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September 23, 2011
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
  • RBU classes shifted to Jorasanko campus
  • Expedite civic election to facilitate development: GJM
  • Manas criticizes Burdwan SP for failure to trace party worker's body
  • One missed chance to land led to 30-min wait
  • Unknown fever grips parts of Kolkata
  • Balcony collapse injures four schoolkids
  • Jawans withdraw stir after DG assurance
  • One arrested for abducting businessman
  • CM fears floods, asks people to remain alert
  • PCB distributes 'green' colours to artisans
  • Rain plays spoilsport for Puja shoppers
  • Woman molested in Salt Lake
  • Bravehearts honoured from four states honored in the city
  • Search For Life In Rubble
  • Quake disrupts Army winter stock-up plans
  • PM to visit Sikkim after return from US
  • Trekking trails back in business
  • Armyman from Bengal still missing
  • Apartments gear up for Puja
  • CM fumes after plane circles over city for 30 min
  • Businessman hacked to death in Malda
  • Stress on inclusive education for special kids
  • Campaign against poppy cultivation
  • Diversify into other marts: Comm secy to exporters
  • 17-year-old student found hanging
  • Sovan talks tough on billboards after guv rap
  • Centre to hire 220 IPS officers
  • Quake puts lens on Siliguri highrises
  • Joka-BBD Bag Metro construction safe: Officials
  • Tagore houses damaged
  • Hidco clears New Garia to Kolkata airport metro route
  • Bird flu strikes Bengal again, culling begins
  • Schoolgirl stabbed to death by estranged lover
  • Hydel power for affordable tea?
  • Guv reminds mayor of 'billboard-free city' pledge
  • 'Poor academic ambience' forces two VCs to quit
  • 500 fliers suffer in oil arm-twist
  • Grey market for digital cameras may bite the dust soon
  • Hind Copper rejigs its proposed FPO
  • Round II of bidding for abandoned mines soon, says Coal India
  • Beautification drive stalled as KMDA, cops squabble
  • No power for MRI machine at SSKM
  • Probe into fake birth certificates
  • World's Highest Battalion Headquarters rocked
  • Didi urges PC to put off NSG hub opening
  • Sikkim quake: Relief, rescue operations pick up momentum
  • Concrete chokes another tree
    • The Telegraph
  • Tussle for Didi in the time of Devi
  • Sandips Jatayu dead after last Feluda dub
  • Twin probes into Mamata flight delay
  • Goon held for robbing trader
  • RBU unrest forces exam shift
  • Quest for quake-proof structures
  • City Centre Pujor Hoichoi
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Hong Kong closer to city
  • Bullet from guards gun hits 18-yr-old
  • IRB jawans call off hunger strike
  • Cong frowns on terror
  • What Nandini wants to tell CM
  • Sympathy call for ghost
  • Buddha hurls road salvo
  • Mamata rain and flood alert
  • Rs 70 crore to get back on feet
  • Eye on hydel projects
  • 62000 buildings damaged in tremor
  • New venues yet to be ready
    • Indian Express
  • IRB jawans end strike, govt breathes easy
  • Dams to release water, Mamata issues flood alert
  • CPM men infiltrated state administration: CM
  • Panic in high court as mock drill goes awry
  • SC quashes 6-month term for ex-DGP in contempt case
    • Hindustan Times
  • Six injured as balcony collapses in Kolkata
  • HuJI plotted Delhi HC blast in Nepal
  • Mamata is a subject of classroom study
  • Teesta, access issue will be solved: Chidambaram
  • IOC's no credit policy grounds 2 Iranian planes
  • Teesta, access issue will be solved: Chidambaram
  • 'Sikkim quake may have been induced by dams across Teesta'
  • Quake damages in the Darjeeling pegged at Rs 3400 Crores
  • IOC's no credit policy grounds 2 Iranian planes
  • 10 killed in Bengal, Bihar
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line