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Calcutta Weather
Temperature
Min : 13.4+deg;C (-1)
Max : 26.6+deg;C (+0)
Relative Humidity:
Max : 87% Min : 28%
Sunrise : 6:25 AM
Sunset : 5:7 PM
Today
Mainly clear sky, minimum temperature will be around 13°C
 
 
Four floors of debris, embers and fumes, and methane at journey’s end
The 10th floor is a mound of debris, burning embers and fumes. Some fire-fighters struggle to cut through a twisted iron grille with a giant tool while others are busy snipping off loose ends of burnt-out wires. The heat is unbearable. “Deowaley m...  | Read.. 
 
Shop, there’s space
Calcutta’s trek to modern malls, which started with Forum four years ago, hit a high on Tuesday with the unveiling of the cit...  | Read.. 
 
Little cheer in blaze bust
The words that Burrabazar was waiting to hear from early on Saturday were finally spoken 93 hours after the first flames leap...  | Read.. 
 
See Ray as an artist
A billboard design for Debi, a series of illustrations for Joy Baba Felunath, costume sketches for Hirak Raj...  | Read.. 
 
American author to launch Book Fair
The 33rd Calcutta Book Fair will be inaugurated by American author Paul Theroux on January 29 on Park Circus Maidan — the thi...  | Read.. 
 
Rs 50,000 looted at gunpoint
Seven men with choppers and improvised guns looted nearly Rs 50,000 in cash and jewellery from a house in Sonarpur early on T...  | Read.. 
 
Old guard & guide
Home and only workplace for 34 years

For four days, R.K. Sharma sat on a wooden bench on the road and watched his home and workplace of 34 years being devoured by ...  | Read.. 
 
Padam Surana, who has lost eight shops in the Nandaram blaze (The losses keep mounting) ...  | Read
Hello It's Wednesday , January 16 , 2008
Quiz and fun fest
Exhibition
On stage
Cinema
 
Timeout
What's on in town
 
 
Today's Tips
 
 You share your birthday with...
Kate Moss You are bright, attractive and charming. You have patience and common sense and are ...Read.. 
Letters
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  Safety call
 
Highrises opt for self fire safety
Can a Burrabazar happen in the two tallest towers in town — Hiland Park and...  | Read.. 

Losses mount by the hour
The fourth day of the Burrabazar fire saw lakhs being added to the losses ...  | Read.. 

Pratim meets ire with fire
State fire services minister Pratim Chatterjee is in no mood to express reg...  | Read.. 

 
The City Diary More.. 
Ticketless teen hops off train
Airport loss
Kerb death
Track crack
Flight returns
Illegal entry