Everything you need to know about Singur: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Singur: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) A bill to protect interests of depositors was passed by the West Bengal assembly here Tuesday, but the opposition questioned its validity and said it would go the same way as the Singur bill on land acquisition which has been declared unconstitutional by the judiciary.
Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) With West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee government mooting a new Bill to rein chit fund companies, the Left Front Saturday said the new law, if passed, was likely to be challenged in a court of law.
Kolkata, April 8 (IANS) When Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee engages with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the national capital seeking financial assistance for debt-stressed West Bengal Tuesday, her Gujarat counterpart and BJP poster boy Narendra Modi will have a much-awaited interface with Bengal industry captains here.
Singur (West Bengal), March 30 (IANS) It is widely believed that the Singur agitation, an intense anti-land acquisition movement, had propelled Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress to power in West Bengal nearly two years ago, evicting the three-decade-long Left Front regime.
Kolkata, March 25 (IANS) Bengal Inc is set to hear from Narendra Modi about the success story of his state when the flamboyant Gujarat chief minister addresses entrepreneurs here early April.
Jhilimili/Kolkata, March 20 (IANS) Lashing out at the central government for stopping allocation of additional food grain in backward areas and some targeted groups at cheap rates in the coming fiscal, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said her government would continue the schemes from its own resources.
Kolkata, March 5 (IANS) Disgruntled Trinamool Congress lawmaker and former West Bengal agricultural minister Rabindranath Bhattacharya Tuesday expressed his desire to rejoin the Mamata Banerjee ministry if offered a different portfolio.
Kolkata, Feb 25 (IANS) The censor board has denied approval to a Bengali film for "distorting history" by ridiculing the swearing-in ceremony of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as well as her Singur movement which caused Tata Motors exit from the state.
New Delhi, Feb. 25 (ANI): Taking on the Trinamool Congress (TMC)-led West Bengal Government over the banning of a film in which the anti-Singur movement has been allegedly depicted in a negative light, senior Communist Party of India- Marxist (CPI-M) leader Nilotpal Basu on Monday said there is absolutely no freedom of expression in the state under the Mamata Banerjee regime.
Kolkata, Feb 2 (IANS) Urging the restive farmers of Singur not to lose hope, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday said she would keep her promise of giving back their land, acquired for a Tata Group plant.
Kolkata, Jan 24 (IANS) Taking West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's remarks as an affront, a leading painter who backed her when she took on the erstwhile Left Front government said he would quit two key panels, including the Fine Arts Board he heads.
Kolkata, Jan 24 (IANS) Taking Mamata Banerjee's remarks against him as an affront, a leading painter who stood by her side during her campaign to oust the erstwhile Left Front government in West Bengal said he would quit two key panels including the state Fine Arts Board of which he is the chairman.
Mumbai, Jan 18 (IANS) "Matru ki Bijlee Ka Mandola", (MKBKM), a political satire with a dollop of humour, may not have got an overwhelming response but it has recovered its costs by collecting Rs. 41.15 crore worldwide in the first week of its release, making it Vishal Bhardwaj's biggest film yet.
Kolkata, Jan 15 (IANS) Holding Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee responsible for investors leaving West Bengal and shifting to states like Gujarat, the CPI-M Tuesday ridiculed the investors' summit being held by the regime, saying no known industrialist has turned up.
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Vishal Bhardwaj's "Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola", a political satire targetting land scam, which has earned rave reviews especially for Pankaj Kapur's performance, collected Rs.7.02 crore on its opening day, making it the highest ever opening for the director.
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IANS) With Cyrus Mistry taking over as the new chairman of the Tata Group, West Bengal's opposition CPI-M Sunday asked the Mamata Banerjee-led state government to initiate talks to resolve the Singur land impasse.
Sankrail (West Bengal), Dec 28 (IANS) With Cyrus Mistry slated to take up charge as the new Tata Group chairman Saturday, a West Bengal minister Friday hoped the change of guard would pave the way for an amicable solution to the Singur land row, which has entangled the automaker in a bitter legal battle with the state.
