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Calcutta Weather
Temperature
Min : 23.6°C (-2)
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Rainfall : 21.8 mm
Relative Humidity:
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Sunrise : 4:59 AM
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Today
Partly cloudy sky with possibility of rain or thundershower in some areas
 
 
Politburo not to pluck thorn
The CPM politburo has left it to the Bengal state committee to take a decision on the fate of two senior cabinet ministers, Asim Dasgupta and Subhas Chakraborty. ...  | Read.. 
 
Rush to muffle Sonia chant
Manmohan Singh is about to complete two years as Prime Minister without stumbling into any major pitfalls, but is not looking any stronger for it. ...  | Read.. 
 
No war or peace on Siachen, just ceasefire
A downdraught of mad wind catches the rotor blades of the chopper mid flight during a left turn at 20,000 feet. The buffeting pulls the machine down. ...  | Read.. 
 
Quota chain reaction sets in
Protests in several places, hunger-strike threat in Delhi
Pockets of unrest against quotas began mushrooming in several states today, sucking in some of the brightest among the young and raising the possibility of a throwback to the ...  | Read.. 
 
Bhattacharjee with Sitaram Yechury in Delhi. Picture by Jagan Negi
Politburo not to pluck thorn
 
 
I am a communist, compromising with capitalism

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
Gogoi to take oath today
Seventy-year-old Tarun Gogoi is set for his date with history tomorrow, when he will be sworn in as ...  | Read..
Jessica case grounds ‘honeymoon’ flight
Minutes before taking a flight to Bangkok, Shayan Munshi, the prime witness in the Jessica Lal ...  | Read..
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Poll over, CPM guns for panel
Emboldened by its sweep in Bengal, the CPM has turned up the heat on the Election Commission.   | Read.. 
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Call of the crown
Wanting to be a beauty queen is now more fun than frustration   | Read.. 
BengalMore.. 
Nine hours amid information blackout
"Where have they kept him? The lock-up? But how long will he be standing inside that cage?"   | Read.. 
OpinionMore.. 
The wronglish tree
for sure, Indian vernacular literature exists but, till there are decent translations, the rest of...   | Read.. 
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Important to stay in the present: Dravid
Taking off from Mumbai and touching down here (early Saturday, back in India) took exactly 24 hours....   | Read.. 
InternationalMore.. 
Iran ready for talks, barring Israel
Iran is ready to talk with any country except Israel but not under threat of force, President...   | Read.. 
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Zuari stake sale deal to exit cement
The KK Birla Group today exited the cement business by selling its stake in Zuari Cements to...   | Read..