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October 18, 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
  • Cop attempts suicide inside Writers Buildings
  • Girl, 14, raped, set on fire by neighbours
  • Mamata prods task force to keep tabs on prices
  • Kolkata airport finds place for 'forgotten' hero
  • People's hospital now offers free ICCU
  • Ramp ready, but Kolkata has to wait for MP
  • Garba brings the flavour of Gujarat this Durga Puja
  • More cops to ensure safe Durga Puja and Eid
  • Three wise monkeys with a Durga Puja message
  • Five days on, first arrest in Asansol gang rape case
  • Toy train rides cancelled, tourists left in the lurch
  • Ropeway on Hooghly to add to Kolkata's charm
  • 100 pujas on Mamata pandal-hopping list
  • Pensioners get bonus 10 days before Durga Puja
  • After surprise transfer, probe shock for doctor
  • Bike theft racket busted
  • Truck veers on pavement, kills woman
  • Poor kids to have a blast on Sharad Parikrama
  • 16-year-old pushed off bus, crushed under wheels
  • Witch hunt: Three women beaten to death
  • West Bengal going slack on banned crackers: NGO
  • No break from Writers' Buildings for ministers
  • Woman held for stealing jewellery
  • A master's degree isn't all: Bratya Basu
  • Welfare cover for West Bengal folk artists
  • Kolkata port authorities keep contingency plan ready
  • Three women branded witches, lynched in Bengal
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Prayer to goddess, tribute to icon
  • Monsoon bye before Puja
  • Police, power utility gear up for Puja
  • Kid in a candy store at high table of planet
  • Scanner debut in Metro
  • 14-year-old gangraped, set on fire
  • Heart & civic coffers bleed for defaulters
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Cracker raids yet to take off
  • Homemaker held for jewellery theft
  • CM pandal-hops for early start to pujas
  • Schoolboy thrown off bus, crushed to death
  • Glare on politicking in college boards
  • Puja chanda lock on school
  • Mother and daughter killed in witch hunt
  • Karat slams assaults on women
  • Buses beg for survival
  • College rape suspects suspended
  • Minister pay hike plan
  • Strike halts toy trains
  • Strip and confinement for ASI after molest bid
  • Scuffle stops border trade
    • Indian Express
  • 12 pandals in 48 hours: Mamata on puja inauguration spree
  • Trinamool to oppose land bill cleared by GoM
  • Firms sign affidavit to toe Didis line
  • HC declares amendment to Cooperatives Act illegal
  • Didi bats for cops, slams media again
  • Bratya: No govt control over college bodies
  • Teenage girl gangraped, set ablaze
  • 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
  • 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
  • Slice of Bangla in Bengal
  • No Saugata treatment for Arabul
  • Metro issues tickets with old & new names this Puja
  • Presidency jail installs jammers to block inmates' mobile phones
  • Minors rape 14-year-old at Baruipur, set her on fire
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line