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Calcutta Weather
Temperature
Min : 27.6°C (+1)
Max : 36.4°C (+0)
Relative Humidity:
Max : 89% Min : 47%
Sunrise : 4:56 AM
Sunset : 6:11 PM
Today
Partly cloudy sky with possibility of development of thunderclouds in some parts.
Maximum temperature is likely to be around 37 degree Celsius.
 
 
Quota with more seats
The government tonight decided to implement a 27 per cent quota for other backward classes (OBCs) in higher educational institutions from the academic year beginning June 2007 while increasing seats for general-category students. ...  | Read.. 
 
Protesters express outrage
First reactions to the government’s quota announcement from protesting doctors and medical students ranged from “outrageous” to “we’re not surpri ...  | Read.. 
 
Survey of bypass buildings
Abdur Rezzak Molla, the land and land reforms minister, will launch a “full-fledged offensive” on unauthorised projects on the bypass. ...  | Read.. 
 
Delhi sets up date with NDFB
The militant National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) will hold its first round of talks with Delhi on Saturday, four days before the current period of ceasefire laps ...  | Read.. 
 
Flames leap out of ‘torched’ oil pits
Two effluent treatment pits were set on fire near the Zorajan oil collecting station today, a day after contractual Oil India labourers clashed with police in Duliajan, p ...  | Read.. 
 
Dam shutters on Aamir’s Fanaa
Gujarat multiplexes not to screen film because of actor’s activism
Bajrang Dal is a more potent censor than Priya Ranjan Das Munshi, Aamir Khan might agree. ...  | Read.. 
 
A medical student gives blood as a mark of protest in New Delhi on Tuesday. (AFP)
 
 
I am still not ready to compete at the international level

Sachin Tendulkar
Market sees revival sign
Snapping a three-day losing streak, the stock market clawed back with the sensex rallying by 34 ...  | Read..
House and job for land
Faced with an “immediate” requirement of 31,750 acres for industry over the next six ...  | Read..
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Month-old body steers student strike
Hundreds of water bottles for those on hunger strike, "we're with you" exhortations by senior...   | Read.. 
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Aamir cracks the plex Code
An old-fashioned climb up the stairs for a corner balcony seat to watch Aamir Khan's Rehan Qadri...   | Read.. 
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Father smashes boy's head: he wanted girl
An affluent 50-year-old farmer wanted his second wife to deliver a daughter because he had two...   | Read.. 
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Passing weapons
Sometimes, when I find myself at another well-informed Delhi dinner party, I wonder who the audience...   | Read.. 
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Sachin withdrawal to upset Chappell-Dravid plans
It was around 6.30 am, locally, when The Telegraph called a member of the team management to check...   | Read.. 
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Worker unrest rocks Dhaka
Thousands of protesting workers set fire to over a dozen factories in the Bangladesh capital today...   | Read.. 
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Unitech clinches Rs 1583-crore Noida realty deal
Unitech today clinched one of the biggest real estate deals at Rs 1,583 crore for a 340-acre plot...   | Read..