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October 19, 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
  • Jt action team to monitor sound pollution during Diwali
  • Irate mob stones man to death
  • Leader's house ransacked
  • Chief minister to hold cultural meet
  • High-tension wire electrocutes elephant
  • 'Govt must address farmers' plight'
  • Withdraw forces: Mahasweta
  • Technical audit in Haldia Petro on cards
  • CID interrogates Sushanta kin
  • Nayachar: State set to sign revised pact by October 31
  • Fire guts market, factory
  • IIT boy found hanging in hostel
  • Presidency welcomes new vice-chancellor
  • Pension scam ghost haunts KMC
  • Be graft busters, Kiran Bedi tells IIM students
  • Finally a mother, after four miscarriages
  • 77-year-old tied up and robbed in Howrah
  • Film fest centenary tribute to Dadamoni
  • Help desk to answer queries on property tax
  • New business model needed for sick units, says Mamata
  • Mamata in war mode, but talks door open
  • Mamata Banerjee seeks unused land for business
  • WB Speaker intervenes in SP-MLA spat
  • Centre wants more security for Mamata Banerjee
  • Safety worries in showpiece township in Rajarhat
  • Rlys hands over cheques to landlosers
  • Power crisis raises fear of dark Diwali in Bengal
  • Labourer murdered in Howrah
  • Leader denied bail, mob storms court
  • Three Bengal tourists die in Jammu crash
  • Site near Vidyasagar Setu to house state police headquarters
  • Dunlop stalemate drags on
  • Rajarhat New Town won't be named Jyoti Basu Nagar
  • Dadamoni to one and all, for 100 years
  • HPL stares at Rs 83 crore loss in October
  • Kolkata to be theme for film festival
  • Collaborative workshop to revamp museums
  • Bird's-eye view part of Shahid Minar makeover plan
  • Tiger kills fisherman in the Sunderbans
  • No poaching? Gene study doesn't agree
  • Councillor held for stealing iron ore
  • 60 hurt in bus accident on NH-34
  • Woman raped at Rajarhat, five arrested
  • Officials lay down strict guidelines for Diwali
  • Two killed in cracker unit fire in Raidighi
  • St Xavier's Calcutta to launch UK chapter
  • West Bengal Power Development Corporation to sell scraps
  • Kanoria mill union leader arrested
  • 300 IRB jawans shunted for Silda agitation
  • Govt moves to stop illegal sale, transfer of Salt Lake plots
    • The Telegraph
  • Two institutions, two strides
  • Big-league pressure on Besu
  • Eden ready for champs
  • Social service buzz in IIT B-school fest
  • Hawkers refused place on bridge
  • Fire at Behala auditorium
  • Diwali high-decibel sermon to high-rises
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Mallya goes back to school
  • Anti-corruption campaign in schools
  • Where grass is greener
  • Man held for job fraud
  • Joint forces end lull with raid for Akash
  • Rs 100 subsidy for jute farmers
  • Govt to tap market for more funds
  • First Morcha plea reaches hill panel
  • Life stuck in quake relief camps
  • Plea for army aid in road repair
  • Hasina stopover at Teen Bigha today, PC tour off
  • Peace back, season of fests kicks in
  • 300 recruits for wildlife squads
  • Jainti car safaris to skirt core forest areas
  • Governor on NBU polls
    • Indian Express
  • Two days after Mamata warning, Junglemahal erupts
  • Left team meets minister on farmers issues
  • Talks with Maoists on
  • New V-C of Presidency trains her sight on world-class faculty
  • Moily says there is hope for Bengal on investment horizon
  • Buddhadeb to skip politburo meet again
  • 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
  • Visual documents of culture
  • Against violation of right to livelihood
  • Leheriyas in the Desert
    • Hindustan Times
  • Mamata firm on deadline for Maoists
  • Fulfil promise on Naxal issue, Mahaswetato Mamata
  • No need to amend RTI Act: Moily
  • Maoists put up posters threatening TMC leaders
  • Mamata's body language harmful: Interlocutor
  • Landmine found in West Midnapore forest
  • WB governor dubs Mamata's 7-day deadline to Maoists as "generous offer"
  • No need to amend RTI Act: Moily
  • Maoists put up posters threatening TMC leaders
  • Mamata's body language harmful: Interlocutor
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line