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October 28, 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
  • Man killed in cracker blast at home
  • Amit to showcase Bengal in London
  • Tax collection begins again in Salt Lake
  • Snag in AC rake disrupts Metro services
  • Irom Sharmila awarded for her grit
  • Eid adds to festive mood in city
  • Jawans remember 1947 martyrs on Infantry Day
  • Realtor gunned down in Howrah
  • Parks turn into clutter zone in Kolkata
  • Banners, flexes, billboards make the city cluttered, four days after Dashami
  • Sunil will always live in Bangladeshi hearts
  • Bangla artist tastes freedom in Kolkata
  • Pipe repairs turn CIT Road into a bone-crusher
  • Haldia freeze: Port trust in HC against cargo firm
  • Identity muddle in Gadkari firm trail
  • Cabinet rejig: Deepa, Abu Hasem get calls
  • Directors housed in dingy lanes
  • Family takes up task to preserve Sunil Gangopadhyay's works
  • Jairam 'brain-dead' jibe unconstitutional: TMC
  • Faux pas mars Mamata's Himachal campaign plans
  • Buses feel the diesel pinch, go off roads
  • Delhi berth for Ghani Khan Choudhury brother?
  • Gangwar erupts in Topsia, 4 injured
  • Immersion leaves Kolkata ponds cluttered
  • Recycling: Organizers rake in moolah
  • Students stab techie in Sector V
  • At Rs 123cr, puja spend touches new high this year
  • Every corner of Writers' under CCTV cover
  • No shradh for Sunil Gangopadhyay, says family
  • Health scare for President's wife
  • Filmmaker turns lens on Ganga pollution
  • Puja power theft continues unabated
  • Now, dial helpline number if denied admission to hospital
  • He had no sorrow, except for once: Secy
  • Bangladesh remembers pen-wielding Liberation warrior
  • Nikhilesh's letters and Coffee House adda
  • Pandals gear up for a second outing
  • Border security turns Bijoya bitter for many
  • Clean here, cluttered there: A tale of two ghats
  • Haldia's loss is Odisha port's gain
  • On roads, the smoothest Puja in years
  • Gangster shot dead on Durgapur street
  • Congress sets hope on central government's Cabinet reshuffle
  • Two killed in bison attack
  • Nip's in air, winter a few weeks away
  • Needy kids revel at Puja Parikrama tours
  • Community spirit wins yet again at Pujo Bari
  • A tearful farewell to Sunil on final journey
  • Biker thrown off flyover, falls on vendor, both killed
  • An enigma destined to withstand time
    • The Telegraph
  • Stay, play & pray together
  • Hootums sting in English
  • Anni-verse-ary of nonsense
  • Dose of jazz to blow away post-Puja blues
  • Knock knock: a reminder of those dark days
  • Jan-end opening for airport terminal
  • Plan for rule leash on school affiliation
  • Hashem hears Delhi ringtone
  • Trinamul eye on Raiganj
    • Indian Express
  • Kolkatans celebrate Eid-ul-Zuha with fervour
  • Congs Malda MLA accuses Ghani Khan family of treating him as slave
  • Lure of ministerial berth brings party MPs to Delhi
  • 400 fall ill after eating khichdi at puja pandal
  • Malda MP gets call from Delhi
  • Gangopadhyays family wants quality translation of his works by Akademi
  • Briefly State: Youth injured in Barasat clash dies
  • Cop killed after mistakenly shot by junior in Howrah
  • In the last 4 days: President goes to school
  • OPD to remain open during puja
  • Glimpse into the future
  • US tutors on Kolkata recce
  • English tips from Oxford
    • Hindustan Times
  • Mamata painting auctioned in New York for $3000
  • A journey into the mind of Mamata
  • Mamata Banerjee vows to create 1 crore jobs in West Bengal
  • Molest slur on scientist hits key ISRO projects
  • Complete transport shutdown in state commencing Wednesday
  • 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