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Calcutta Weather
Temperature
Min : 27.7+deg;C (+2)
Max : 33.1+deg;C (+1)
Relative Humidity:
Max : 94% Min : 69%
Sunrise : 5:13 AM
Sunset : 6:12 PM
Today
Partly cloudy sky with one or two spells of rain or thundershowers. Maximum and minimum temperature will be around 32°C and 28°C respectively.
 
 
Fire singes Writers’ block
A blaze at Writers’ Buildings on Thursday morning ravaged the third floor of a block that houses the fire services department and is just a five-minute walk from where Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee runs Bengal...  | Read.. 
 
Building lacks safety tools
Thursday’s morning fire on the third floor of Writers’ Building’s E Block ripped the mask off the poor fire-fighting preparedness of the secretariat. ...  | Read.. 
 
Wanted: Super mayor
Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi said on Thursday that Calcutta would need a “stronger mayor” to tackle the city’s drainage woes ...  | Read.. 
 
Howrah water unsafe
The potable water in many public places in Howrah is “not fit for human consumption”, the civic authorities told the high cou...  | Read.. 
 
Docs ask for hike details
Junior doctors on Thursday threatened to resume the ceasework if the health department did not specify details of the stipend...  | Read.. 
 
Man held for duping bank of crores
A man in his mid-40s was arrested on Thursday on charges of duping a nationalised bank of Rs 5.5 crore. ...  | Read.. 
 
Kinng and 350 Singhs
Sikhs turn up in hundreds at pre-release screening

The 350-plus Sikhs cheering for Akshay Kumar’s Happy Singh on Thursday night at 89 Cinemas (Swabhumi) epitomised the communit ...  | Read.. 
 
Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee plants a sapling at Nandan on Thursday on the occasion of Tagore’s death anniversary. Picture by Pradip Sanyal ...  | Read
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Debashree RoyYou are relaxed and casual by nature and still a child at heart. You can exce ...Read.. 
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Fire safety tips ignored
The state government had set up a committee in November 2006 to look into t...  | Read.. 

Malaysia partners airlines
To attract more tourists from Calcutta and other parts of eastern India, th...  | Read.. 

Snags delay flights
More than 300 passengers of two international flights were stranded at Calc...  | Read.. 

 
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Woman beaten up
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