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Calcutta Weather

	Temperature Min : 24.00°C (+3) Max : 35.00°C (+1)
Rainfall : 1.00 mm
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Allies sleep on four thorns

At least four factors stood in the way of a seat-sharing deal between the Trinamul Congress and the Congress after Mamata Banerjee and Pranab Mukherjee held inconclusive talks for 85 minutes in Calcutta tonight. ... | Read..

2G scam: Raja's close aide Sadiq Batcha dies

Updated 15:10hrs (IST)

In a dramatic twist in the 2G spectrum probe, Sadiq Batcha, a close aide of former Telecom Minister A Raja and under investigation... | Read..

New aftershock rattles quake-shocked NE Japan

Updated 14: 50hrs (IST)

A new aftershock of 6.0 magnitude has rattled northeast Japan. ... | Read..

Congress-TC seat sharing talks inconclusive

Updated 14: 50hrs (IST)

The stalemate regarding seat sharing between Congress and Trinamool Congress for the next month's crucial Assembly ... | Read..

Buddha acts, Big Brothers play

The Big Chief has repented but not all the Big Brothers. ... | Read..

N-crisis fuels waves

The spikes in radioactivity levels near Japan’s stricken nuclear reactors have stirred memories of the Chernobyl disaster and spawned government as well as public reacti ... | Read..

Exit Singh, enter new chief secy

Chief minister Arjun Munda finally eased out chief secretary Ashok Kumar Singh today, bowing to Opposition pressure in connection with a corruption case filed against him by ... | Read..

After Games, time for action

Four months after lodging FIRs in connection with the 34th National Games scam, vigilance bureau sleuths swooped down on the National Games Organising Committee (NGOC) office ... | Read..

(From left) Shakeel Ahmed, Mamata Banerjee, Janardan Poojary and Pranab Mukherjee after the meeting in Calcutta on Tuesday. Picture by Pradip Sanyal
Allies sleep on four thorns

I consider it improper that the play was not allowed to be staged in Hooghly
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee

Debate on Dalai decision
The Tibetan parliament on Tuesday debated the Dalai Lama’s decision to step down as politi ... | Read..

Red-hot insider trade trial
A wealthy hedge fund manager got “red hot” information about a pending technology industr ... | Read..

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French iron-fist model for piracy battle
The government has authorised the navy to take action to free Indian nationals held by pirates if a... \| Read..

Calcutta	More..
Tree tragedy in city heart
A roadside peepul tree fell on a moving taxi along the racecourse early on Tuesday, crushing to deat... \| Read..

Bengal	More..
Compulsions pull Trinamul and Congress
For all the tussle over the number and quality of seats, both the Trinamul Congress and the Congres... \| Read..

Bihar	More..
Study rights act puzzles all
The ruckus over admission to St Xavier's High School reveals the confusion prevailing over the impl... \| Read..

North Bengal	More..
Polls: season of consensus talks
The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has invited other hill parties for a meeting on March 18 to work out a s... \| Read..

Opinion	More..
Power and glory
My earliest Libyan story comes from an Egyptian journalist who worked in Tripoli in the heady 1970s.... \| Read..

Sports	More..
Eden yearns for Sachin
The Master was hundreds of miles away, in Chennai, but the 30,000-plus who turned up at the Eden on... \| Read..

International	More..
Gaddafi hits rebel heartland
Muammar Gaddafi's forces struck the rebellion's heartland with airstrikes, missiles and artillery t... \| Read..

Business	More..
Stocks nosedive worldwide
Fear of a nuclear catastrophe in Japan slammed world stock markets on Tuesday, shredding $1 trillio... \| Read..

Entertainment	More..
Power couples
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Jharkhand	More..
Maoists unleash mayhem on GT Road
Maoist rebels set on fire three buses, six trucks and a pick-up van in a daring attack in Chouparan... \| Read..

Northeast	More..
Revolt prompts candidate review
The revolt by supporters of ticket aspirants who were denied nominations today saw the BJP make two... \| Read..

Orissa	More..
Cool effect for men in action
Motorists in the capital seem to be opposed to wearing helmets despite a number of sensitisation dr... \| Read..

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