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September 28, 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
  • Emami co AMRI drops 640 cr bid for Sterling
  • German artist designs Ekdalia pandal
  • Hate the rain? It just saved your Puja
  • Biz Bucks Boost Grand Festival
  • 'Pujo Barir Shera Pujo'
  • Sharad Shrestho award ups the tempo
  • A dozen pandals go full metal
  • Governor in Hills to monitor relief work
  • Army to build bridge on landslide-hit road
  • ABC gets new chairman
  • Goldsmith shot dead, two arrested
  • Rammohun Roy and the Bristol Connection
  • Teacher tries to sell girl to brothel, held
  • Drunkards beat up teacher and son
  • TMC mob attacks CPM office
  • Governor rap fails to save skyline from billboards
  • City wakes up to a 56-year-old tradition on Mahalaya
  • Probe into college monetary lapse
  • Villager beheads 'witch' for revenge
  • Branded witch, man forced to swallow stool
  • Dalma herd on the rampage
  • Slum kids' dreams get a kick start in world soccer tourney
  • Govt sets up agri-corp to check veggie prices
  • New Town plot auction for health projects
  • Metro plans record services this Puja
  • Sushanta gave wrong PAN number to EC: Cops
  • Landslide cuts off road in Darjeeling
  • Man held with AK-47 bullets
  • Governor to visit quake-hit areas
  • Govt awaits Jindal Steel's 'clarifications'
  • Mamata renews coach factory promise
  • High court verdict on Singur land tomorrow
  • Tradition comes first at these century-old Pujas in city
  • IIT-Kgp prof bags Bhatnagar award
  • Green bench sets rules for immersion
  • One dies as Trinamool factions clash
  • Mishra slams CM over Maoist policy
  • District administration and GJM to paint Hills to don carnival colours
  • A Kolkatan with a heart
  • Politburo to seek PC 'role' in scam
  • Games, excitement and more at Times Evening
  • Jharkhandi leader shot in Binpur
  • Green award for eco-friendly Puja pandals
  • Presi syllabi to match global trend
  • 'Molester' drowns after mob chase
  • Bomb hoax on Howrah bridge, probe ordered
  • Everest trip turns fatal for city couple
  • Bengal bypolls under way peacefully
  • Revisit Tagore's masterpieces at pandals across city
    • The Telegraph
  • Eye on sky for Puja after Sept rain high
  • Bank holidays raise festival cheque-mate spectre
  • Metro paper ticket back for Puja
  • Cloud over teacher intake
  • Bank lodges fake note complaint
  • Home is where the celebration is
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Mamata bar on victory show
  • Ornaments stolen from flat
  • Walk down German road this Puja
  • Special bus for Puja tour
  • Feud whiff in Keshpur clash
  • Man bites cobra and battles
  • Dismantle order on 11 structures
  • Soft hues and light fabric tops Puja must-buy list
  • Rs 6 crore damage to tea zone
  • ASI axed for assault
    • Indian Express
  • On eve of High Court verdict, prayers and plans in Singur
  • 178 years after his death, Bengals Rammohan adopted as Bristolian
  • Cops face TMC brunt in a bid to save CPM office
  • In Shanghai, Tagores journey to China displayed in frames
  • To boost tourism, state looks to Centre
  • Tendulkar, Yuvraj likely to miss ODI series, Sehwags fitness in doubt
    • Hindustan Times
  • Mamata secures 77% votes in assembly bypoll
  • Calcutta HC judgement: Tatas lose, Mamata wins in Singur land row
  • Mamata-Maoist honeymoon over
  • Maoists want to kill me: Mamata Banerjee
  • Quakes unlikely in Sikkim for next few years, says expert
  • Emami's new step towards women welfare
  • Mamata secures 77% votes in assembly bypoll
  • Mamata promises metro coach factory if Tatas refuse land
  • Maoists want to kill me: Mamata Banerjee
  • 2 quake-hit villages yet to be reached
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line