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October 22, 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
  • Eight Durga Puja revellers killed in road accident
  • Pranab Mukherjee walks half-a-kiometre
  • Kumari puja in Belur Math on Maha Ashtami
  • Durga Puja made happy for HIV patients
  • Court rejects bail plea of rape accused
  • No pictures of President in priest's garb
  • Political quagmire and a choked channel
  • A sinking feeling in Haldia
  • Cops go through the grind on Puja days
  • The goddess behind bars
  • Footballer found dead
  • Schoolboy mission turns into life-saver
  • Bid to keep Ganga clean
  • Officer shot dead in police station, cop arrested
  • From the arena, prayer for fame and fortune
  • Childhood memories and forgotten myths
  • Gates banned, pujas stare at massive losses
  • Mamata Banerjee furious at Jairam Ramesh's letter jibe
  • TMC minister frees drunk men held for bashing up cop
  • Durga puja inside Alipore jail
  • '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
    • The Telegraph
  • TRUE SPIRIT IS THE THEME
  • Pujas through young eyes
  • Singur test bobs up on Padma
  • Rail crack close shave
    • Indian Express
  • Ministers vie for puja trophy but wont speak of money spent
  • Security, curiosity make Mirati puja presidential
  • On the street for street children
  • Singur land acquisition met new Bill rules
  • CMs cost cutting tool hire on contract
  • Cop killed after mistakenly shot by junior in Howrah
  • OPD to remain open during puja
  • Jairam made distasteful remarks, says Mamata
  • Wanted fake currency operators arrested
  • Fake Tagore paintings: college principal suspended, FIR filed
  • 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
  • World's smallest Durga idol comes to Kolkata
  • Seoul to organise its first Durga Puja this year
  • President Mukherjee conducts rituals at hometown
  • Slice of Bangla in Bengal
  • No Saugata treatment for Arabul
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line