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Calcutta Weather
Temperature
Min : 23.5°C (+0)
Max : 25.7°C (-5)
Rainfall : 25.1 mm
Relative Humidity:
Max : 98% Min : 95%
Sunrise : 5:42 AM
Sunset : 5:01 PM
Today
Generally cloudy sky with occasional rain. One or two spells may be heavy
 
 
Strike-free IT in Buddha’s reach
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has all but sealed victory in his battle with the CPM’s labour arm, Citu, over making information technology free from strikes. ...  | Read.. 
 
Sin City celebrates ton with taste of India
If you have a lakh to spare for five days of pleasure at the world’s gambling capital, take the flight to Las Vegas next month. Only, once there, head for the dining table rather than the roulette table, and satisfa ...  | Read.. 
 
Bond, James to cultures
For a pop culture expert committed to better communication worldwide, it was a startling mistake. Ten years ago, Umberto Eco had described the mobile phone as a symbol of social inferiority that would not find wide accep ...  | Read.. 
 
South Asian roasts beef for Brits
Who said Fish and Chips is a joke? asks owner of new restaurant
This might come across as a little cheeky but a South Asian, Iqbal Wahhab, 41, has just opened a new restaurant called Roast in southeast London with the aim of educating the ...  | Read.. 
 
Cancun to Calcutta: Hurricane Wilma wrecked resorts and flooded streets in Mexico?s Cancun while marathon rain forced children to fetch drinking water ...  | Read
 
 
I don?t want to talk about my own performance

SOURAV GANGULY
on returning after the Duleep Trophy match
Rape relief, within weeks
Within weeks of a rape, the government will hand the victim an interim relief of Rs 20,000 and ...  | Read..
Trough of low pressure shifting
Nagging rain drummed on the frayed nerves of a city denied sunshine for the fifth day running a ...  | Read..
NationMore.. 
Patients turn guinea pigs minus cover
Neither government regulators nor ethics watchdogs in India have adequately equipped themselves to...   | Read.. 
CalcuttaMore.. 
Wet threat to rare books
Over five million rare and one-off books and items stored in the underground vaults of the Rs...   | Read.. 
BengalMore.. 
Bengal under water, cry for help rings loud
With the rain proving relentless, the situation in submerged south Bengal districts worsened today...   | Read.. 
North BengalMore.. 
Busted: Rich cracker cache
Firecrackers, worth around Rs 35,000, were seized from the side of Burdwan Road last night, nine...   | Read.. 
OpinionMore.. 
Shot in the foot
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic Research   | Read.. 
SportsMore.. 
Steve felt betrayed by Aussie drinking culture
Former Australian captain Steve Waugh said he felt betrayed by a drinking culture and let down by...   | Read.. 
InternationalMore.. 
Plane breaks into pieces
A Nigerian airliner with 117 people aboard crashed and disintegrated into flames shortly after...   | Read.. 
BusinessMore.. 
Reddy back on rate-hike tightrope
The odds appear heavily stacked in favour of a rate hike but Y.V. Reddy will be looking beyond the...   | Read.. 
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Slogan guru goes after sexist slur
As the creative head of the world’s biggest advertising group, Neil French can usually be relied...   | Read..