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September 28, 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
  • Kolkata civic body in fresh row over trident lights
  • Chess buffs take up TOI challenge on 64 squares as Grandmasters wait
  • Bengal government won't shut down retail chains
  • Down in the dumps after a ray of hope
  • Elephant herd from Dalma forests on rampage in Burdwan
  • Nine injured in Trinamool, CPM clash
  • Baby girl dumped in Salt Lake
  • Purulia to get 1,000MW power facility
  • Tainted Kolkata cop held for murder attempt
  • Goutam Ghose to shoot documentary on painter Suvaprasanna
  • Parcel bomb hand-delivered: Sleuths
  • Assault on former cop: Auto driver gets bail
  • Roads under siege, Metro runs beyond capacity
  • Row over US film stalls Kolkata in its tracks
  • Cop held for wife's death
  • Trader resists miscreants, shot dead on train
  • Haldia port crisis: Kolkata Port Trust meets stakeholders
  • Anti-Islam film sparks protests in Kolkata
  • Land woes scuttle proposed logistics hub near Kolkata
  • Finally, funds for Budge Budge flyover
  • Stepmother arrested after 14-year-old hangs self
  • Purulia SP's car runs over three in Midnapore
  • Englishbazar residents fume at parties on medical campus
  • Mamata rolls out rural poll strategy
  • Anti-insurgency vehicles lying idle in Bengal
  • Kolkata now a 'City of Bhoy', feel citizens
  • Trident light row: Bengal minister's answer draws opposition ire in House
  • World Heart Day: Kolkata tops metros in heart disease risk
  • Airport keeps tryst with flying dreams, past and present
  • Bengal Congress demands dengue statistics
  • Infant raped on pavement in Kolkata, 3 detained
  • Parcel blast kills rights activist in Howrah
  • Major blaze averted at Kolkata mall
  • Bangla to continue ban on Hilsa export
  • Students electrocuted in Howrah pond while swimming
  • Suvaprasanna won't quit railway panel
  • Truck rams into temple, kills three
  • Baby allegedly raped in Kolkata, four detained
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Politics back in VC choice
  • Hope for swelter relief
  • A club... a level playing field
  • Cop booked for murder bid
  • VC order rap for govt
  • Cops hit dead end on courier trail
  • Arteries blocked, traffic collapses
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  • Hospital, doctor penalised for foetus test goof-up
  • Baby girl abandoned in Salt Lake
  • Snatch gang kingpin in net
  • Man held for killing wife
  • Jairam assures road aid
  • HC holds Mamata case verdict
  • Token resolution in FDI posturing
  • Left takes rural poll concern to governor
  • Prod to CPT to solve Haldia impasse
  • SMC Cong chairman joins Trinamul
  • Trinamul springs AIIMS land
  • 50km trek for father hunt
  • HC holds back CM case verdict
  • Gurung GTA pay: Rs 50000
    • Indian Express
  • Bengal Muslim bodies backed by TMC protest against film, FDI
  • CPM accuses Didi of hijacking its anti-FDI movement, CPI backs her
  • Bus owners threaten strike from Oct 1
  • Wanted to stay in UPA but quit for its anti-people policies: CM
  • Parcel bomb kills reporter in Howrah
  • Cong in disarray, CLP meet damp squib
  • Parcel bomb victim helped people in distress, received threat calls
  • From the High Court: Verdict reserved on contempt petition against Mamata
  • Sanjoy Mitra new Bengal chief secy
  • Minister Hakim distances himself from KMC
  • 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'
  • Bengal gets its youngest chief secretary
  • Kite festival sees all the flying colours of Siliguri
  • Goons posing as police loot Basirhat home
  • Third Front: TMC begins back channel parleys
  • 20-yr-old missing artiste mystery raises political heat in Bengal
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line