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Cloud on hope for quick rain relief (16 May 04:46 am)

Debanjali Basu Mullick took one look at the overcast Tuesday morning sky and sprinted back home to pack an umbrella into her bag.

Fire on ship for the Andamans (16 May 04:46 am)

A ship that takes tourists to the Andamans caught fire while undergoing repairs at Kidderpore on Tuesday.

Sky lies to leave city high and dry (16 May 04:46 am)

Ice packs, lassi and a plunge in the pool thrice a day keep Calcutta\'s top dogs fit for the call of duty in the harsh mid-May heat.

Anticipatory bail for cop on the run (16 May 04:46 am)

Police constable Tarak Das, accused of attempt to murder, has secured anticipatory bail after evading arrest for more than a fortnight despite the chief minister\'s directive to cops to take him into

Bengal the best place to invest, promises Partha (16 May 04:46 am)

West Bengal industries minister Partha Chatterjee was busy wooing investors in Singapore last weekend. He met heads of companies and business leaders at the Beautiful Bengal session organised by the

Trader goes missing, whiff of staged kidnap (16 May 04:46 am)

A Calcutta-based trader, believed to be heavily in debt, went missing from a hotel in Asansol on Friday, a day after the man he had gone to meet had been shot.

Kalighat temple plea in apex court (16 May 04:46 am)

The apex court on Tuesday admitted an appeal against the Calcutta High Court order banning the entry of devotees into the sanctum sanctorum of Kalighat temple.

Last 5 overs (16 May 04:46 am)

Finally, the last five overs. For someone like me, who doesn\'t breathe, eat or live cricket, this is what I was waiting for in the Monday match at the Eden. Chennai needs 44 runs from 30 balls. The

Dues fill civic coffers (16 May 04:46 am)

The Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) has managed to mop up nearly half the property tax arrears of Rs 785 crore.

Finally, Gambhir scores over Ganguly at Eden! (16 May 04:46 am)

Four members of Team Metro, spread across blocks B, C, K and the Platinum Lounge, conducted a straw poll among the spectators \' from school students to Tolly stars \' as the Kolkata Knight Riders

Food for thought and kids (15 May 03:46 am)

The children of some city slums and tea gardens of Jalpaiguri will soon be covered under a project to tackle malnutrition.

Archive tells school tale (15 May 03:46 am)

The pages may have become brown and brittle but they tell the story of the formation of the La Martiniere schools. The document, the will and testament of the founder of the schools, major general

Presi names cleared amid squatting (15 May 03:46 am)

Student protest rocked Presidency on Monday while the authorities readied the list of the first batch of teachers to join the institution since its upgrade from college to university.

Blockade after mishap (15 May 03:46 am)

Traffic on a busy road in Howrah was suspended for half an hour after a senior policeman\'s wife learning to drive allegedly hit a pedestrian, triggering a clash between residents and cops.

Ladies stock up on Buffet(t) of trade tips (15 May 03:46 am)

If Mamata Banerjee pitches for American investment in Bengal with Hillary Clinton, guess whose brains enterprising Calcutta women pick for tips on value investing: Warren Buffett.

Abducted girl rescued (15 May 03:46 am)

Police rescued the 21-year-old student who was allegedly kidnapped from Barrackpore on Friday and arrested one of the \"abductors\" at Bandel station on Monday afternoon.

Heat hastens school break (15 May 03:46 am)

Calcutta suffered the hottest May 14 in a decade on Monday and Mamata Banerjee\'s heart melted at the thought of schoolchildren stepping out in such heat, resulting in an early summer break for

7-year hitch for airport (14 May 04:46 am)

Calcutta airport can\'t extend the length of a runway by 400 metres in the time earth orbits 6.5 billion kilometres around the sun.

City's viewfinder at a climb of 223 steps (14 May 04:46 am)

It\'s an eye for an eye, literally. If the UK capital and the chief minister\'s model for the city has the London Eye, Calcutta, too, will soon have its own eye with the 157-foot-tall Shahid Minar set

Inspiration to be a winner (14 May 04:46 am)

YouTube, Twitter, books and DVDs \' Manisha Agarwal, a 38-year-old mom of two, has done it all for a grasp of Shiv Khera\'s philosophy

Tough trail to Tagore terrain (14 May 04:46 am)

Close to 50 rallyists, veterans as well as rookies, braved a hot and humid May day to scorch down a 250km arduous stretch from the city to Santiniketan.

A rich chat with the 'poor' economist (14 May 04:46 am)

He went to a good school in Calcutta but had playmates who did not go to school at all. The boy noticed how most of these friends \' who used to live in little ramshackle houses behind his home \' had

Partha woos investors in Singapore (14 May 04:46 am)

Start a business within 30 days of submitting a proposal \' this was one of the many assurances from industries minister Partha Chatterjee as he laid out the \"green carpet\" for investors in Singapore.

May dates for most results (14 May 04:46 am)

The results of ICSE 2012 won\'t be delayed despite answer scripts of some institutions going missing and the affected examinees being made to sit for a retest in those subjects barely a fortnight ago.

Knights and the art of emotional connect (14 May 04:46 am)

The emotional connect of a franchise sport team like the Kolkata Knight Riders with its fans is what sustains it, feels Venky Mysore, the MD and CEO of the squad that is doing Calcutta proud in IPL-V.