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September 17, 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
  • Centre warns Bengal about terror outfit
  • Gutka business flourishes as govt dithers over ban
  • Smokeless tobacco spells doom in Bengal
  • Puchka seller and a Yuvi fan beats cancer
  • Solar heaters a must for Kolkata highrises
  • Prakash Karat slams Trinamool logic on UPA policies
  • A realty hot spot sans basic infrastructure
  • Cong silent on Mamata Banerjee ultimatum
  • Sub-inspector commits suicide, family cries foul
  • Woman jumps off terrace in Behala
  • Chain snatched in Salt Lake, one arrested
  • Abducted trader rescued, 2 held
  • South gets more rain, north remains parched
  • Girl reunited with parents after 22 years
  • 'My cousin died due to state's negligence'
  • A ride that kills and maims
  • Buses lead bandhwagon, to go off roads from today
  • Park Street rape victim lodges complaint of harassment against neighbour
  • President Pranab visits Kolkata house
  • Mamata Banerjee may pull out ministers from UPA
  • Blind student is IIT topper
  • South sinks, but its dry up north
  • Man hacks wife's lover to death
  • Kishanji met Mamata before polls, says Maoist leader
  • Woman passes dead lover as hubby
  • State plans to end impasse over NH-34
  • Immigration hurdle stalls flight trials at new terminal
  • Former national footballer injured in road accident
  • Trader abducted from Park Street, Rs 6 lakh ransom demanded
  • Medical student found dead, classmate held
  • Lakhs looted in Ghola
  • Pranab sermon to fight fiscal crisis
  • President Pranab Mukherjee rues no Indian university in world's top 200
  • Left Front may go all out for Thursday shutdown
  • Goons break into KMC auditor's officeMiscreants try to break open auditor's office at KMC
  • US agency honours works of J C Bose and C V Raman
  • History can mean big business too
  • Heritage crumbles under hammer
  • Music brings peace message
  • Kite trade flutters to a slow death in Metiabruz
  • PWD to hand over vats to Kolkata Municipal Corporation
  • Didi sets 72-hour deadline for FDI, diesel rollback
  • Tougher anti-terror act with CM nod
  • Dengue kills 19-year-old at Golf Green in Kolkata
  • Railways blames kite strings for train delays
  • Maoists copy Iraqi rebels' terror bomb
  • Harass cry from rape victim
  • Bank shut down after TMC men assault staff
  • Didi celebrates President Pranab Mukherjee 'home-coming'
  • Man held for Jadavpur University girl's molestation
    • The Telegraph
  • Enter, week of commute woe
  • Downpour here, dry there
  • Truck in dining room
  • Tease, rape in Barasat
  • Dadababu returns to lavish lunch
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Retail chain worker in Durgapur rape net
  • Private buses off the roads
  • Quake cash crunch for school
  • 20% bonus for tea hands
  • Dooars track subsides
  • Siliguri to host kite fest on Sept 27
    • Indian Express
  • Mamata may pull out her ministers
  • No more casual lunch at President Pranabs Kolkata home
  • One more festival in govt list, this for Namasudras
  • Why did Mamata fail to block FDI?
  • Mamata warns of drastic step if there is no rollback
  • Two more die of dengue
  • Legal aid cell chief asks people to directly inform about erring lawyers
  • Drug peddler names BSF jawan as liaison
  • Around Town: Flood like situation in Jalpaiguri
  • Constitutional amendment necessary for GTA Act: Centre to HC
  • 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
  • Abducted youth returns, cops net two plotters
  • Fire at wagon factory in Titagarh
  • President Pranab to receive bouquet of his own cartoons
  • Infernos that pose burning questions
  • Disease forces baby to gnaw his own flesh
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line