata cartoon: Police quote profs neighbours; they say lies, distortion
  • Girl drugged, filmed, gangraped by Trinamool student leader, others
  • To get Centres nod, govt reworks Nayachar project
  • Congress booklet talks of Mamata doublespeak on FDI
  • Neonatology doctor shifted to hospital without neonatology ward
  • As Bagans defeat continues, fans lose patience again
  • Maoist Debolina walks free as CID fails to file chargesheet
  • Pending bills snap govts cellphone service for inmates
  • Now, Bengal minister links FDI issue with digitisation deadline
  • Left seeks hike in jute, paddy MSP
  • 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
  • One held in Bengal college student gangrape case
  • Prez son Abhijit wins Jangipur LS by-poll
  • Student gangraped in polytechnic college union room
  • Trinamool link in West Bengal campus gangrape
  • Neighbour pours boiling soup on 4-yr-old in Kolkata
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line