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[edit] 2007
[edit] December
December 31 – Besu gets national importance tag (Times of India)
December 31 – Last time together at Bow barracks (The Statesman)
December 30 – Car park at Park Circus (The Telegraph)
December 30 – Government to build Haj House near airport (Times of India)
December 30 – Market mess in green zone (Times of India)
December 30 – Call to improve quality of management education (The Hindu Business Line)
December 27 – Cabinet nod for Rs. 2,000 crore shipyard project in East Midnapore (The Hindu Businss Line)
December 27 – Rs. 135 crore for Ganga clean-up project (Times of India)
December 20 – Taslima: if I cannot go back to Kolkata, let me live in Delhi (The Hindu)
December 20 – ‘Peace’ may have returned to Nandigram… but for the women whose lives are shattered by the land clashes, the fight for justice has just begun. (The Hindu Busines Line)
December 20 – Seven Manipuri militants arrested in Jadavpur (The Telegraph) December 19 – South City project cleared by Kolkata High Court (The Telegraph)
December 19 – KPC Group’s private hospital at Jadavpur offers surgeries at minimal cost (The Statesman)
December 18 – Bengal plans petroleum zone around Haldia (The Hindu Business Line)
December 18 – China to open consulate office in Kolkata shortly (Times of India)
December 17 – Aliah University Bill passed (The Statesman)
December 17 – Unemployed worker hangs self in Singur (Times of India)
December 16 – “We wanted Nandigram to become another Haldia” – Buddhadeb Bhattacharya (The Hindu)
December 16 – Deep sea port: Consultants can’t meet conditions (The Statesman)
December 15 – Hawkers brace for eviction showdown (Times of India)
December 15 – Besu to reopen tomorrow; Section 144 CrPC, lifted (The Statesman)
December 14 – More than 250 software companies operating in the State, but this growth is not sustainable if there is no progress in the hardware segment (The Hindu Business Line)
December 14 – Besu unions declared illegal (Times of India)
December 14 – Tagore home to tourist hub - the Centre will fund the project. (The Telegraph)
December 14 – Live seafood joint with 300 seats coming up in Park Circus (Times of India)
December 14 – Iskcon says it is “absolutely apolitical” but Benoy Konar of CPI(M) describes Iskcon as an “agent of America”.(The Telegraph)
December 13 – Tata Motors’ auto component units to come up at Singur (The Hindu Business Line)
December 13 – Telcon plans Rs 600-cr investment at Kharagpur (The Hindu Business Line)
December 13 – Besu closed indefinitely following clashes between two rival groups of students. (The Statesman)
December 13 – Bengal power utility plans Rs 400-cr investment; State facing 300-400 MW supply-demand mismatches during the peak hours (The Hindu Business Line)
December 12 – KPMG-CII study seeks draft land policy as West Bengal slides to 10th position in per capita income (The Hindu Business Line)
December 12 – Sourav Ganguly is Man of the Series (The Telegraph)
December 12 – Kolkata Municipal Corporation to introduce air-conditioned bus stops (Times of India)
December 12 – JU opens doors to students of other states (The Statesman)
December 11 – Abandon SEZ plans: Arundhati Roy (Times of India)
December 11 – Missing CPI(M) supporters return (Times of India)
December 11 – Oriental Bank of Commerce opens hospital at Bud Bud (The Hindu Business Line)
December 11 – ‘Poison’ water claims three children, seven adults in hospital, tube well sealed in Kamarhati (The Telegraph)
December 11 – Compass 2006 may generate Rs 400 cr worth business (The Hindu Business Line)
December 10 – Govt plans alternative model for deep-sea port project (The Hindu Business Line)
December 10 – Work on ring road, East-West metro in January; construction of light rail transport, extension of metro to Barrackpore to follow. (The Telegraph)
December 10 – Grave in Nandigram paddy field (Times of India)
December 10 – Premji, Bengal CM to discuss land hurdle issue (Times of India)
December 9 – ‘Witness’ widow supports CPI(M) grave claim in Khejuri (The Telegraph)
December 9 – City schools to spread branches in Rajarhat (The Statesman)
December 9 – Dola Banerjee felicitated (The Statesman)
December 9 – Rhino boom triggers crisis in Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary (The Telegraph)
December 8 – CMC seeks ban on immersion of idols in the Hooghly River (The Telegraph)
December 8 – Rs 325 cr for 8.75 acres in Salt Lake (Times of India)
December 8 – Gang loots lakhs from bus in Sotsal forest near Mahammad Bazar in Birbhum (Times of India)
December 7 – Besu admissions through all India exams with half from domicile category (The Statesman)
December 7 – CU signs MoU with Aalborg University (The Statesman)
December 7 – Nadia CPI(M) smells threat in Iskcon (The Telegraph)
