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	Temperature Min : 27.80°C (+2) Max : 31.90°C (-1)
Rainfall : 5.10 mm
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A few spells of light to moderate rain. Maximum and minimum temperatures likely to be around 32°C and 26°C.

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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Advani dares govt to go for trust vote
Shadow Prime Minister L.K. Advani today asked the Congress-led Centre not to wait for Parliament's ... \| Read..

Calcutta	More..
Capsule capital
Calcuttans run to healthcare haven Vellore at the drop of a hair because there’s no choice. But when... \| Read..

Bengal	More..
Morcha puts off indefinite hill bandh
The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha today put off its indefinite hill bandh, which was scheduled to resume t... \| Read..

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London vs Paris
Getting to mainland Europe from Britain used to be an adventure. We called it 'the Continent' or 'ab... \| Read..

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India, Lanka eager to cut each other to size
President Pervez Musharraf would've preferred to watch a Younis Khan in Sunday's Asia Cup final, bu... \| Read..

International	More..
Colombia releases hostage rescue video
Colombia showed a video yesterday of the rescue of Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages where t... \| Read..

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PF rate review on hold
The government today deferred a decision on raising the interest rate on provident funds. The Left ... \| Read..