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Calcutta Weather
Temperature
Min : 29.1°C (+3)
Max : 35°C (-1)
Rainfall : 0.1 mm
Relative Humidity:
Max : 87% Min : 67%
Sunrise : 5:04 AM
Sunset : 6:02 PM
Today
Partly cloudy sky with possibility of thundery developments towards afternoon or evening. Maximum temperature likely to be around 36 degrees Celsius.
 
 
Jamali’s peace meal
For the first time since Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee extended a hand of friendship again towards Pakistan, stimulating a wave of hope and conciliatory noises on either side, the poison in the relationship bubbled up today. ...  | Read.. 
 
Centre readies cow Bill minus stick
In a clear political signal ahead of national elections next year, the Union Cabinet today approved a move to introduce a law to ban cow slaughter but this would not be binding on all states. ...  | Read.. 
 
Democracy dilemma in London
India may have to tone down its “lack of democracy” campaign against Pakistan when the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group meets in London later this month. ...  | Read.. 
 
Bungalow blow to Arundhati
Allotment on notified forest land cancelled in Panchmarhi
Rights crusader Arundhati Roy has been caught on the wrong foot — a hilltop bungalow her husband owns near Panchmarhi stands on notified forest land and has to be pulled down ...  | Read.. 
 
Ivane Kheiri El Khalid holds the Quran during her wedding with Seif Saadi Quais in Baghdad on Monday. Life is slowly returning to normal in the Iraqi ...  | Read
 
 
If we are going to see this kind of beimani (deceit), there’s no point

SUSHMA SWARAJ
on the women’s Bill
CM on assault front foot
A day after the attack on Union minister Tapan Sikdar by CPM supporters, chief minister Buddhad ...  | Read..
Women Bill false dawn
The women’s reservation Bill appears headed for the cold storage, with the Centre today washing ...  | Read..
Nation More.. 
Armitage good conduct test for ISI
If US deputy secretary of state Richard Armitage’s imminent visit to ...   | Read.. 
 
Bengal More.. 
Biman fires fall-in-line notice at allies
Like the beleaguered head of a joint family trying to buy peace with a ...   | Read.. 
 
International More.. 
The changing face of Blair
Tony Blair still plays the electric guitar and relaxes to his son’s rock m ...   | Read.. 
 
Sport More.. 
Govt says okay ‘in principle’
The Atal Bihari Vajpayee government is understood to have cleared, “in pri ...   | Read.. 
 
Calcutta More.. 
Turf club rides a losing lap
low stakes ...   | Read.. 
 
Opinion More.. 
Winged victory
The author is a retired air marshall of the Indian air force ...   | Read.. 
 
Business More.. 
Tax to compensate VAT loss
The BJP-led government pushed through an enabling Bill on service tax in t ...   | Read.. 
 
At Leisure More.. 
Stick ’em up: Wild West in New York
The old-fashioned “Stick ’em Up” — the daylight bank robbery more associat ...   | Read..