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Calcutta Weather
Temperature
Min : 26.1°C (+0)
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Rainfall : 19.1 mm
Relative Humidity:
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Sunrise : 5:29 AM
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Today
Partly cloudy with one or two spells of rain or thundershower
 
 
Sonia spikes deputy PM talk
An unusually belligerent Sonia Gandhi today snatched a question thrown at Manmohan Singh to squash rumours of a move to appoint a deputy Prime Minister. ...  | Read.. 
 
Delhi calls off Ulfa ceasefire
The year-old peace initiative to bring the Centre and the banned Ulfa to the negotiating table collapsed today. Delhi loaded all its guns, ordering that counter-insurgency op ...  | Read.. 
 
Tsunami girls weave success story
At the Lakshmi Ammal Kalyana Mandap in Mylapore, the cultural heart of Chennai, two Dalit girls in their twenties are bubbling over with excitement. ...  | Read.. 
 
Charlie Chappalin, slipper collector
Ashok Kumar lives off protesters’ footwear, but gets caught up in the issues
Watching protesters clash with police, Ashok Kumar almost forgets he has a job to do. So absorbing the battle. ...  | Read.. 
 
Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh at the news conference in Nainital on Sunday. (AP)
Sonia spikes deputy PM talk
 
 
There is not going to be a deputy Prime Minister and I am saying so categorically

SONIA GANDHI
Belgian lady knifed 22 times
The Indian driver of a woman employee of the Belgian embassy here killed her by repeatedly knif ...  | Read..
Signs of clearer weather today
The depression over Jharkhand that caused heavy rain and deluge in Calcutta and south Bengal di ...  | Read..
NationMore.. 
Under fire, PM misses Pranab
The government of India came under attack but the defence minister was missing.   | Read.. 
CalcuttaMore.. 
A crore will fetch a cottah
Land prices in Calcutta are all set to cross the magical Rs 1-crore-per-cottah mark.   | Read.. 
BengalMore.. 
Priya asked to negotiate with Mamata
Sonia Gandhi has assigned Priya Ranjan Das Munshi the task of keeping in touch with Mamata...   | Read.. 
North BengalMore.. 
Wails of woe and shattered dreams
Kalyan Tamang (24) was lying on his bed and playing with his four-year-old daughter Shreya,...   | Read.. 
OpinionMore.. 
The rating season
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic Research   | Read.. 
SportsMore.. 
We didn't play our best, but it's a good result: Ponting
A couple of poor decisions, one each from Asad Rauf (Chris Gayle, sent back off a no ball) and...   | Read.. 
InternationalMore.. 
Saudis dismiss Laden 'speculation'
Saudi Arabia said today it had no evidence that Osama bin Laden had died, shedding further doubt...   | Read.. 
BusinessMore.. 
Foreign dream in reach of new airlines
The Congress-led government is likely to relent in the face of renewed lobbying by a crop of new...   | Read.. 
At LeisureMore.. 
Becks clings to image
His face is one of the most recognisable in the world and he has made millions promoting an array of...   | Read..