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Calcutta Weather
Temperature
Min : 24.7+deg;C (-2)
Max : 34.7+deg;C (+0)
Rainfall : 1.1 mm
Relative Humidity:
Max : 93% Min : 59%
Sunrise : 4:55 AM
Sunset : 6:16 PM
Today
Partly cloudy sky with possibility of rain or thundershower in some areas.
Maximum temperature will be around 34° C.
 
 
No bandh like Left bandh
Films, television, music, books, food, fashion, celebrities, politicians — you name it, it’s been rated. So, when the Left and the Trinamul Congress imposed back-to-back bandhs on Bengal on Thursday and Friday, Metro decided to start the Big Bandh Fa...  | Read.. 
 
Gunned down at doorstep
A youth who supplied material to a telecom company was gunned down in full public view at Battala, off Dum Dum’s Gorakshabash...  | Read.. 
 
East-West rail link to airport
The state government is planning a train corridor along VIP Road to the airport in time for the launch of the integrated term...  | Read.. 
 
CMC asks for dog sterilisation proof
Organisations that neuter strays to keep the city’s roving canine population in check will henceforth have to preserve each r...  | Read.. 
 
Project to preserve rare varsity books
Calcutta University (CU) will give rare old books in its collection a new lease of life. ...  | Read.. 
 
Firm resolve to reach office
Buses, taxis and trams did not ply on Friday. Metro Railway was running but there was no way one could reach the nearest s...  | Read.. 
 
Sarkar over strike
Fans throng halls to see Big B starrer

After beating up Bollywood baddies all his life, Amitabh Bachchan beat a bandh in Calcutta on Friday. For everyone who boarde ...  | Read.. 
 
Crows sit in conference on a gulmohar tree in bloom on the Maidan on Friday afternoon. Picture by Amit Datta
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 You share your birthday with...
Anna KournikovaYou are very ambitious and have a keen interest in real estate, politi ...Read.. 
Young Metro
If good intentions have held for six months, one hopes they won’t disappear overnight. ...  | Read.. 
 
People suffer in serial shutdown
The second consecutive bandh on Friday heaped misery on people across the c...  | Read.. 

37 bombs found in container
Thirty-seven crude bombs were recovered on Friday from an abandoned garage ...  | Read.. 

Rain ends shutdown
The twin bandhs ended on Friday evening amidst heavy showers and waterloggi...  | Read.. 

Bandhs bode ill for sons-in-law
The sons-in-law and the mothers-in-law have not had it so bad in years....  | Read.. 

Signature forged on cheques
Police have stumbled upon a gang, following the arrest of a youth, that had...  | Read.. 

 
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