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Calcutta Weather
Temperature
Min : 20.7+deg;C (-3)
Max : 24.7+deg;C (-10)
Rainfall : 58.1 mm
Relative Humidity:
Max : 94% Min : 69%
Sunrise : 5:29 AM
Sunset : 5:49 PM
Today
Partly cloudy sky with possibility of rain/ thundershowers in some areas.
 
 
Bus sinks
Twenty people who had little option but to use Calcutta’s lawless public transport system drowned today when their bus chose to overtake an autorickshaw from the left on a VIP Road made slippery by rain. ...  | Read.. 
 
Bangladesh fetes Sam Bahadur’s old boys
Frequently in and out of hospital in Tamil Nadu, Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw has just been given news of a unique and heart-warming birthday gift. Bangladesh welcomed, feted ...  | Read.. 
 
Price bandh on April 21
Inflation has vaulted to a three-year high, prompting Mamata Banerjee to prescribe her usual medicine: Bengal bandh. ...  | Read.. 
 
Back-to-back meetings on security
Concerned over the prevailing security situation in the state as well as the delay in completing two national projects in trouble-torn North Cachar Hills, the Centre has ...  | Read.. 
 
Panel quizzes Mohanty
The State Commission for Women, which has taken up the sexual harassment charge by an assistant lady marshal of the Assembly against former Speaker Maheswar Mohanty suo m ...  | Read.. 
 
Mobiles for MLAs, trouble for govt
Deputy chief minister and finance minister Stephen Marandi didn’t think he was dialling T for Trouble when he decided to gift high-end mobile phones to all 82 state MLAs ...  | Read.. 
 
Bus sinks
 
 
I am alive only because of the local people
Chandan Sinha Roy
a passenger who was rescued by residents
Just chill! Corbett jumbos get a weekly off
The labour laws ignored them and no trade union came to their aid. Yet, five workers who toiled fou ...  | Read..
Challenge to climate fight plan
The Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has seriously underestimated ...  | Read..
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Rival and rival go for the jugular
The Congress will not stop attacking L.K. Advani despite the BJP leader's recent attempt to charm S...   | Read.. 
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Delay conspires with disaster
Two hours and 45 minutes is the time the police disaster management team took to reach Kestopur as p...   | Read.. 
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Mamata pushes Bengal from price fire to bandh frying pan
As if the burns from the blazing bazaar were not enough, Mamata Banerjee has ensured more agony for...   | Read.. 
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Terror link 'hurts' evicted Nepalese
Senior refugee leaders in eastern Nepal have condemned the alleged involvement of youths from their...   | Read.. 
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The torch of conscience
Like any action that is inspired by belief and promises no gain, Bhaichung Bhutia’s gesture “of stan...   | Read.. 
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Knight Riders bide time on top gun Shoaib
In a tactical move, the Shah Rukh Khan-owned Kolkata Knight Riders have put on hold plans to get a ...   | Read.. 
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Worker ire hits Mittal plant
French workers at an ArcelorMittal steel plant in Gandrange threw furniture and files in the direc...   | Read.. 
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Inflation march gathers pace
Inflation spiralled to a more-than- three-year high of 7 per cent for the week ended March 22, sett...   | Read..