Singur Bill

For the first time ever, Mamata Banerjee has brought out the Trinamool's election manifesto in five languages - Bengali, English, Hindi, Urdu and Olchiki which is the Santhali language - and claimed much more had been done than promised in 2011, including a bill to reacquire the land at Singur which is, however, now in court.

The Tatas will challenge the bill scrapping the previous Left Front government's Singur land deal in the Calcutta High Court.   "We will move the high court tomorrow,"  S Pal, who is representing Tata Motors, told PTI on Tuesday.  Asked which part of the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Bill, 2011, would they will be c...

After the West Bengal government today passed the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Bill 2011, Tata Motors released a statement this evening saying the firm "will study the Bill and take appropriate steps." The  company stresses that it invested nearly Rs 1800 crore in establishing the plant at Singur and another Rs 440 crore on const...

Mamata Banerjee got one step closer today to delivering one of her biggest campaign promises - that she would return 400 acres to farmers in Singur who did not want to give their land to the Tata Group and refused compensation. The land was leased by the Left when it was in power to the Tata Group who planned to set up a manufacturing plant for its...

A bill seeking to empower the West Bengal government to return land in Singur to farmers was on Tuesday passed by the Assembly amidst a walkout by members of the Opposition Left parties.The Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Bill, 2011, was passed by voice vote along with some amendments brought by the government.When the Bill was put to vo...

The West Bengal government has put the onus on Tata Motors for "non- commissioning" and "abandoning" its Nano project and ancilliary factories at Singur for which a Bill would be tabled in the Assembly tomorrow to vest the land with the state.The Singur Land Rehabilitation Bill, 2011, which was circulated in the House today, said it was to provide ...

For the first time ever, Mamata Banerjee has brought out the Trinamool's election manifesto in five languages - Bengali, English, Hindi, Urdu and Olchiki which is the Santhali language - and claimed much more had been done than promised in 2011, including a bill to reacquire the land at Singur which is, however, now in court.

The Tatas will challenge the bill scrapping the previous Left Front government's Singur land deal in the Calcutta High Court.   "We will move the high court tomorrow,"  S Pal, who is representing Tata Motors, told PTI on Tuesday.  Asked which part of the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Bill, 2011, would they will be c...

After the West Bengal government today passed the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Bill 2011, Tata Motors released a statement this evening saying the firm "will study the Bill and take appropriate steps." The  company stresses that it invested nearly Rs 1800 crore in establishing the plant at Singur and another Rs 440 crore on const...

Mamata Banerjee got one step closer today to delivering one of her biggest campaign promises - that she would return 400 acres to farmers in Singur who did not want to give their land to the Tata Group and refused compensation. The land was leased by the Left when it was in power to the Tata Group who planned to set up a manufacturing plant for its...

A bill seeking to empower the West Bengal government to return land in Singur to farmers was on Tuesday passed by the Assembly amidst a walkout by members of the Opposition Left parties.The Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Bill, 2011, was passed by voice vote along with some amendments brought by the government.When the Bill was put to vo...

The West Bengal government has put the onus on Tata Motors for "non- commissioning" and "abandoning" its Nano project and ancilliary factories at Singur for which a Bill would be tabled in the Assembly tomorrow to vest the land with the state.The Singur Land Rehabilitation Bill, 2011, which was circulated in the House today, said it was to provide ...