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October 20, 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
  • 'Daughter' Durga comes home
  • Lotus sells at a premium, but growers get Re 1
  • Fruit trader shot at Kolkata
  • Four-star Banga Bhavan to open in November
  • Sainbari killings probe panel put on hold
  • Man held for raping and circulating MMS of minor
  • Whizkids vie for French science honours
  • Calcutta high court orders security at Haldia port
  • President Pranab's Durga Puja: Rituals same, but the 'road' changes
  • Kolkata Port Trust quiet on Nimtolla crane demand: Kolkata Municipal Corporation
  • Durga Puja parikrama to light up young lives
  • No autos on Durga Puja nights in Kolkata
  • Special squad to be in charge of lost kids
  • Mobile Durga Puja to cheer up the ill in Kolkata
  • Radar stations at Haldia and Sagar to become operative from January
  • Kolkata Metro to have paper tickets this Durga Puja
  • US delegation visits Rajarhat
  • Govt looks for dengue experts
  • Home-cum-party office for Mamata
  • Dedicated intensive care facility for pregnant mothers for the first time in government hospital.
  • Kolkata Municipal corporation officials clearing debris at Nimtolla Ghat
  • Prison official gets show-cause notice after murder accused flees hospital
  • Calcutta high court seeks state report on Haldia crisis
  • MBA graduates swindle Rs 30 lakh with cloned cards
  • Asansol gang rape accused gets seven days in police custody
  • Mamata Banerjee's official sent to Kolkata Municipal Corporation instead of poll panel
  • Foreign players hooked on festive flavour
  • Incomplete Durga Puja pandals struggle to meet deadline
  • Dengue kills woman, death toll touches 60 in Kolkata
  • Fake Tagore paintings: Art school professor faces police probe
  • Crooks fake credit history, dupe banks in Kolkata
  • Diesel toy trains back in Darjeeling hills
  • Goons running berserk in free-for-all land
  • Political meddling muddles crime fight in West Bengal
  • Behala dazzles more than rest of Kolkata
  • Youths chuck Durga Puja fun to help cops in crowd rush
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Creativity, care and concern
  • Hail the Puja spirit
  • Bail denied to Park St rape accused
  • Cracker ban during immersion
  • Cops to dress smart and work smarter
  • Slots few for PG test
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  • Questions to MR President
  • Inquiry panel blow to govt
  • Rail crack close shave
    • Indian Express
  • Singur land acquisition met new Bill rules
  • CMs cost cutting tool hire on contract
  • HC directs police to provide security at Haldia dock
  • Sainbari probe panel told not to summon witnesses
  • Suman slams Mamata for her rape remark
  • Wanted fake currency operators arrested
  • Fake Tagore paintings: college principal suspended, FIR filed
  • ISI helping Naxals: DGP
  • TMC hopes to make splash in Himachal polls
  • Baruipur gangrape: Police say could be suicide attempt
  • 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