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September 14, 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
  • Mystery shrouds job-seeker's death
  • Clean up Howrah canals, orders HC
  • Locals chase down eve-teasers
  • CPM prepares for Oct 1 showdown
  • Tiger-prawn cargo stuck in Japan, CM moves Centre
  • Midday murder near schools shocks Sodepur
  • West Bengal tops chart in crime against women
  • Rampurhat blast toll rises to six, police raids on
  • Union minister says crime going down in Bengal
  • Small IT companies reel under tax and rent burden
  • Barasat molestation: Two held, family still lives in fear
  • Mamata model in Maoist fight
  • Tiger strayings anger villagers
  • Left out, Presidency University old guard feels let down
  • CM worried over phone disruption
  • West Bengal may get an all-women's prison
  • 200 more vacancies by Nov after phased transfer
  • Museum for Gorkha war heroes
  • Olympic dancer brings a feast of movements to city of joy
  • Parents brace for US custody battle
  • Feel the diesel pinch today
  • Dengue strikes kin of Raj Bhavan employee
  • Poor support in strongholds worries CPM
  • Nationalized banks to help in Kolkata beautification drive
  • Indian Plastic Federation to stimulate investment in Bengal
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Spot the star: Prez or Olympian
  • Date with dance star from Danny show
  • Speeding van kills sergeant
  • Youths held for lewd remarks
  • HC order to clean up water body
  • HC slams temple rule flout
  • Speed breaker thorn in traffic
  • 6th Royal Challenge Kolkata Darts League 2012,
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  • Hi-tech signal glitch causes Metro delay
  • Presi VC term extended
  • Wreath and bugle for the founder
  • Prayer, dinner and praise
  • Trinamul turf war out of bush
  • Delhi pat for state on law and order
  • Monday opening for stalled unit
  • Muck flies at health centre
  • Land cloud on 26 schools
  • Boy held for child marriage
  • Darjeeling ready for date with Barfi!
  • Paraglide treat for Sikkim tourists
  • Deb threat to launch road protest
  • AIIMS plea to Bihar Cong
  • Work begins for Gorkha museum
  • Jumbo kills garden youth
    • Indian Express
  • Mulayam: Tiff with Didi a closed chapter
  • Govt action has little effect on crib deaths
  • Song and dance show to serenade Pranab
  • Missing for 3 days, former Xaviers student found dead in canal
  • Dead Maoist leader held from Kolkata with 2 others
  • Alert at Raj Bhavan: Daughter of secy down with dengue
  • Centre asks Didi to exempt VAT from BSF, CISF canteens
  • Legal tangles halt hearing of key CBI cases
  • Two more die of dengue
  • HC scraps acquisition of plot for Metro
  • English tips from Oxford
  • Glimpse into the future
  • US tutors on Kolkata recce
    • Hindustan Times
  • Land could play spoiler to major road project
  • Tagore gallery closes again, chaos reigns at Academy
  • State scanner on pvt engineering colleges
  • KMC ropes in consultants for Curzon Park makeover
  • RBI ranks Bengal among laggards in drawing FDI
  • Why is Mukul Roy absent from cabinet meetings, asks Congress
  • State scanner on pvt engineering colleges
  • KMC ropes in consultants for Curzon Park makeover
  • Tagore gallery closes again, chaos reigns at Academy
  • Land could play spoiler to major road project
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line