Kolkata, Dec 22 (IANS) Mamata Banerjee's government in West Bengal seems to be having some uneasy moments with the judiciary. While some of its key policy decisions have been frowned upon by the courts, Banerjee and her ministers have launched scathing attacks against the judiciary.
Kolkata, Dec 4 (IANS) West Bengal minister Becharam Manna was Tuesday asked by the Calcutta High Court why contempt of court proceedings may not be initiated against him for his alleged remarks on its verdict on a Singur land dispute.
Kolkata, Dec 3 (IANS) A day after a newly-appointed Bengal minister said the farmers of Singur "will decide what to do" if the law goes against them, state Industry Minister Partha Chatterjee Monday said the government will show respect to the judiciary.
Singur, Dec 2 (IANS) A West Bengal minister Sunday assured restive farmers from Singur, the centre of the ruling Trinamool Congress' volatile movement against the Nano car plant in 2006-08, that the problem would be solved by January next.
Kolkata, Dec 1 (IANS) The Left Front Saturday suggested to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee buy alternative plots from adjoining areas to return land to the farmers of Singur who had refused compensation for their land acquired earlier for an industrial project.
Kolkata, Dec 1 (IANS) Congress strongman from Murshidabad Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Saturday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of betraying the expectations of the people of Singur, and said signs were ominous for her party Trinamool Congress.
Kolkata, Dec 1 (IANS) Faced with criticism, intra-party feuds and disgruntled farmers, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is facing the gloomiest phase in office, 18 months after she ousted the Left.
Singur, Nov 30 (IANS) Disgruntled Trinamool Congress minister and Singur lawmaker Rabindranath Bhattacharya Friday said he has written to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee requesting to be relieved of his political responsibilities in view of his "unsound physical and mental condition".
Singur, Nov 30 (IANS) To contain the rising resentment among Singur farmers, who had stood by her during the peasant movement against the Nano factory in 2007-2008, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday assured them of regular supply of rice and Rs.2,000 in cash.
Kolkata, Nov 30 (IANS) Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Friday stepped in to mollify aggrieved veteran party leader Sovandeb Chattopadhyay, who had threatened to quit after being assaulted by activists of a rival party faction at Calcutta University.
Kolkata, Nov 29 (IANS) Adding to the misery of an already beleagured party leadership, veteran Trinamool Congress leader Sovandeb Chattopadhyay has threatened to quit the party after he was assaulted by activists of a rival faction at the Calcutta University.
Kolkata, Nov 29 (IANS) It was only a matter of time before Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress splits, the CPI-M asserted Thursday, but said it wanted the party-led West Bengal government to continue for five years so that she stood exposed before the people.
Kolkata, Nov 29 (IANS) Amid resentment among Singur farmers and a revolt by the legislator from the rural belt, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday will hold an administrative meeting in Singur -- the very land which catapulted her to power.
Kolkata, Nov 28 (IANS) Continuing his tirade against the Trinamool Congress, Singur legislator Rabindranath Bhattacharya Wednesday accused West Bengal's new Minister of State for Agriculture Becharam Manna of being close to a businessman who was against the party's anti?Nano car factory agitation.
Kolkata, Nov 28 (IANS) A time will come when West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will face steep opposition from the aggrieved people of Singur, CPI?M leader Gautam Deb said Wednesday.
Kolkata, Nov 28 (IANS) Continuing his tirade against Trinamool Congress, Singur legislator Rabindranath Bhattacharya Wednesday accused West Bengal Minister of State for Agriculture Becharam Manna of being close to a businessman who was against the party's anti?Nano car factory agitation.
Kolkata, Nov 27 (IANS) Trinamool Congress cadres are engaged in extortion and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee knows about it, said a disgruntled West Bengal minister who played a key role in Banerjee's Singur agitation, days after he was shunted to a low key department.
Kolkata, Nov 27 (IANS) Trinamool Congress cadres are engaged in extortion and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee knows about it, a disgruntled minister has said.
