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Calcutta Weather

	Temperature Min : 27.00°C (+1) Max : 32.80°C (+1)
Rainfall : 0.10 mm
Relative Humidity:
Max : 92.00% Min : 67.00%
Sunrise : 5:21 AM
Sunset : 5:55 PM
Today
Partly cloudy sky. Rain may occur.

Decoded: one city, one force

Calcutta police will almost double their jurisdiction and parts of the city that so long had khaki cops — or none at all on vast stretches — will see men in white from September 1. From a police district covering a mere 100sq km it will be 187sq km l... | Read..

JU, Besu edge in tech seat tussle

Jadavpur University and Bengal Engineering and Science University’s refusal to scrape the bottom of the merit list to fill th... | Read..

Grab gang fears swirl in Salt Lake

Salt Lake is sitting on a property powder-keg with gangs hired by realtors trying to grab houses by force or sleight at the s... | Read..

Racing buses cause pile-up

A couple of racing buses triggered a pile-up near Ultadanga on Monday, injuring 21 people. The accident could have turned fat... | Read..

Ceiling falls on bank manager

A 58-year-old bank manager was seriously injured when a large cement chunk fell on him from the ceiling of his chamber on Mon... | Read..

Healthcare hits barter brainwave

Super-speciality government hospitals like SSKM could soon be treating only the critically ill, exchanging patients with seco... | Read..

Woman rescued from under train

A woman in her 30s was rescued from under a Dum Dum-bound train after she jumped in front of it at Netaji Metro station on Mo... | Read..

A baby sleeps while his mother finishes her last-minute shopping before Id at New Market on Monday. Picture by Pradip Sanyal

What's on in town

Daily Horoscope

You share your birthday with...

Warren Buffett, Andy Roddick, Sreelekha Mitra and Cameron Diaz
You are very noble in your t ...Read..

Roller-coaster ride on expressway

Kona Expressway, the crucial connector to NH2 and NH6 that lead to Delhi and Mumbai, respectively, ... | Read..

Prices cool after CM prod
Vegetable prices cooled a bit on Monday after spiralling for around six wee... \| Read..
City reels under power cuts
Vast stretches of the city went without power on Monday afternoon and eveni... \| Read..
Official held for smuggling
The operations manager of Biman Bangladesh was arrested on Monday on the ch... \| Read..

The City Diary

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Girl run over on way to school