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Calcutta Weather
Temperature
Min : 27.4+deg;C (+1)
Max : 31.1+deg;C (-2)
Rainfall : 21.1 mm
Relative Humidity:
Max : 98% Min : 79%
Sunrise : 5:17 AM
Sunset : 6:3 PM
Today
Generally cloudy sky with few spells of light to moderate rain or thundershower
 
 
Son scare for cancer mom
Cancer patient Seema Mukherjee, who lost her treatment money in a taxi, came close to losing her elder son on Monday when he attempted suicide after being scolded for seeking Rs 550 to pay his tuition fee....  | Read.. 
 
Docs in negligence net
Five city doctors were chargesheeted for “death due to negligence” under IPC Section 304A on Tuesday, almost 33 months after ...  | Read.. 
 
JU seniors guilty of ragging
The anti-ragging committee of Jadavpur University has found five students were directly involved in ragging a first-year girl...  | Read.. 
 
Refugee asked to leave India
Calcutta High Court on Tuesday asked Gul Mohammed Khan alias Gul Afghan, an Afghan refugee staying in India since 1984, to le...  | Read.. 
 
Midnight debut for ‘pricey’ iPhone
The 8 GB model of the iPhone 3G will be available for Rs 31,000 and the 16 GB version for Rs 36,100 at Vodafone stores across...  | Read.. 
 
Howrah realtor duo shot in public
Armed men chased and shot dead two business partners with the same name and past, slitting the throat of one just to be sure,...  | Read.. 
 
Pilot high an hour before flight
American sacked by private airline after failing breathalyser test

An American pilot has been sacked after being found drunk an hour before he was to fly a Kingfisher plane with 140 on board f ...  | Read.. 
 
A mounted policeman patrols rainswept Chowringhee on the eve of Wednesday’s 24-hour Bengal bandh. ...  | Read
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Letters
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  Monitor for tech schools
  Double distress
 
Tech hub resigns to shutdown
The first “ice-breaking” meeting on Singur will keep Writers’ Buildings bus...  | Read.. 

Road in shambles for lack of bitumen
The 4-km stretch from the Ruby rotary to Bijon Setu has become more of a...  | Read.. 

Demand for pilgrim fund
Christians in the state have demanded that the state government sponsor the...  | Read.. 

SSKM boss ‘abused’
The superintendent of SSKM Hospital lodged a complaint against Trinamul Con...  | Read.. 

Anti-CPM lobby sweeps Besu polls
The CPM has suffered a blow in the first-ever elections at Bengal Engineeri...  | Read.. 

Idol makers in fibreglass fix
Four years back, when the first fibreglass Durga idols from Kumartuli becam...  | Read.. 

President to unveil civic charter
The Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) is all set to launch citizens’ cha...  | Read.. 

 
The City Diary More.. 
Buddha plea to Zee boss
Bail in coach assault case
Bomb scare
Undertrial ‘loot’
Unidentified body
Hospital fracas