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  • Thousands line S.P. Mukherjee road to cheer the KKR team on its way to a grand felicitation ceremony at the Eden Gardens via Writers' Buildings. Picture by Sanat Kumar Sinha
  • KKR players hold aloft their IPL trophy as they are carried on a truck. Picture by Sanat Kumar Sinha
  • Work halts at the state secretariat as the KKR team calls on chief minister Mamata Banerjee and government staff crowd every balcony and the roof. Picture by Pradip Sanyal
  • KKR captain Gautam Gambhir and Mamata Banerjee with the trophy in front of Writer's Building on Tuesday. Picture by Pradip Sanyal
  • Mamata Banerjee boarded the team bus from Writer's Building to accompany the players to Eden Gardens. Picture by Pradip Sanyal
  • Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, co-owner of KKR and team members along with chief minister Mamata Banerjee and Cricket Association of Bengal Jagmohan Dalmyia at the felicitation ceremony at Eden Gardens Calcutta. Picture by Bishwarup Dutta
  • SRK along with Mamata Banerjee and Tollywood actress Rituparna Sengupta at Eden Gardens, Calcutta. Picture by Bishwarup Dutta
  • SRK helps Mamata Banerjee hold the trophy at Eden Gardens. Picture by Bishwarup Dutta
  • Mamata holds aloft a bunch of medals. SRK was the first to get one. Picture by Bishwarup Dutta
  • Photographers climb the scaffolding to grab a shot of the madness. Picture by Bishwarup Dutta
  • Mamata supervises the cake cutting. Picture by Gautam Bose
  • It's a full house at Eden Gardens, which has an official seating capacity of 67,000. Picture by Bishwarup Dutta

Thousands of fans join KKR celebrations

Updated: Tuesday, at 14:00 hrs (IST)
Thousands of frenzied fans on Tuesday turned up to give the triumphant Kolkata Knight Riders players a grand reception for their maiden IPL title win after Chief Minister Mam...   | Read..
 

Supreme Court urged to review dismissal of petition against appointment of Bikram Singh as next army chief

Updated: Tuesday, at 20:20 hrs (IST)
A petition was filed on Tuesday in the Supreme Court by a former Naval Chief and some senior retired bureaucrats seeking a review of its order dismissing a public interest li...   | Read..
 

Rift in Team Anna: Hegde says not a party to target PM

Updated: Tuesday, at 20:20 hrs (IST)
Fresh differences appeared in Team Anna with Justice Santosh Hegde on Tuesday distancing himself from corruption allegations against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other m...   | Read..
 

Paternity suit: N D Tiwari gives blood sample

Updated: Tuesday, at 14:45 hrs (IST)
Acting on the Supreme Court's directive, veteran Congress leader N D Tiwari on Tuesday gave his blood sample in connection with the paternity suit filed by a 32-year-o...   | Read..
 
Gauti: Aami Kolkatar chhele
The Kolkata Knight Riders’ bond with the state and the city keeps getting stronger....   | Read..
 

Jeetechhi Re, for this city, our city: SRK

Shah Rukh Khan and his Gautam Gambhir-led Kolkata Knight Riders landed in town separately tonight, the team owner with a prompted victory chant of “Korechhi, Lor...   | Read..
 

Combined JEE from next year

A combined exam will be held for admission to all central engineering institutes including the IITs from next year with a substantial weightage given to Class XII board m...   | Read..
 

Sting in VK’s tenure tail

English singer-songwriter Sting’s superhit number Every breath you take about a sinister lover is the theme in South Block for the next 72 hours to the time ...   | Read..
 

Engineer freed in Dhubri

Engineer Faizur Islam, who was abducted along with his colleague Gadapani Pathak on May 2, was released in Dhubri district last night....   | Read..
 

Muscle pull delays return of Everest trio

After the oohs and aahs of their Everest high, came an ouch for Tata Steel Adventure Foundation (TSAF) manager Rajendra Pal Singh. ...   | Read..
 

Still laid up but back to work

Running a state is no easy matter, especially for a chief minister who must lie on a hi-tech bed or stay frozen at a 30-degree posture. Three weeks after his choppy pu...   | Read..
 

Marching orders for 10

The state government has decided to terminate the services of 10 judicial officers of various ranks through compulsory retirement on the recommendation of Jharkhand High Cour...   | Read..
 
KKR owner Shah Rukh Khan outside Calcutta airport on Monday night. Picture by Bhubaneswarananda Halder.
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