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Calcutta Weather
Temperature
Min : 27.3°C (+2)
Max : 36.3°C (+0)
Rainfall : 0.1 mm
Relative Humidity:
Max : 92% Min : 60%
Sunrise : 5:15 AM
Sunset : 5:56 PM
Today
Mainly clear sky with rain or thundershowers in some parts. Maximum temperature likely to be around 35 degrees Celsius.
 
Quote of The Day
‘Goddess Kali is like my mom, so I have to visit her when I am in Calcutta’
Ekta Kapoor, producer
 
 
Back to pavement, with passbook
When Soni Begum, a pavement-dweller, entered Jorasanko police station to return Rs 7,500 that she had found while rummaging a roadside vat, little did she realise that this “simple” act would send her life into a strange spin....  | Read.. 
 
Seven-week break for tax refund row
There has been yet another twist in the vehicular-tax conundrum tale, with an interim stay on Monday slamming the doors on th...  | Read.. 
 
Defaulter dies of burns
“Rambabu aur Sunil ne mujhe jala dia. Beta, mujhe bacha le!” That’s what 10-year-old Azharuddin heard hi...  | Read.. 
 
Rate war over hospital waste
Two-and-a-half weeks ago, the government made it mandatory for hospitals to ensure that the bio-medical waste generated by th...  | Read.. 
 
Kitchen politics and Kali the mother
Friends is her favourite, and she also likes Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin. But her “aphrodisiac” is her own saas-b ...  | Read.. 
 
Girls just wanna have fun — whether on camera or behind one. Some contestants for Godrej Refresh Sananda Tilottama 2004 lay their hands on the ...  | Read
Hello It's Tuesday,
April 20, 2004
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Theatre
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Graphically speaking
O xford Bookstore hosts an exhibition of graphic i...  | Read.. 
 
CINEMA More.. 
 
 You share your birthday with...
Mamta KulkarniThe moon and Mars make you moody. You like your surroundings to be peaceful ...Read.. 
Young Metro
Acts of torture explored...  | Read.. 
 
Cellphone trail to trader’s killers
A cellphone proved to be the sleuths’ best friend in cracking the grisly Ma...  | Read.. 

Collapse, breach put paid to canal clean-up
The Kestopur canal desilt drive, taken up after a 25-year wait, has suffere...  | Read.. 

Celluloid celebration
“I liked the tragi-comic look at family affairs… This could also have happe...  | Read.. 

Social Register: Rural craft made to last
Adda marar rock, a phuchkawallah and paper lampshades to soft...  | Read.. 
Passing Through: Family ties above family business
Born and brought up in Mumbai, married in Calcutta, settled in Switzerland ...  | Read.. 
A Thought for Food: Catch it fresh every Friday
There is a flood of the freshest seafood to be caught in the heart of the ...  | Read.. 
 
The City Diary More.. 
ASI, police file reports on Memorial
Cop dies at station
Run over
Flesh trade arrests
Power theft raid
Japanese transport
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SHARAD MALHOTRA