Kolkata, Nov 23 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress's MLA from Singur Friday threatened to resign from the state ministry and retire from politics, expressing unhappiness over the new ministerial assignment "imposed" upon him.
Kolkata, Nov 21 (IANS) Months ahead of the panchayat polls in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday carried out a major ministerial reshuffle, inducting eight new ministers, including two who quit the Congress recently, besides changing some key portfolios.
Kolkata, Nov 21 (IANS) The 18?month?old Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal was expanded Wednesday with the inclusion of eight new ministers, including two who quit the Congress recently.
Kolkata, Nov 11 (IANS) Former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Sunday accused the Mamata Banerjee-led government of driving away investors which was jeopardising the economy of the state.
Kolkata, Nov 3 (IANS) A port equipment operator's decision to bid adieu to West Bengal has become the big talking point in the state. As politicians get busy in their bid to score brownie points, the issue has triggered a media war and divided society into those drawing comparisons with Tata Nano's exit from Singur and those dismissively calling the outbound company a contractor.
Kolkata, Sep 1 (IANS) With the panchayat polls slated for next year, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has now trained her guns at Congress bastions in the state, making a determined bid to extend her Trinamool Congress' sway to more districts.
Kolkata, Sep 1 (IANS) With the panchayat polls slated for next year, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has now trained her guns at Congress bastions in the state, making a determined bid to extend her Trinamool Congress' sway to more districts.
Kolkata, Aug 31 (IANS) A shareholder garlanded him, some offered him send-off gifts and yet others urged him to put his signature on the annual report.
Kolkata, Aug 31 (IANS) Showing no bitterness over what happened in Singur, Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata Friday said some day Tata Motors will have a plant somewhere in West Bengal and reiterated that the salt-to-software conglomerate has no intention to "walk away" from the state.
Kolkata, Aug 31 (IANS) Showing no bitterness over what happened in Singur, Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata Friday said some day Tata Motors will have a plant somewhere in the state.
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to Tata Motors on a petition of the West Bengal government challenging a Calcutta High Court order that held as unconstitutional its Singur land act to reclaim 400 acres given to the company.
New Delhi, Aug 24 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court's stay order on the 2006 land acquisition for setting up industry in Singur.
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to Tata Motors on a petition by the West Bengal government challenging a Calcutta High Court order holding unconstitutional its Singur land act to reclaim 400 acres given to the company.
Kolkata, Aug 22 (IANS) The West Bengal government must take measures to attract big investment as industrialists are still "very apprehensive" about its policies, industry group Assocham said Wednesday.
Kolkata, Aug 14 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said a section of the judiciary was corrupt, claiming that there were instances where court judgments have been bought for money.
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) The West Bengal government Monday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Calcutta High Court verdict holding the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act as unconstitutional and void.
Amid threat to shift Maruti plant to somewhere else from Gurgaon, Haryana, the Chief Minister of state Bhupinder Singh Hooda Saturday said that strict action against would be taken whom found guilty in the violence that erupted at Maruti's Manesar plant in Haryana.........
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will visit Japan July 22-27 and is expected to meet Suzuki Motor's top executives on the automobile major's plans to set up production facilities in his state.
Singur (West Bengal), July 1 (IANS) Advocating Singur farmers' "right to snatch back their land", the Socialist Unity Centre of India-Communist (SUCI-C) Sunday urged political parties to join peasants of this rural belt of West Bengal in their fight for justice.
Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) Urging the Mamata Banerjee regime to stop creating a rift between the peasants of Singur, the opposition Left Front Saturday urged the state government to provide all cultivators the same monthly allowances that the 'unwilling' farmers have been entitled to.
Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) The rural pocket of Singur that played a decisive role in shaping the big political change in West Bengal last year again seems headed towards becoming the epicentre of the political theatre following the recent court verdict cancelling the Singur land law as "unconstitutional".
Kolkata, June 29 (IANS) Stating that the British-era Land Acquisition Act cannot be a yardstick for justice, the Socialist Unity Centre of India-Communist (SUCI-C) Friday said the farmers of Singur have the right to take back their land, allegedly acquired forcibly by the then Left Front government to set up an industrial unit.
