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Calcutta Weather
Temperature
Min : 27.8+deg;C (+2)
Max : 31.9+deg;C (-1)
Rainfall : 5.1 mm
Relative Humidity:
Max : 94% Min : 79%
Sunrise : 5:0 AM
Sunset : 6:22 PM
Today
A few spells of light to moderate rain. Maximum and minimum temperatures likely to be around 32°C and 26°C.
 
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Oil export status bar on Amar list
Amar Singh has handed the Prime Minister two letters raising three economic demands, one of which is cancellation of the export-oriented unit (EOU) status of petroleum refineries in the country. ...  | Read.. 
 
Lalu freight hikes nipped
Lalu Prasad had quietly raised freight on essentials like foodgrain and coal from July 1 but the finance ministry has forced him to withdraw the hike because of fears it ...  | Read.. 
 
Call to let off beetle scientist
Over 600 scientists around the world have signed a petition seeking the release of Czech entomologist Petr Svacha, arrested in Bengal two weeks ago for illegally collecti ...  | Read.. 
 
Rebels face little militants
When Sacred Heart School in Manipur’s Thoubal district received an extortion demand from militants a month ago, all it could think of doing was hold a mass prayer and h ...  | Read.. 
 
Venus Williams with the Wimbledon women’s singles trophy after defeating sister Serena 7-5, 6-4 in London on Saturday. (Reuters)
 
 
L.K. Advani is a bigger threat than George W. Bush
Amar Singh
Jurassic park of fossils at Rajmahal
Around 1946, palaeobotanist Birbal Sahani, who studied fossils of the subcontinent, would often hop ...  | Read..
Man beheads Hitler waxwork
An angry Berliner fought off guards and beheaded a life-sized waxwork of Adolf Hitler only minu ...  | Read..
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