WB to withdraw cases against Singur, Nandigram activists

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 21:50

Mamata Banerjee government decided to withdraw cases filed by the previous Left Front regime against activists there, including a present minister in Singur and Nandigram agitations case.

Tata wants to retain Singur land, keen on returning to West Bengal

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 20:11

Tata Motors on Tuesday told Supreme Court that it wanted to keep the leasehold rights over the 997 acre land, allotted by Left Front govt at Singur.

Varun Gandhi to provide legal help to Singur farmers

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 15:18

Varun Gandhi said he would make arrangements for providing legal help to farmers who did not take compensation cheques during the 2006 land agitation.

Land being bought forcibly from farmers in Singur: PIL

Last Updated: Monday, August 5, 2013, 16:29

Calcutta High Court took up a PIL claiming that over 100 hectare of agricultural land was forcibly bought from farmers by land mafia at Singur, the location of Tata Motors` Nano abandoned factory.

Tata Group will never leave West Bengal: Cyrus Mistry

Last Updated: Monday, July 15, 2013, 15:49

"We have never left West Bengal and we will never leave," Tata Group chairman Cyrus Mistry said during the 15th annual general meeting of Tata Global Beverages here.

WB panchayat polls: 75% voting in 2nd phase, 3 dead in violence

Last Updated: Monday, July 15, 2013, 08:45

Three persons, including husband of a CPI(M) candidate, were on Monday killed and several others injured in violence during the second phase of panchayat elections in West Bengal where 75 per cent polling was recorded.

Singur, Nandigram vote in Bengal panchayat polls Monday

Last Updated: Sunday, July 14, 2013, 23:46

Singur and Nandigram, known for the intense protests against farmland acquisition go to the hustings in the second phase of West Bengal panchayat polls on Monday.

Will find peace only after land returned to unwilling farmers: Mamata Banerjee

Last Updated: Thursday, July 11, 2013, 20:25

With Supreme Court asking Tata Motors over lease on Singur land, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she would find peace only after it was returned to unwilling farmers.

Moral victory, says Mamata Banerjee

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 20:15

The Supreme Court has asked Tata Motors to make its stand clear on its leasehold rights on the land at Singur.

Return Singur land to agriculturists and govt: SC to Tata Motors

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 12:27

The court asked Tatas' counsel Gopal Jain to respond to its suggestion by Aug 6.

Film release stalled for ridiculing Mamata, Singur movement

Last Updated: Monday, February 25, 2013, 17:41

The Censor Board has refused to clear a Bengali film for taking potshots at the swearing-in ceremony of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the Singur movement that forced the Tatas to exit the state.