December 7 – The Centre has “in principle” agreed to provide Rs 150 crore for a flyover at the Dunlop crossing, a high road from the EM Bypass to Baruipur (via Kamalgazi) and two ramps from the AJC Bose Road flyover (The Telegraph)
December 6 – Khejuri graves throw up burnt bones - Police file five murder cases (The Telegraph)
December 6 – Privilege motion against CPI MLA of Nandigram (The Statesman)
December 6 – CPI(M) worker killed by suspected Maoists (Times of India)
December 6 – GM, IIT-Kharagpur to do joint research (The Hindu Business Line)
December 5 – ‘Good investment climate in Bengal’ – British High Commissioner (The Hindu Business Line)
December 5 – 300 MW seventh unit of Durgapur Projects Limited synchronised (The Statesman)
December 5 – Women’s film fest ‘pays’ for being defiant (The Statesman)
December 5 – Voter-card seeker faces CPI(M) fury because of husband writing a book with references to Singur and Nandigram (Times of India)
December 5 – Dominique Lapierre’s 'City of Joy' to be a serial in Bengali (Times of India)
December 4 – Robbers loot Kolkata-bound private bus on National Highway 34 (The Statesman)
December 3 – Bengal to get its own Silicon Valley (Times of India)
December 3 – Advani spanner in Chief Minister’s Hills Bill plan (Times of India)
December 3 – Message to those opposing CPI(M) - those who dare to protest against the ruling party are Maoists (The Statesman)
December 4 – The new British High Commissioner to India, Richard Stagg, will meet Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, West Bengal Chief Minister, on Wednesday to discuss steps to strengthen business, cultural and development co-operation between the UK and West Bengal.(The Hindu Business Line)
December 3 – Calcutta and Jadavpur varsities on science centre shortlist of UGC (The Telegraph)
December 3 – Swami Atmasthanandaji Maharaj elected 15th president of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission (The Telegraph)
December 2 – CPI(M) supporters to governor: Where were you all these months? Remove CRPF (The Telegraph)
December 2 – CID official booked for torture (The Statesman)
December 2 – Prophet picture row in Bengal (Times of India)
December 2 – Bidhannagar Welfare Association to move high court to appeal against property tax rise. (Times of India)
December 1 – Forbidden fruit at Eden - Sourav cracks 11-year jinx as centuries rain (The Telegraph)
December 1 – Cop removed for 'mishandling' Tricolour (Times of India)
[edit] November
November 30 – Search on for Infy land (The Telegraph)
November 30 – Dhoot of Videocon applies Nandigram balm - good-climate certificate (The Telegraph)
November 30 – Singur on German auto component makers’ radar (The Hindu Business Line)
November 30 – Journeying into the inner life of the Tagores at Santiniketan (The Statesman)
November 29 – Industrious CM boosts cadre morale (The Statesman)
November 29 – Infy pricks, Buddha pledges – Nandi effect on investors (The Telegraph)
November 28 – Poush Mela across 3 grounds at Santiniketan (The Telegraph) November 27 – CPI(M) leaders land for ‘us-and-them’ drill - Pratirodh Committee supporters told to stay indoors until comrades leave (The Telegraph)
November 27 – Kolkata High Court issues contempt notices to CPI(M) trio (The Telegraph)
November 25 – Nandigram: Foul play whiff in ‘Maobaadi’ posters – CPM & rival trade charges (The Telegraph)
November 25 – Nandigram: Marxists’ duplicity exposed (The Statesman)
November 24 – Taslima ‘homesick’, CPM cagey (The Telegraph)
November 24 - US and them: the dubbed version (The Telegraph)
November 24 - Hawker eviction on cards (Times of India)
November 23 - Troops withdrawn as city calms down (Times of India)
November 22 - Curfew lifted, life returns to normalcy in Kolkata (Times of India)
November 22 - 'Violence was sparked by outsiders' (Times of India)
November 22 – Taslima Nasrin sent to Jaipur (The Hindu)
November 22 - It’s us-and-them in Nandigram (The Statesman)
[edit] October
October 20 – Rizwan case: snubbed CID acts pricey (The Telegraph)
October 20 – Hand in hand we stand, from one Puja to another – apartment Durga Puja images (The Telegraph)
October 20 – Old is gold, even in Pujas (Times of India)
October 19 – Bombs kill CPI(M) leader near Bolpur (The Telegraph)
October 19 – Puja fever peaks on Ashtami (Times of India)
October 19 – Fusion of craft and commitment - CESC The Telegraph True Spirit Puja (The Telegraph)
October 18 – Chief Minister lays foundation stone for Jai Balaji group industries at Raghunathpur, Purulia (The Statesman)
October 18 – 75 per cent of posts for teachers are lying vacant in engineering colleges. (The Statesman)
October 18 – Tata Motors’ corporate social responsibility initiative in Singur (The Hindu Business Line)
October 18 – Singur ripples follow SC verdict (Times of India)
October 18 – Themes and safety standards - analyzing Durga Puja 2007 (The Telegraph)
