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Calcutta Weather
Temperature
Min : 27+deg;C (+1)
Max : 33.1+deg;C (+1)
Rainfall : 3 mm
Relative Humidity:
Max : 92% Min : 62%
Sunrise : 5:8 AM
Sunset : 6:18 PM
Today
Partly cloudy sky with one or two spells of rain or thundershower
 
 
Citu shelter for licence touts
Touts who sell driving licences to those who cannot drive will soon start functioning under the protective umbrella of the CPM’s labour arm, Citu. ...  | Read.. 
 
Runaway car bares security loophole
A day after Calcutta police were put on high alert following the serial blasts in Bangalore, a car smashed through barricades...  | Read.. 
 
Safety shield after blasts
The blasts in Bangalore and Ahmedabad have triggered a flurry of security activity in the city involving top cops and officia...  | Read.. 
 
Civic body eases fire norms for traders
The civic authorities have relaxed fire safety requirements for trade licence renewal under pressure from unions. ...  | Read.. 
 
Mission plans medical college
Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratishthan is planning to set up an undergraduate medical college and install a cathlab for minimal...  | Read.. 
 
Day care for dementia
Eastern India’s first specialised day-care centre for patients suffering from dementia was inaugurated on Sunday at Ankur, th...  | Read.. 
 
Jawan drowns
A 31-year-old jawan of the army’s Madras Regiment drowned in the Hooghly on on Sunday morning while taking a dip after offering puja...  | Read.. 
 
Surface water for the eastern fringes
The civic body is planning to set up a water treatment plant on the city’s eastern fringes to ensure a steady supply of filtered surface...  | Read.. 
 
CM wants local tongue in panchayat work
Sabhadhipatis and deputies log in for seven-day workshop in Joka business school

Think global, act local. This was chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s message to the 34 newly elected sabhadhipatis and...  | Read.. 
 
Parents Roshon (right) and Teesta flank a male giraffe calf that was shown to visitors at Alipore zoo for the first time on Sunday. Picture by Sanat K ...  | Read
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Sir Garfield Sobers
You have an active, analytical mind. You are always ready to serve a good caus
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Beware of cratered stretch on Bypass
The 3-km south-bound flank of the Bypass from Ruby to Mukundapur is where one can practise moonwa...  | Read.. 
 
Robbery kingpin in net
The brain behind a number of recent robberies in Salt Lake, Lake Town and B...  | Read.. 

Teen crushed to death
A lorry ran over and killed 14-year-old Raqibul Islam before ramming into a...  | Read.. 

The City Diary More.. 
Fake doctor ‘from RG Kar’ in net
Arrest cry for cheat
Agitation
Mall rampage
Office ransacked
Child injured