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September 26, 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
  • Married women in Bengal have no say at home
  • Minor found dead in minister's house
  • Cong, BJP corner Trinamool in Kharagpur
  • Darjeeling tea wins purity test
  • Satyen Bose rediscovered as a 'romantic' scientist
  • Left-backed body wins West Bengal College and University Teacher's Association polls
  • 4,000 lose job as Howrah jute mill shuts down
  • Snake in court, murder accused in rescue act
  • Dengue drama rocks assembly
  • Dead woman's kin ransack Kolkata hospital
  • Rehab homes in state under scanner
  • Goons shoot at youth on Entally road
  • 30 lakh unwanted kids in 10 years
  • 34 posts on govt beacon list, few can use flashers
  • Tollywood hits purple patch, city studios draw star filmmakers
  • Wanna look cool? Floral print is hot this season
  • Get a glimpse of Disneyland this Puja
  • Stars lend a voice to FDI protest
  • Bengal rail projects won't be junked: C P Joshi
  • State amends quota cap for SC, ST and backward classes
  • Haldia dock on the verge of a lockout?
  • 3 dacoits lynched in Burdwan
  • 10 years on, forest dept yet to get land for jumbo corridor
  • Truckload of illegal coal seized in Asansol
  • Varsity warns students against stir
  • Trio held for snatching, bike gang roams free
  • Man shot dead by assailants on a bike
  • Deoghar stampede claims 2 from state
  • Left, Congress attack govt on crime spurt
  • Body found on EM Bypass
  • Denied Ganga meet, Uma Bharati slams government
  • Eye surgeon asked to pay 3lakh compensation
  • Contemporary today, classic tomorrow?
  • VB protest greets Polish team
  • CPM leaders arrested on murder charge
  • Congress, CPM join hands in Howrah
  • Get set for the 7D magic
  • Car sales stall on road-tax bump, rituals
  • Doctors attach worker's severed arm
  • Economy in red, but city to get fresh coat of blue
  • Parts of Rajarhat in Salt Lake 'corporation'?
  • No leash on auto-cracy on the streets
  • St Xavier's wants private varsity status, fully aided by govt
  • Buddha Trail to enthral tourists
  • Assembly to keep a watch on KMC audit figures
  • 275 port workers to be sacked at Haldia
  • Nancy Powell may have discussed FDI with Mamata
  • Ex-cop thrashed for taking on reckless auto driver
  • Mangroves tigers under threat?
  • Woman escapes from abductors' clutches, rescued
    • The Telegraph
  • Wham! What an honour, Sir
  • Leader assault over dengue drive
  • Variety back on fish platter
  • Trader shot at by bike-borne youths
  • Beacon whip under HC scan
  • CM rally unleashes torment
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Presi plans a butterfly effect
  • Politics and silt choke Haldia
  • Bengals long walk for water
  • HIV tears lady away from son
  • Double fare to skirt bumpy highway
  • Students protest to keep teacher
  • Civic off for Gurung father funeral
    • Indian Express
  • Mamatas anti-FDI protest, a run-up for panchayat polls
  • Mamata meets Governor, sparks off reshuffle talk
  • Next, Cong-CPM battle for main Opposition seat
  • On FB, CM tells Singur farmers she hasnt forgotten them
  • Mamata to take her anti-FDI protest march to Delhis Jantar Mantar
  • Three suspected dacoits lynched
  • HC asks cops to submit affidavit on beacon violators
  • Assembly passes college teacher recruitment Bill
  • FDI conundrum: Voices from Business community
  • Mamata first supported Maoists, then did U-turn after becoming CM
  • English tips from Oxford
  • Glimpse into the future
  • US tutors on Kolkata recce
    • Hindustan Times
  • Decongesting Kolkatas streets
  • Mamata toughens stance, Cong says UPA govt not in trouble
  • Congress ministers skip Mamata's Cabinet meeting
  • Forcible enforcement of bandh will not be allowed: Mamata
  • 'Little difference between orange and red'
  • Ministers domestic help kills self
  • TMC leader accused of torturing woman
  • Just before puja work suspended at jute mill
  • Stars kick start 2-day film fest at Presidency
  • City docs fix severed arm of Jamshedpur factory worker
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line