October 17 – Small airport project plans may boost realty prices in Bengal (The Hindu Business Line)
October 17 – Rizwan case: Kolkata Police chief, four other officers removed (The Hindu Update)
October 17 – Centre sanctions special education, book grant for 13 closed tea garden workers (The Hindu Business Line)
October 17 – Chip design centre to go live by 2008 (The Hindu Business Line)
October 17 – Bengal passes the buck for the ration crisis on the Centre and asked it to increase its allocation of rice and wheat. (The Telegraph)
October 16 – Rizwan case: HC orders CBI probe (The Statesman)
October 16 – Rizwan case: ‘Victory for the people’ (The Statesman)
October 16 – Kidderpore flyover ready, finally (Times of India)
October 16 – City boy in race to carry Olympic torch (Times of India)
October 15 – Investment proposals for January-June in West Bengal total Rs 49,128 crore (The Hindu Business Line)
October 15 – Italy keen on tie-ups in food processing, leather (The Hindu Business Line)
October 15 – Red tape frustrates industrialist (The Statesman)
October 15 – Bypass price puts off biz biggies (Times of India)
October 15 – Rizwan case: 56 witnesses without a case - all eyes on interim high court order (The Telegraph)
October 14 – Airport swamped by flier flow - surge in festive season traffic shows up dismal state of facilities (The Telegraph)
October 14 – Rizwan case: CID digs up 'other woman' (Times of India)
October 14 – ‘Capacity constraints hampering traffic growth at Haldia’ (The Hindu Business Line)
October 13 – Traffic woes to get worse in Puja (Times of India)
October 13 – Rizwanur Rahman case: Thank you for the visit, sir...but (The Telegraph)
October 13 – Aneek Dhar wins Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 (Rediff.com)
October 12 – AAI investing Rs 300 cr to develop small airports in Eastern India (The Hindu Business Line)
October 12 – Rizwanur Rahman case:Party shields loyal police (The Telegraph)
October 12 – ‘Potter pandal’ in Salt Lake – Delhi High Court dismissed Penguin India’s complaint of copyright violation. (Times of India) – earlier news with photo: Summons for Potter pandal (The Telegraph)
October 11 – CPI(M) holds rally for Rizwanur Rahman (The Statesman)
October 11 – Ration dealer slips out, house set on fire at Purbasthali (The Telegraph)
October 10 – Villagers return food and fuel looted from ration shops in Murshidabad district (The Telegraph)
October 10 – Rizwanur Rahman case: autopsy suggests suicide – cover-up, cries Rizwan family (The Statesman)
October 10 – Refeel Cartridge firms up national retail rollout plan (The Hindu Business Line)
October 10 – Former DC of Kolkata Police robbed and stabbed in Park Circus (The Statesman)
October 9 – Ration dealer’s son hangs himself in Nalhati after villagers demand Rs 27 lakh from his father. (The Telegraph)
October 9 – Body found in Nandigram (The Statesman)
October 9 – China directly, at doorstep - thrice-a-week, non-stop flights from October 29 (The Telegraph)
October 8 – CPI(M) leader gunned down in Khejuri (The Telegraph)
October 8 – Bloc minister in ration dock (The Telegraph)
October 8 – Ration riots now in Nadia and Hooghly (Times of India)
October 8 – Rizwan outrage goes Online (The Statesman)
October 7 – ‘Ascon Agro plant will create job opportunities for youth’ (The Hindu Business Line)
October 7 – Rizwanur Rahman case:Buddha to wield broom - DCP duo first, Prasun next (The Telegraph)
October 6 – Ration riots across South Bengal (Times of India)
October 6 – Pandals throttle constipated city roads (The Statesman)
October 5 – Galsi kangaroo court’s ration fine: Rs 1.5 lakh (The Telegraph)
October 5 – Seven Bengal IT infrastructure cos to attend Bangalore expo (The Hindu Business Line)
October 5 – BESU to get Rs 519 crore over five years for upgrade (Times of India)
October 4 – Bengal signs pact with Videocon, Jai Balaji for plants in Barabani and Raghunathpur. (The Hindu Business Line)
October 4 – Rampurhat homes burn in food fury (The Telegraph)
October 4 – Mystery surrounds SFI leader in Vidyasagar University (The Statesman)
October 4 – Bengal CM for ‘national policy’ on iron ore (The Hindu Business Line)
October 3 – Industry may invest Rs 50,000 crore in Bardhaman district (The Statesman)
October 3 – Small airports at Kanchrapara, Barrackpore planned (The Hindu Business Line)
October 3 – Ration rage spills over to Bardhaman district (The Telegraph)
October 3 – Durga ‘changes’ profile to keep pace with times (The Statesman)
October 2 – Ration flames leap in loot and frenzy at Nanoor (The Telegraph)
October 2 – A man protesting against alleged lack of flood relief died after suspected CPI(M) activists attacked the rally in Howrah district (The Telegraph) (Times of India)
October 1 – Ration flames spread, man dies in police firing at Labhpur. (The Telegraph)
October 1 – Gandhiji’s new look – wax statue by Asansol sculptor for Pather Panchali. (The Statesman)
