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September 23, 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
  • Bengal government organises roadshow to highlight the financial hub in Rajarhat
  • Will Congress form the new opposition?
  • Tea workers demand Puja bonus parity
  • Trinamool, CPM clash in Burdwan, one killed
  • Quota for varsity lower subordinate staff
  • 4 of family killed in accident
  • College principal, professor assaulted
  • Kolkata school principals to embark on Turkey trip
  • Welfare schemes may take a back seat in political tussle
  • Mamata Banerjee's pretty-Kolkata project in peril
  • Locals stall widening of NH-34 over compensation
  • TMC, Cong coalition intact in Malda
  • Mob thrashes teacher for molesting girl
  • Youth molests child in Howrah
  • After dengue, pneumonia cases on the rise in Kolkata
  • Gang on the prowl triggers panic in neighbourhoods
  • Duo held for teasing women
  • Gang of students and BPO workers?
  • Snatch-and-shoot bike gang strikes terror in Kolkata
  • Bangladesh to be a secular nation?
  • One killed, 19 inured in Trinamool-CPM clash
  • RPF constable, 4 others held for molesting woman
  • Varsity staffer held for rape
  • Bengal to hardsell financial hub in Mumbai
  • Scholarships for young talents
  • Boxirhat OC faces probe over rape charge
  • Tata company buys off land for project in Kharagpur
  • Govt to frame fare chart model
  • Toddler dies in freak accident
  • Subhendu turns heat on Kolkata Port Trust officials
  • State Congress seeks 3 berths at Centre, writes to Sonia Gandhi
  • Uncertain future for key officials at CMO
  • Cong-TMC standoff over Singur rally
  • Pullout tremors at two civic bodies
  • La Mart principal, teachers cleared in Rouvanjit case
  • On your marks! Sports a must in school
  • Honeybees swarm three planes at Kolkata airport
  • Gunfire shocks quiet Jadavpur locality
  • CPM man arrested for alleged rape
  • Six Bengal Congress ministers to resign from Mamata Banerjee's government tomorrow
  • Rajarhat New Town gets two new childrens park
  • Citizens stay indoors as Kolkata loses fight against bandh culture
  • 48 hours of trauma for bereaved family
  • Metro regulars ditch lifeline
  • Techies brave strike to reach citys IT hub
  • Railways runs near-empty trains
  • Shutdown adds to agony of patients
  • Govt lets down bandh fighters
  • Didi plays popularity game to cloak govt failures
  • The Trivedi twist: Case of ideology or revenge?
    • The Telegraph
  • Fish with no (English) name
  • Sweet send-off for Cong
  • Job placement protest at college
  • Trinamul hints at exit from Siliguri board
  • Strike off for 10 days
  • Balasun queries hit army hurdle
    • Indian Express
  • Cong ministers quit Mamata govt
  • Junior ministers ignored in Cabinet
  • Trinamool to move resolution on FDI in Parliament
  • TMC wont bow to arrogance of power, says Mamata
  • Wishlist to Sonia appoint 3 ministers from Bengal
  • TMC-CPM clash in Burdwan, one killed
  • Luxury taxi owners too seek fare hike
  • Minister says never promised fare hike to bus operators
  • CPM man held in rape case
  • Court orders deletion of La Marts teachers names from chargesheet
  • English tips from Oxford
  • Glimpse into the future
  • US tutors on Kolkata recce
    • Hindustan Times
  • One more rape, this time in a mental asylum
  • R100 crore cement plant inaugurated at Jhargram
  • Education council to pull up JU
  • Jail minister pitches for more security in state prisons
  • US parents want to take Norway kids route
  • Had no work, say former TMC ministers in UPA govt
  • Cong walks out, Mamata loses voice in WB assembly
  • I will hiss, if I can't bite, says Mamata Banerjee
  • TMC, Congress finalise West Bengal divorce
  • Pray this goes away: Inflation hits Goddess
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line