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September 13, 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
  • Expert explains death due to dengue
  • Kolkata school principal tops list of national awardees from West Bengal
  • Prasanta to be booked under Arms Act
  • Assembly privilege notice against lawyer, TV channel
  • Gang of molesters beats up teen, terrorizes family
  • Key accused arrested in Durgapur gang rape case
  • Writers' headcount to relocate excess staff
  • Second counselling to fill up medical seats
  • Be prepared to miss 'daak'er saaj' this Puja
  • Scanty rains may drag dengue menace till Puja
  • Street furniture to give Rajarhat a futuristic look
  • Passenger falls ill on flight
  • Pre-puja crackdown on auto drivers
  • KMC admits lapses in tender process for trident lights
  • Mother held for killing twin daughters
  • Sabiba jumped, Neha died trying to save her: Cops
  • Haldia impasse ends after HC intervenes
  • Labour agitation stalls work at Howrah factory
  • Elderly man lies bleeding on city street for an hour
  • State Congress slams TMC's strong-arm tactics
  • Akhilesh, Didi talk development
  • Kolkata's poor poorer than the rest
  • Children's pilot dream now within touching distance
  • Sanjay Mitra may be new chief secretary
  • East-West Metro left with no land for Central station
  • Girls in suicide pact jump from highrise
  • CM heads for Jangalmahal again
  • CM lays out red carpet for President
  • Samajwadi Party may explore possibility of Third Front formation
  • Now, catch a chopper to Bagdogra
  • Congress, SP leaders descend on Kolkata for twin meets
  • Citu loses 26,000 members in Kolkata
  • Will Bengal's Panorama go Indian?
  • Music for peace to rock Kolkata
  • Morcha wants more money, 'absolute control'
  • Rape victim brought to Kolkata for treatment
  • Home cure for dengue death sting
  • Couple arrested for killing newborn
  • Panicky boarders leave Hindu Hostel
  • Toll rises, KMC health officials 'suspended'
  • Salt Lake civic body gets Rs 10lakh for battling outbreak
  • Cheap filter to solve arsenic crisis
  • Get set for a taste of Myanmar hilsa
  • Ten nabbed for Durgapur gang rape
  • CM takes up US child custody case with Centre
  • Awareness drive for care of mental patients
  • 3000 school buses to go off roads today
  • Brick aimed at bus conductor kills passenger
  • 38 years old gang-raped in Bengal, 10 held
  • Coalgate: CBI lens on Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government's recommendations
    • The Telegraph
  • Blame game faster than traffic
  • The beauty of chaos!
  • Didi scripts Paglu 3 to fight dengue
  • Pool car strike hits schools
  • Family of four in vector grip
  • HC seeks police report on beacon
  • Wow Akhilesh,wait for Mamata
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  • Founders Day meet of past pupils
  • Robbers shoot at man during police march
  • Mad money, made in India
  • Maoist, young and bright, held
  • Friendly fire at Satabdi
  • Akhilesh fills visit void
  • Labour unrest closes Howrah iron factory
  • Boys snatch for easy pocket money
  • Display for Tagore boat replica
  • Main rape accused arrested
  • Manas looks to Delhi on alliance
  • Horror highways of the north
  • Land gone, but no cash in pocket
  • Freedom fighter who drove Netajis car dies
    • Indian Express
  • Dead Maoist leader held from Kolkata with 2 others
  • Sibal pitches for vocational studies
  • Jadavpur girls had pre-planned suicide
  • Over 9,200 boys & girls went missing from Kolkata in 5 yrs
  • 10 held for Durgapur rape
  • Legal tangles halt hearing of key CBI cases
  • Two more die of dengue
  • HC scraps acquisition of plot for Metro
  • Mamata pulls up Mayor for his report on tackling dengue
  • Under Trinamool pressure, Centre may shift AIIMS site to Nadia
  • English tips from Oxford
  • Glimpse into the future
  • US tutors on Kolkata recce
    • Hindustan Times
  • Key accused held in Durgapur gangrape
  • Guwahati Molestation: 13 get bail
  • Netajis bodyguard in Burma jungles passes away
  • Jangipur Congs newest Waterloo
  • Man elopes with married girl, bludgeoned to death
  • Mulayam admits PM ambition, says he's no saint
  • Lok Sabha elections possible before 2014: Mulayam
  • Wont support UPA if allies pull it down: Mulayam
  • Mulayam praises Mamata, says UPA directionless
  • Man elopes with married girl, bludgeoned to death
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line