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October 30, 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
  • Adhir Chowdhury watch on rail projects
  • 70 unpublished poems, essays found in Sunil Gangopadhyay's diaries
  • College gang rape key accused held in Dhanbad
  • Cong, CPM attack Mamata on port row
  • Poor finances may force firm to quit Haldia ops
  • Police rule out abduction claim
  • Toddler chokes to death in Karaya
  • Where does the pirated DVD chain lead to?
  • Dengue continues to stalk citizens
  • Afghan's body found in abandoned cinema hall
  • Kolkata cool but December-like chill in dists
  • Actor, four others injured in road accident
  • 2005 blast victim may be declared dead, kin in dark
  • TMC may induct Cong defectors in cabinet
  • Dasmunsi urges Khaleda Zia to raise hilsa supply to Kolkata
  • Forest officials chase out menacing elephants from West Midnapore villages
  • Contractor robbed on crowded bus
  • Buses aren't polluting city: Police
  • Human pressure plagues Sunderbans: Study
  • Hopes revived for railway projects
  • Illegal for minority govt to hold on to power: Trinamool
  • Districts celebrate as MPs get Delhi job
  • Jnaneswari victims' kin to move court
  • Bihar youths held with arms in Kolkata
  • Eight held for Tiljala gangwar
  • Online system fails to solve passport glitch
  • Author's life, works to come alive in book fair next year
  • You haven't kept your word, Sunilda
  • Homemaker murdered by brother-in-law
  • Silver screen to pay homage to Neellohit
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Fly in for Puja, fly out for work
  • Immersion warts show
  • Biometric scan in JEE
  • Writers calls cable meet
  • More buses off the road
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Set-top box in demand
  • Quiet weekend before big day
  • Bikers snatch on Elgin Road
  • Rural poll makes Mamata walk Haldia tightrope
  • HBT workers flee for the night or for good
  • Kerosene cure for fare limbo
  • Assurance on AIIMS clone
  • Dusty highway ride leaves Jaldapara tourists gasping
    • Indian Express
  • After abduction, officers of cargo handling company leave Haldia
  • TMC govt taking Haldia the Singur way: Congress
  • Mamata to fire reshuffle salvo at Cong
  • Adhir challenges TMC to find criminal case against him
  • Bengal minister fires first salvo at Mamata
  • Briefly State: 5-month-old dies of suffocation
  • Writers security nets two birds at one go
  • Metiaburj residents stage protest for potable water
  • Maoist leader arrested
  • Reading between North-South: 3-0 score
  • Glimpse into the future
  • US tutors on Kolkata recce
  • English tips from Oxford
    • Hindustan Times
  • Anti-Mamata Cong MPs chosen from Bengal
  • 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
  • Fear grips Haldia dock workers
  • 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
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line