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September 30, 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
  • Civic bodies making mandatory provisions to use solar water heaters in commercial establishments
  • Mamata criticizes reforms on facebook
  • EC derails Didi plan for early panchayat polls
  • New terminal to miss Puja date as airlines refuse to move in
  • Dead girls parents give ministers wife clean chit after kangaroo trial
  • Suburban train jumps tracks
  • Transport minister avoids the issue of bus fares hike
  • Minister talks tough on rogue auto drivers
  • Nightclubs out of Puja plans this year
  • Cops refuse to file FIR after theft on train
  • Railways cracks whip on seat grabbers
  • You may soon need an ID proof to send a parcel
  • Something special about Bengal, says Shah Rukh Khan video
  • Central bounty, despite bitter split
  • Abduction claim muddles port crisis
  • Teen starts new life on World Heart Day
  • College Street to get Rs 4.5cr facelift
  • 'Dead' girl returns, police in a fix
  • Sunset for boulevard
  • Maneka Gandhi NGO in dog-burial row
  • Mamata accuses Centre of "looting" aam admi
  • 'Self proclaimed' VIPs continue to use red beacon
  • Suchitra Sen in hospital with fracture
  • Big B to inaugurate film fest at Mamata request
  • Detectives zero in on shoot-snatch bikers
  • SC move to protect heritage
  • Carpool driver beats up kid, gets bail
  • Nursing home fire sparks panic
  • Teacher held for molesting teen
  • Court acquits Maoist leader Soumen
  • Bus mows down schoolgirl
  • Two 'humiliated' advisers of Gour Banga university resign
  • Congress leader locks up teachers
  • Mamata showers goodies on Howrah
  • Jhargram villager killed by 'Maoists'
  • Four injured in fire at Indian Oil Corporation' refinery
  • RTI lens on Sunderbans funds
  • Youth held with fake currency
  • Governor mum on varsity act amendment
  • Haldia port on edge, firm alleges assault on workers
  • The untold story of a road 'accident'
  • From Rajasthan to China, find them all in Kolkata this Puja
  • Vicious spiral of big crops, bigger losses
  • All roads to be repaired by Puja
  • Ghose film fest a grand success
  • A better life, on contract
  • Sculpture workshop ends at Rajarhat
  • Teenager with rare heart defect gets a new lease of life on World Heart Day
  • Government celebrates World Tourism Day at Digha
    • The Telegraph
  • Theres a joy in playing Tagore
  • Next weekend you can be at ... Rishop
  • Tales from a troubled time
  • NOC leash on govt docs
  • Cong rally in city to counter CM
  • Govt buys bus fare time
  • Lady abducted after heist
  • Song & dance replace slogans
  • Deb tells mayor to quit, Trinamul eyes post
  • Time to turn spotlight on Hot Stepper
    • Indian Express
  • TMC gets set for poriborton 2.0
  • Cong bid for top berths sets off bitter race among leaders
  • Blow to govt: EC refuses to defer electoral roll revision
  • Party lines up rallies in Bengal
  • TMC worker killed, Maoists claim responsibility
  • CAG pulls up electricity company for irregularities
  • Panel writes to Bengal govt against food security bill
  • LPG associations defer strike
  • Govt to move SC against WBUHS V-C appointment
  • Cong in disarray, CLP meet damp squib
  • 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'
  • Looting on in the name of aam aadmi, reforms: Mamata
  • 13 starvation deaths in Bengal, groups seek reforms
  • Bengal gets its youngest chief secretary
  • Kite festival sees all the flying colours of Siliguri
  • Goons posing as police loot Basirhat home
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line