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Bye-Bye Frosty Ties? 2 Decades After Singur, Mamata Banerjee, Tata Chief Meet
For the first time since she became chief minister in 2011, Mamata Banerjee met Tata Sons and Tata Motors chairman N Chandrasekaran in Kolkata on Wednesday.
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"I Didn't Chase Out Tatas, CPM Did": Mamata Banerjee's Surprising Claim
Holding CPM responsible for the anti-land acquisition protests in Singur, that forced Tata Motors out of the state, the Bengal Chief Minister said there is no dearth of land in Bengal and so there is no need to acquire land forcefully
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13 Years After Singur Movement, Bengal Minister Says Tatas "Most Welcome"
Thirteen years after their small car project was forced out of West Bengal following the anti-land acquisition movement in Singur, Industry and IT Minister Partha Chatterjee has said talks are on with the Tatas for big-ticket investments in the state
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West Bengal Violence: 1 Dead In Bhangar Unrest, Protesters Ask Mamata Banerjee To Act
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...
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Trinamool Congress Hopes To Play Pivot In Uniting Secular Forces
Seeking to play a major role in national politics post-2019, the TMC wants to unite secular parties against the "divisive politics" of BJP and RSS.
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Mamata Banerjee To Distribute 800 Cheques To Singur Farmers On September 14
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.
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Bengal Government Wants Singur Movement Part Of School Syllabus
Buoyed by the Supreme Court judgement on the Singur issue, the West Bengal government wants to include the subject in the school syllabus.
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Had Tears Of Joy, Now Can Die In Peace: Mamata Banerjee After Singur Verdict
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday hailed the Supreme Court's order setting aside the land acquisition for the Tata Motors' Nano project as a "landmark victory", adding that she had "tears of joy" on learning about the decision and can now "die in peace".
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Singur Ecstatic As Supreme Court Cancels Land Allotment To Tatas
The agony is over. Singur is ecstatic. It has been 10 years since their fight began against the "forcible acquisition" of their fertile farm land. They had even stopped dreaming this day would come. But it has. August 31, 2016.
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Opinion: Ratan Tata's Legacy Tarnished By Supreme Court's Singur Verdict
It's not often that a grown man gets goose pimples. I did, today, thanks to the Supreme Court verdict in the Singur land acquisition case. A flood of memories from a full decade ago came rushing back.
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Supreme Court Quashes Tata Motors' Singur Land Deal
The Supreme Court of India has ruled on the Tata Motors Singur land deal in West Bengal. The apex court has cancelled the deal in which the former Left government in West Bengal had acquired 1000 acres of farmland for Tata Motors to set up its new car plant.
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Please invest in Bengal: Mamata Banerjee's plea to industry
Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of the financially-strapped West Bengal, has sent out a emotional plea to industrialists to invest in her state, a far cry from her anti-industry stand during the Singur land acquisition controversy, which forced the Tatas to leave the state. Today, the CM promised there would be no land problem for those who wanted ...
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Singur case: Mamata Banerjee welcomes Supreme Court's stay order
The Supreme Court today stayed a Calcutta High Court judgement and issued a notice to the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government and Tata Motors on the Singur land acquisition row.
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Singur farmers want their land back ahead of crucial verdict on land acquisition case
Pratap Ghosh's house in Singur is a large one. It has a courtyard with flowering trees. At one end is the kitchen. It is an old stately house with a row of rooms alongside a long verandah . Its 50-year-old owner lives here with his wife and three children one of whom is married.
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Singur farmers want their land back ahead of crucial verdict on land acquisition case
It has been almost a year since Trinamool Chief Mamata Banerjee took oath as the chief minister of West bengal, with the promise to return the acquired land in Singur to its farmers. A year later, when Ms Banerjee is about to complete a year in office, hope and anticipation have given way to despair and anger in this rural belt, as the farmers awai...
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Bye-Bye Frosty Ties? 2 Decades After Singur, Mamata Banerjee, Tata Chief Meet
For the first time since she became chief minister in 2011, Mamata Banerjee met Tata Sons and Tata Motors chairman N Chandrasekaran in Kolkata on Wednesday.
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"I Didn't Chase Out Tatas, CPM Did": Mamata Banerjee's Surprising Claim
Holding CPM responsible for the anti-land acquisition protests in Singur, that forced Tata Motors out of the state, the Bengal Chief Minister said there is no dearth of land in Bengal and so there is no need to acquire land forcefully
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13 Years After Singur Movement, Bengal Minister Says Tatas "Most Welcome"
Thirteen years after their small car project was forced out of West Bengal following the anti-land acquisition movement in Singur, Industry and IT Minister Partha Chatterjee has said talks are on with the Tatas for big-ticket investments in the state
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West Bengal Violence: 1 Dead In Bhangar Unrest, Protesters Ask Mamata Banerjee To Act
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...
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Trinamool Congress Hopes To Play Pivot In Uniting Secular Forces
Seeking to play a major role in national politics post-2019, the TMC wants to unite secular parties against the "divisive politics" of BJP and RSS.
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Mamata Banerjee To Distribute 800 Cheques To Singur Farmers On September 14
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.
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Bengal Government Wants Singur Movement Part Of School Syllabus
Buoyed by the Supreme Court judgement on the Singur issue, the West Bengal government wants to include the subject in the school syllabus.
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Had Tears Of Joy, Now Can Die In Peace: Mamata Banerjee After Singur Verdict
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday hailed the Supreme Court's order setting aside the land acquisition for the Tata Motors' Nano project as a "landmark victory", adding that she had "tears of joy" on learning about the decision and can now "die in peace".
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Singur Ecstatic As Supreme Court Cancels Land Allotment To Tatas
The agony is over. Singur is ecstatic. It has been 10 years since their fight began against the "forcible acquisition" of their fertile farm land. They had even stopped dreaming this day would come. But it has. August 31, 2016.
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Opinion: Ratan Tata's Legacy Tarnished By Supreme Court's Singur Verdict
It's not often that a grown man gets goose pimples. I did, today, thanks to the Supreme Court verdict in the Singur land acquisition case. A flood of memories from a full decade ago came rushing back.
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Supreme Court Quashes Tata Motors' Singur Land Deal
The Supreme Court of India has ruled on the Tata Motors Singur land deal in West Bengal. The apex court has cancelled the deal in which the former Left government in West Bengal had acquired 1000 acres of farmland for Tata Motors to set up its new car plant.
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Please invest in Bengal: Mamata Banerjee's plea to industry
Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of the financially-strapped West Bengal, has sent out a emotional plea to industrialists to invest in her state, a far cry from her anti-industry stand during the Singur land acquisition controversy, which forced the Tatas to leave the state. Today, the CM promised there would be no land problem for those who wanted ...
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Singur case: Mamata Banerjee welcomes Supreme Court's stay order
The Supreme Court today stayed a Calcutta High Court judgement and issued a notice to the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government and Tata Motors on the Singur land acquisition row.
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Singur farmers want their land back ahead of crucial verdict on land acquisition case
Pratap Ghosh's house in Singur is a large one. It has a courtyard with flowering trees. At one end is the kitchen. It is an old stately house with a row of rooms alongside a long verandah . Its 50-year-old owner lives here with his wife and three children one of whom is married.
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Singur farmers want their land back ahead of crucial verdict on land acquisition case
It has been almost a year since Trinamool Chief Mamata Banerjee took oath as the chief minister of West bengal, with the promise to return the acquired land in Singur to its farmers. A year later, when Ms Banerjee is about to complete a year in office, hope and anticipation have given way to despair and anger in this rural belt, as the farmers awai...
