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Calcutta Weather

	Temperature Min : 25.30°C (+0) Max : 28.90°C (+0)
Rainfall : 89.70 mm
Relative Humidity:
Max : 98.00% Min : 92.00%
Sunrise : 5:23 AM
Sunset : 5:47 PM
Today
Generally cloudy sky with one or two spells of rain, Iftar: 5.53pm Sehri: 3.59am

How smooth was our Metro ride

Calcutta’s pride is turning into a shame. The Telegraph looks at what ails the system

If a ridiculed little brother could cry “mere paas ma hai”, an ignored city could always retort “we have our Metro”. ... | Read..

Arms plane held in city

A plane belonging to the United Arab Emirates’ air force and its nine crew members were detained in Calcutta airport this evening for allegedly carrying arms and explosi ... | Read..

RAW ‘protest’ at merger whiff

Four additional secretaries at the Research and Analysis Wing have gone on protest leave amid suspicion that plans are afoot to merge India’s external spy agency wit ... | Read..

Nine students expelled for torture

Nine students of Agartala Government Medical College were ousted from the boys’ hostel yesterday after they grievously injured a first-year student on suspicion of st ... | Read..

BJP MLAs quit in poll push

A day after the BJP’s core committee took a quit resolution, party MLAs today resigned en masse to mount pressure on the Centre for early Assembly elections in the s ... | Read..

Start state work: Morcha to govt

The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha today said the state and the Centre should get down to work instead of “sweet talking” and announced a slew of agitation programmes t ... | Read..

Yasin Malik returns to Srinagar with wife Mashaal, a Pakistani painter, on Sunday. ... | Read

Our beloved leader Sonia Gandhi respects the public perception...
YS Jaganmohan Reddy

PM picks Amartya acolyte as adviser
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has effected a key lateral entry into his expanding technocracy by br ... | Read..

Chug to Kashmir through India’s longest tunnel
Jammu and Kashmir is bracing for a rare feat: the opening of the country’s longest railway ... | Read..

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China envoy? Nirupama Raa, says govt
The commerce ministry does not believe that like "charity", clarity, accuracy or any variation of t... \| Read..

Calcutta	More..
Metro in mess of own making
Tunnel vision has turned Metro Railway from Calcutta's most punctual ' and trusted ' mass transit sy... \| Read..

Bengal	More..
Mamata language gift at iftar
Railway job exams can now be written in "Urdu or any regional language", Mamata Banerjee announced ... \| Read..

North Bengal	More..
Consensus on hill garden bonus
The Darjeeling tea industry and trade unions have reached an agreement to disburse bonus at rates h... \| Read..

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An aid to governance
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Sports	More..
'As a footballer, I haven't progressed in Calcutta'
Bhaichung Bhutia, India's football captain for the last nine years and the country's most capped pl... \| Read..

International	More..
Downturn blues for Left
Among the victims of the Great Recession are Europe's big-government, welfare-loving socialist part... \| Read..

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RBI favours fewer mutual schemes
The Reserve Bank of India wants to limit the number of schemes that mutual fund houses can float to... \| Read..

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Poison paint
You have built the house of your dreams, using the best materials possible and now you want to paint... \| Read..

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HOME TURF
The Howrah boys are showing Frozen, a look that is “festive yet has a relaxed, resort feel”. It is n... \| Read..