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Nandigram: Centrepiece Of Bengal's Political Battleground
Coming up months after the Singur agitation over land acquisition, the Nandigram protest turned into a violent resistance movement that lasted well over a year-and-a-half, loosening the grip of the seven-term Left Front regime in the state.
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Singur Movement Changed Bengal's Politics, But Not Farmers' Lives
Singur, which changed the course of West Bengal politics in 2006, is once again at the centre of a controversy 18 years later. Back then the question was about why set up industry on fertile agricultural land.
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Mamata Banerjee, Who Led Movement Against Singur Plant, Mourns Ratan Tata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said she was saddened by the death of industrialist Ratan Tata, describing him as "a foremost leader of Indian industries and a public-spirited philanthropist".
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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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Mukul Roy, Ex-Trinamool Leader, Calls Singur Agitation A "Mistake"
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.
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A Year After Land Return From Tata, Singur Farmers Celebrate Good Crop
Singur: Farmer Dibakar Ghosh strides across a mosaic of lush green rice paddies and marks the plants already sprayed with fertilizer with a small, pink flag. The seedlings are flourishing despite the large mounds of mangled metal and concrete that dot the surrounding landscape, remnants of a car factory planned by Tata Motors in the Ganga delta in ...
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Singur Movement To Be Part Of Bengal's Class 8 History Book
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.
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Harvard University Keen On Inviting Mamata Banerjee, Says Derek O' Brien
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.
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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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Trinamool Congress minister heckled by farmers in Singur
After just 18 months of coming to power, the Trinamool Congress seems to be in trouble in West Bengal. The state's new Minister of State for Agriculture Becharam Manna faced angry protests from farmers who had supported the anti-Tata movement but who are now tiring of waiting for government sops and the return of their land.
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Nandigram: Centrepiece Of Bengal's Political Battleground
Coming up months after the Singur agitation over land acquisition, the Nandigram protest turned into a violent resistance movement that lasted well over a year-and-a-half, loosening the grip of the seven-term Left Front regime in the state.
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Singur Movement Changed Bengal's Politics, But Not Farmers' Lives
Singur, which changed the course of West Bengal politics in 2006, is once again at the centre of a controversy 18 years later. Back then the question was about why set up industry on fertile agricultural land.
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Mamata Banerjee, Who Led Movement Against Singur Plant, Mourns Ratan Tata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said she was saddened by the death of industrialist Ratan Tata, describing him as "a foremost leader of Indian industries and a public-spirited philanthropist".
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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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Mukul Roy, Ex-Trinamool Leader, Calls Singur Agitation A "Mistake"
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.
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A Year After Land Return From Tata, Singur Farmers Celebrate Good Crop
Singur: Farmer Dibakar Ghosh strides across a mosaic of lush green rice paddies and marks the plants already sprayed with fertilizer with a small, pink flag. The seedlings are flourishing despite the large mounds of mangled metal and concrete that dot the surrounding landscape, remnants of a car factory planned by Tata Motors in the Ganga delta in ...
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Singur Movement To Be Part Of Bengal's Class 8 History Book
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.
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Harvard University Keen On Inviting Mamata Banerjee, Says Derek O' Brien
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.
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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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Trinamool Congress minister heckled by farmers in Singur
After just 18 months of coming to power, the Trinamool Congress seems to be in trouble in West Bengal. The state's new Minister of State for Agriculture Becharam Manna faced angry protests from farmers who had supported the anti-Tata movement but who are now tiring of waiting for government sops and the return of their land.