Despite getting a major setback from Calcutta High Court's order pertaining to ?Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011' West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress Party President Mamata Banerjee is firm to carry out her struggle and has pledged to support unwilling farmers and labourers who did not want to hand over their lands for Singur project................
Kolkata, June 27 (IANS) The West Bengal government Wednesday doubled to Rs.2,000 the monthly allowance of Singur's farmers unwilling to sell their lands after the Calcutta High Court struck down the government's Singur land act.
Kolkata, June 25 (IANS) Days after the Calcutta High Court struck down the law undoing the Singur land acquisition from Tata Group, West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan Monday said he was not aware that assent of the president was required on the legislation.
Kolkata, June 24 (IANS) With the Calcutta High Court striking down the law undoing the Singur land acquisition, CPI-M lawmaker Abdur Rezzak Mollah Sunday said he wants to organise an "Occupy Singur" movement on the lines of "Occupy Wall Street" for the benefit of the unwilling farmers of the rural belt.
Kolkata, June 24 (IANS) Demanding an all-party meeting to decide the next course of action on the Singur issue, the Congress' West Bengal unit Sunday said the Trinamool Congress-led state government must "introspect" to prevent any further mistakes.
Kolkata, June 23 (IANS) A day after the Calcutta High Court struck down the law undoing Singur land acquisition, the Mamata Banerjee government Saturday kickstarted a damage control exercise, calling a meeting of a virtually defunct panel that had played a key role in the movement against farmland acquisition.
Kolkata, June 23 (IANS) "Deeply touched" by the overwhelming response to her Facebook post on Singur, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday said, on the social networking site, that the moral support was fuelling the struggle for the cause of the farmers.
Kolkata, June 23 (IANS) This is not the best of times for West Bengal's maverick Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Kolkata, June 22 (IANS) Following are excerpts from the judgement delivered Friday by Justices Pinaki Chandra Ghosh and Mrinal Kanti Chaudhuri of the Calcutta High Court striking down the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011, as unconstitutional:
Kolkata, June 22 (IANS) Delivering a jolt to the Mamata Banerjee government that rode to power capitalising on peasant agitations in Singur and Nandigram, the Calcutta High Court Friday struck down as unconstitutional the Singur land law which scrapped the land lease given to Tata Motors by the Left Front regime.
Kolkata, June 22 (ANI): The West Bengal government will approach the apex court against the Calcutta High Court order that, on Friday, declared the Singur Land Acquisition Act "unconstitutional."
Singur (West Bengal), June 22 (IANS) Notwithstanding their disappointment at the Calcutta High Court ruling against them, the "unwilling" farmers of Singur Friday said they would continue their war and win it in the near future.
Kolkata, June 22 (IANS) In the wake of the Calcutta High Court's verdict striking down as unconstitutional and void the Singur land act, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday described herself as one who has "struggled for the cause of working people", and reiterated her government's commitment to return the land to the farmers of Singur.
Kolkata, June 22 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday said her government was committed to the cause of the farmers of Singur and hoped they would win.
Kolkata, June 22 (IANS) Minutes after the Calcutta High Court division bench Friday held the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011, as unconstitutional and void, the West Bengal Government Friday stated it is committed towards the interests of the farmers and that the next line of judicial action will be decided soon.
Kolkata, June 22 (IANS) The Mamata Banerjee government Friday suffered a serious jolt when the Calcutta High Court Friday struck down as unconstitutional and void the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011, which had scrapped the land lease given to Tata Motors by the earlier Left Front regime.
In a major setback to Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Calcutta High Court on Friday cited West Bengal's Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011 as unconstitutional and void........
Kolkata, June 22 (ANI): The Calcutta High Court on Friday ruled that a legislation passed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Government to recover land in Singur from Tata Motors is constitutionally invalid.
