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October 17, 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
  • Assam tea garden heritage documented by INTACH
  • During Durga Puja CM prods task force to keep tabs on prices
  • Congress urges Centre to reduce LPG, fertilizer prices
  • Congress leader may switch to TMC, trigger exodus
  • Young designers steal the show
  • Aerobridges set sail for city airport
  • AK Choudhary becomes Bengal Areas new GOC
  • Class IX student kidnapped, raped for two days
  • Gas cheaper for a lucky few
  • City school rocks to Disco Deewane
  • Ex-security guard made bomb threats
  • Murder accused escapes from Burdwan hospital
  • Haldia Bulk Terminals moves court on work resumption
  • Mamata: Spare a thought for hard-working cops
  • Cabbie returns lost bag
  • US court rules out custody of kid to parents
  • Lease of life for girl in gene battle
  • A puja to renew kids ties with Bengali books
  • Journey from commerce to divinity
  • State to monitor air pollution during Puja
  • IIT-Kharagpur zooms into global racing contest
  • 200 complaints, police act only once
  • Hoarding city, courtesy CM
  • Adhunik 270MW Thermal Power plant commissioned
  • Minor girl raped in Bengal
  • CM sends birthday wish to Cong MP
  • Royal Durga puja a top draw for 233 years
  • Poor cancer patients get a new lease of life
  • Haldia dock crisis: NTPC starts transloading coal
  • Aaja naachle ... for the lens
  • Presidency transfers to start from November
  • CPM offices ransacked, cops round up cadres
  • Mamata Banerjee gets ministers to work on Saturdays
  • 41-acre park in Patuli to thwart encroachers
  • Vivekananda stories being animated
  • Canteens at govt hospitals 'play' with fire
  • Trader slain at home, mutilated
  • Promoters, locals clash over possession of land
  • Govt ignores rights panel suggestions
  • Sleuths differ on shoot-and-snatch 'breakthrough'
  • Land scam: Three cars seized from KMDA staffer
  • Nun helps govt replicate project to give homeless kids a new life
  • Metro crush to get worse
  • Price cant rob gold of its sheen
  • A free sauna called Gariahat
  • Hawkers 'settle down' on fun street
  • Top Kolkata hospitals fail fire test, face shutdown
  • Ei Samay, a game-changer
  • Govt meet on 'Save Ganga' campaign
  • Doctor, wife give up city life to build health Utopia
    • The Telegraph
  • Sweet tooth gets a bitter bite
  • Park St case order recall
  • Extortion in name of donation
  • Fake heat on ex-principal
  • January date for airport terminall
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Ma Mati Manush reaches UN
  • Cabbie held for assault
  • Quit signal from HBT
  • Hunger death cry on food day
  • Santiniketan killer flees cops
  • A Visva miles away in Lanka
  • Fuel worry for Cong before rural polls
  • Girl count drive after census jolt
  • Garden workers quiz ministers
  • Jaswant road barb at Centre
  • Power cut after tree felling
    • Indian Express
  • Didi bats for cops, slams media again
  • Disney fan is chess champ
  • Stung by crime bureaus ratings, DGP suggests new method of data compilation
  • Interviews of aspiring constables yield howlers
  • 10-day puja off will pinch patients
  • Industry-friendly state allows four companies to hold ceiling surplus land
  • Trinamool govt smells scam in Set Top Box procurement
  • Visva-Bharati molestation case: Committee begins probe
  • Asansol rape victims family alleges political pressure
  • CPI demands sub-plan for Muslims
  • 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
  • Take stand on 'anti-people' policy: TMC to UPA allies
  • Mamata has higher ambitions, says Congress
  • Didi eyes numbers to take UPA battle to Parliament
  • One held in Bengal college student gangrape case
  • Prez son Abhijit wins Jangipur LS by-poll
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line