Mamata On Singur

Reminding people of her 26-day hunger strike which she started on this day 16 years ago to oppose "forcible acquisition" of farmland in Singur for a car factory Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday claimed she still has that fight in her.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today, more than ever, came out in support of farmers protesting against the central government's three new agricultural ordinances saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration must either withdraw the laws or simply step down.

A 28-year-old man was arrested in Singur for allegedly posting a derogatory remark against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on a social media website, the police said today.

Senior BJP leader Mukul Roy on Saturday said the Singur movement, which had catapulted Mamata Banerjee and the Trinamool Congress to power in West Bengal, was a "mistake", as it neither helped industry in the state nor did any good to the farming community.

The Trinamool Congress's defeat at West Bengal's Singur in the Lok Sabha elections last month is "a shame" for the party, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is reported to have said at an internal meeting in Kolkata on Friday. "It is our fault that we lost Singur," she added.

Nearly six months after a car accident, Trinamool lawmaker and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee returned to active politics. The youngest Lok Sabha member was seriously injured after his car hit a truck on the National Highway 2 near Singur in October last year.

Nandigram and Singur, two places in West Bengal that made headlines a decade ago, will now come alive on the silver screen. Directed by a former student leader of Trinamool Congress, who fell out of favour, "Comrade" will have song, dance and violence that had marked the upheaval over land.

The peasants' movement in Singur will be part of the history curriculum in schools of the state-run West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) from the current academic session, a senior minister announced here on Monday.

In a protest in West Bengal that is being compared to the massive Singur agitation a few years ago, hundreds of angry locals have this morning blocked major roads in Bhangar, 40 km from the state capital Kolkata, demanding an assurance from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that their land will not be forcibly acquired by the government for a power su...

Harvard University is keen on inviting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to hear about her experiences of the Singur anti-land acquisition movement and other aspects of the socio-political struggle, Trinamool Congress (TMC) national spokesperson Derek O' Brien said today.

A day after Trinamool lawmaker and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew, Abhishek Banerjee, was injured in a road mishap, a team of forensic experts visited the accident site near Singur on National Highway 2.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee kept her promise at Singur. On September 14, a month and a half after a Supreme Court order, her government started returning land, acquired forcibly by the previous regime for Tata's car factory, to farmers.

Stating that her government would follow the Supreme Court order cancelling the Singur land acquisition "line by line", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that the state would compensate 800 farmers and also distribute 9,117 land records today.

Thank you Justices Gowda and Mishra for ensuring that the history of our state will be recorded on a plaque of established fact and not half-truths. And thank you Mamata-di for walking the talk and then leading the walk - Singur and Bengal will be forever grateful.

A day after the Supreme Court's verdict on Singur, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said the farmers will get back their land within the time-frame set by the top court.

Reminding people of her 26-day hunger strike which she started on this day 16 years ago to oppose "forcible acquisition" of farmland in Singur for a car factory Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday claimed she still has that fight in her.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today, more than ever, came out in support of farmers protesting against the central government's three new agricultural ordinances saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration must either withdraw the laws or simply step down.

A 28-year-old man was arrested in Singur for allegedly posting a derogatory remark against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on a social media website, the police said today.

Senior BJP leader Mukul Roy on Saturday said the Singur movement, which had catapulted Mamata Banerjee and the Trinamool Congress to power in West Bengal, was a "mistake", as it neither helped industry in the state nor did any good to the farming community.

The Trinamool Congress's defeat at West Bengal's Singur in the Lok Sabha elections last month is "a shame" for the party, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is reported to have said at an internal meeting in Kolkata on Friday. "It is our fault that we lost Singur," she added.

Nearly six months after a car accident, Trinamool lawmaker and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee returned to active politics. The youngest Lok Sabha member was seriously injured after his car hit a truck on the National Highway 2 near Singur in October last year.

Nandigram and Singur, two places in West Bengal that made headlines a decade ago, will now come alive on the silver screen. Directed by a former student leader of Trinamool Congress, who fell out of favour, "Comrade" will have song, dance and violence that had marked the upheaval over land.

The peasants' movement in Singur will be part of the history curriculum in schools of the state-run West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) from the current academic session, a senior minister announced here on Monday.

In a protest in West Bengal that is being compared to the massive Singur agitation a few years ago, hundreds of angry locals have this morning blocked major roads in Bhangar, 40 km from the state capital Kolkata, demanding an assurance from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that their land will not be forcibly acquired by the government for a power su...

Harvard University is keen on inviting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to hear about her experiences of the Singur anti-land acquisition movement and other aspects of the socio-political struggle, Trinamool Congress (TMC) national spokesperson Derek O' Brien said today.

A day after Trinamool lawmaker and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew, Abhishek Banerjee, was injured in a road mishap, a team of forensic experts visited the accident site near Singur on National Highway 2.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee kept her promise at Singur. On September 14, a month and a half after a Supreme Court order, her government started returning land, acquired forcibly by the previous regime for Tata's car factory, to farmers.

Stating that her government would follow the Supreme Court order cancelling the Singur land acquisition "line by line", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that the state would compensate 800 farmers and also distribute 9,117 land records today.

Thank you Justices Gowda and Mishra for ensuring that the history of our state will be recorded on a plaque of established fact and not half-truths. And thank you Mamata-di for walking the talk and then leading the walk - Singur and Bengal will be forever grateful.

A day after the Supreme Court's verdict on Singur, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said the farmers will get back their land within the time-frame set by the top court.