Kolkata, June 22 (IANS) In a major setback to West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee government, the Calcutta High Court Friday struck down the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011, as unconstitutional and void. The court favoured the Tata Motors' appeal against a trial court order which upheld the act, and gave the West Bengal government two months to appeal before the Supreme Court.
Kolkata, June 22 (IANS) In a major setback to West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee government, the Calcutta High Court division bench Friday held the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011, as unconstitutional and void. The court favoured the Tata Motors' appeal against a trial court order which upheld the act, and gave the West Bengal government two months to appeal before the Supreme Court.
Kolkata, June 11 (IANS) Lashing out at the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) for lacking inner party democracy, expelled party leader Anil Basu Monday said the ongoing rectification process within the party should start from the top.
Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) MLA and legislative party whip Abdur Rezzak Mollah Friday said he had resigned from the post of whip for 'health reasons'. He said he had sent his resignation letter to state party secretary Biman Bose.
Dankuni (West Bengal), May 28 (IANS) Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wishes to set up a factory at 600 acres of land in Singur-the site of abandoned Tata Nano car plant, even as she Monday attacked the central government for not providing West Bengal the much needed financial aid.
Singur (West Bengal), May 19 (ANI): Over a year since the regime change in West Bengal, farmers here are still awaiting compensation for land, acquired for a car plant of Tata Motors, which was later aborted.
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Saturday described her first year in office as a success story barring her failure to return land taken from unwilling farmers for the Tata Motors project.
Singur (West Bengal), May 13 (IANS) Hope and anticipation have given way to despair and anger in this rural belt where protests against land takeover for industry catapulted Mamata Banerjee to power in West Bengal one year ago.
Kolkata, Mar 13 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday announced the release of forty convicts serving life sentences in the state.
Kolkata, Nov.26 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced a special rehabilitation package for locals in Maoist-affected areas of the state, promising them amenities like food and employment.
Kolkata, Nov 3 (ANI): The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted continuation of the stay of the trial court order validating the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act which has been challenged by the Tatas.
Kolkata, June 30 (ANI): The Calcutta High Court today directed the West Bengal Government to file an affidavit in connection with Tata Motors' petition challenging the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011 by July 8.
Kolkata, June 29 (ANI): Welcoming the Supreme Court's interim order on the Singur land case, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said the apex court did not stop land survey and the "process of distribution of land".
New Delhi, June 28 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the return of Singur land to the farmers by the West Bengal government.
New Delhi, June 28 (ANI): Tata Motors Limited moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday, challenging a Calcutta High Court order that refused to stay the distribution of land to owners at Singur.
New Delhi, June 28 (ANI): Union Law and Justice Minister M. Veerappa Moily has said that the new Land Acquisition Bill will be in the interest of the farmers whose lands were acquired illegally or by force in the past.
Kolkata, June 22 (ANI): The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday did not pass any interim order on Tata Motors' petition challenging the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act 2011 by which the West Bengal government has taken back possession of the land leased to the company at Singur.
Kolkata, June 15 (ANI): Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) have strictly opposed the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Bill, which was passed in the West Bengal Assembly.
Kolkata, June 14 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is all set to table the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Bill, 2011 in the state Assembly on Tuesday.
Kolkata, June 13 (ANI): An all party meeting to discuss the proposed Singur Bill which aims to return 400 acres of land to the unwilling farmers was held here today.
Kolkata, June 13 (ANI): The West Bengal Cabinet will meet here on Monday to discuss the Singur Bill before it is tabled in the State Assembly.
Kolkata, June 12 (ANI): The West Bengal Cabinet will meet here on Monday to discuss the Singur Bill before it is tabled in the State Assembly.
Kolkata, Apr 7 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee has called for peaceful elections in West Bengal.
Chennai, Feb 25 (ANI): All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) supremo J Jayalalithaa has said that Tamil Nadu has gained little from the Rail Budget, as Mamata Banerjee has announced major projects for Nandigram and Singur, where she had launched a successful political battle some years ago.
Kolkata, Jan 4 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee haslammed the Trinamool Congress (TMC) party for creating a culture of violence in the state.
