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October 14, 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
  • Dark days ahead for state
  • Cong vows to go it alone in panchayat polls
  • Mamata nod to New Town financial hub
  • Torture tales from 8-hour train trap
  • Minister, MP receive threat calls
  • Son tries to kill mother in Malda
  • Red zone women appeal for Mamata audience
  • Trader seeks police help after extortion threat
  • Cops rope in students for anti-cracker drive
  • UK open to new DFID project
  • Yearly tiger census in Sunderbans on the cards
  • Jumbo calf rescued, reunited with mother
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Patience runs out over power
  • Fuel row grounds fliers
  • Mastic coat for IT corridor
  • Seat-grab in reserved coach
  • Lord Mayor promises help
  • Golf gang war with T20 titles
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  • Protest puts passengers in a spot
  • PWD sets terms for Eden matches
  • Sports minister threatened over phone
  • Man held for leopard skin trade
  • In power, Trinamul shifts lanes
  • Maoist truce prod, CM rubbish reply
  • Dad seeks Dunlop dues for treatment
  • Tariff tussle shuts biomass power plants
  • Trains run but trauma continues
  • Humiliation slur against SP
  • Road robbers flee with lakhs
  • Tusker holds up traffic
  • Snout and tail: enough for terror
  • Boy hurt in bomb explosion
    • Indian Express
  • Tourists return to peaceful hills, Darjeeling gears up for busy season
  • Seven IRB jawans suspended for starting revolt in Shilda
  • MLA rebukes cops in public, SP tells him to shut up
  • Buddha to attend CPM politburo meet in Delhi
  • As CM readies for Junglemahal visit, civil society makes peace appeal
  • Tiwary named captain, but uncertainty over his availability
  • State govt undecided on RTEs no-detention proposal
  • HC asks govt to file affidavit on cow slaughter
  • Students protests in Bihar disrupt Eastern Rly services
    • Hindustan Times
  • CPI (Maoist) leaders start movements in jails
  • 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
  • CM Mamta showers sops on Darjeeling Hills, preaches unity
  • CPI (Maoist) leaders start movements in jails
  • Mamata inaugurates Railway projects in Darjeeling
  • Mamata rules out division of Bengal, announces projects
  • Prisoners on indefinite fast in WB jail
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line