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Calcutta Weather
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Min : 25.1°C (+0)
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Today
Partly cloudy sky with possibility of rain or thundershowers towards afternoon. Maximum temperature is likely to be around 36 degree Celsius.
 
 
King gives, but not enough
A hesitant, nervous but unapologetic King Gyanendra today made an overture to restore democracy in Nepal by inviting the seven-party alliance for democracy to select a Prime Minister. ...  | Read.. 
 
Ire at India
India quickly put its stamp of approval on the offer by King Gyanendra (picture above), inviting censure from political parties who are unhappy with the monarch’s proposa ...  | Read.. 
 
Oops! Ash falls again
Aishwarya Rai fell off a bicycle this morning but was quickly up on her feet, helped by Abhishek Bachchan. ...  | Read.. 
 
Quota-wary business taps PM
CII team speaks of empowerment, not reservation
In the backdrop of the debate over how industry should help the disadvantaged sections of society, a business delegation today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who recently ...  | Read.. 
 
A pro-democracy protester shouts slogans in Kathmandu on Friday. Thousands of protesters burned tyres and threw logs and barbed wire in the streets as a curfew came into force. (AFP)
King gives, but not enough
 
 
Executive power of the kingdom of Nepal, which was in our safekeeping, shall from this day be returned to the people

KING GYANENDRA
Fresh life in Khaplang truce
The ceasefire between the Union government and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khap ...  | Read..
EC beefs up observer army
For the second phase of polls tomorrow, the Election Commission is despatching an unspecified n ...  | Read..
NationMore.. 
Warhorse rears, CM stumbles
A Congress chief minister on crutches is battling a Marxist warhorse making a now-or-never bid for...   | Read.. 
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Sultans of sip and bite
Enter the small shop, tucked away in a corner near the entrance to College Street market to drown in...   | Read.. 
BengalMore.. 
Well-versed vote seeker
Even the CPM in this port town is at times scared of her, because of, among other things, the...   | Read.. 
North BengalMore.. 
Murder cloud over fatal fall
A 22-year-old youth from Siliguri, who was studying in Yerevan State Medical University in...   | Read.. 
OpinionMore.. 
Difficult customer
The British Raj would have sent a proconsul with a small detachment of troops to Kathmandu to...   | Read.. 
SportsMore.. 
Captain for Monday's meeting
The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), which continues to frame the laws, has saluted Rahul Dravid by...   | Read.. 
InternationalMore.. 
Russia lifeline for Iran
Hardening its opposition to sanctions against Iran, Russia said today the UN Security Council should...   | Read.. 
BusinessMore.. 
Luck eludes foreign airlines
Civil aviation minister Praful Patel today said the government would continue to bar foreign...   | Read.. 
At LeisureMore.. 
Angelina? Shhh, only Katrina
The whole world wants to know about the rumours of a "Brangelina" wedding in Namibia, not to mention...   | Read..