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Delhi High Court pulls up municipal council for callousness

Delhi High Court pulls up municipal council for callousness

December 1st, 2008 - 11:02 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday pulled up New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) for its "callous attitude" towards a land acquisition case pending for over 30 years and ...

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‘Land acquisition disputes, downturn cripple West Bengal’s economy’

November 28th, 2008 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Nov 28 (IANS) The Tata Nano is gone; tyre maker Dunlop has suspended production in its Sahaganj unit and projects ranging from a ship repairing yard to power station are locked ...

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National Mineral Development Corp to mine coal in West Bengal

November 18th, 2008 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Nov 18 (IANS) The state-owned National Mineral Development Corp (NMDC) will invest Rs.10 billion to explore, develop and mine coal blocks in West Bengal, a top company official said here Tuesday."We ...

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Haryana looking for site for national level fairs

November 16th, 2008 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) The Haryana government is looking for an appropriate location in the state to provide an alternative to New Delhi's Pragati Maidan for holding national level fairs and ...

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CPI-M terms Tapasi verdict a ‘conspiracy’

November 13th, 2008 - 1:09 am ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Nov 12 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), which leads West Bengal's ruling Left Front, Wednesday termed as a "conspiracy" the life sentence awarded to its Hooghly district leader Suhrid ...

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CPI-M activists get life term for Singur girl’s murder

November 12th, 2008 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Nov 12 (IANS) A West Bengal court awarded life imprisonment to two Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activists Wednesday for the 2006 murder of Singur girl Tapasi Malik.Suhrid Dutta and Debu ...

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CPI-M activists convicted in Singur girl murder case

November 11th, 2008 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Nov 11 (IANS) A West Bengal court Tuesday convicted a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader and a party activist in connection with the murder of teenager Tapasi Malik, whose charred ...

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Kerala speeding towards building new Kannur airport

November 11th, 2008 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS -
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 11 (IANS) All arrangements are being put in place to hold a pre-bid conference to identify the partner to build the fourth international airport in the state at Kannur. Switching ...

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US diplomat praises West Bengal, wants closer cooperation

November 4th, 2008 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Nov 4 (IANS) Praising the West Bengal government for creating a congenial atmosphere for foreign investments, a top US diplomat Tuesday expressed her keenness to work more closely with the state ...

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Andhra drops plans to develop Knowledge City on Wakf land

November 4th, 2008 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS -
Hyderabad, Nov 4 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh government has dropped plans to develop a Knowledge City on land owned by the Muslim Wakf Board at Aloor near here after the clerics refused to ...

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Buddhadeb- Paswan escapes landmine

November 3rd, 2008 - 5:06 pm ICT by Nksagar -
2008-11-03 07:48:38 - West-Bengal suffered another set back to its industrial project when its groundbreaking ceremony of a 10mn tonne steel plant came under attack by the rebel natives of the ...

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People not interested in Mamata’s agitation: minister

October 31st, 2008 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Oct 31 (IANS) West Bengal Transport Minister and senior Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Subhash Chakraborty Friday criticised opposition leader Mamata Banerjee's movement against land acquisition in Singur, and claimed ...

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CPI-M questions governor’s role in Singur accord

October 23rd, 2008 - 11:44 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Oct 23 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) West Bengal secretary Biman Bose Thursday questioned whether a governor could be a party to an accord between the state government and the ...

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Arcelor Mittal steel project faces land acquisition row in Jharkhand

October 18th, 2008 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS -
Ranchi, Oct 18 (IANS) After the land acquisition row faced by Tata Motors for its Nano project in West Bengal, it is time for the global steel major Arcelor Mittal in Jharkhand ...

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Delays holding up industry expansion: Tata Steel chief

October 18th, 2008 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS -
Bangalore, Oct 18 (IANS) Prolonged delays in land acquisition, allotment of captive iron ore and other raw material, and inadequate infrastructure are holding up capacity expansion and execution of new Tata Steel ...

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Poll body orders transfer of official in Chhattisgarh (Lead)

October 17th, 2008 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS -
Raipur, Oct 17 (IANS) The Election Commission has asked the Chhattisgarh government to transfer collector of Bijapur district, in a part of the state hit by Maoist insurgency, officials said Friday.They said ...

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MoU signed for 10,000 mw power plant, sea port in West Bengal

October 16th, 2008 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Oct 16 (IANS) Universal Success, promoted by NRI industrialist Prasoon Mukherjee, Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding with the West Bengal government for setting up a 10,000 MW power plant and ...

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Wedding dress business badly hit in Kashmir Valley

October 14th, 2008 - 4:50 pm ICT by ANI -
By Pavez Butt Srinagar, Oct. 14 (ANI): The recent turbulence in the Kashmir valley which saw curfews, Bandhs (closures) and agitations affecting normal life over Amarnath land row has affected traders specializing ...

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Singur residents request Bengal governor to get Nano back

October 13th, 2008 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Oct 13 (IANS) Residents of Singur in West Bengal, where global auto major Tata Motors was constructing the factory to manufacture the world's least expensive car Nano, met the state's governor ...

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Uttar Pradesh withdraws land for rail coach factory (Lead)

Uttar Pradesh withdraws land for rail coach factory (Lead)

October 12th, 2008 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Oct 12 (IANS) In a major development ahead of Congress president Sonia Gandhi's visit to her constituency of Rae Bareli this week, the Uttar Pradesh government has withdrawn the land it ...

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This Tata project in West Bengal is going strong (Lead)

October 7th, 2008 - 1:16 am ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Oct 6 (IANS) Two projects of the Tata Group, conceived at the same time, have met very different fates in West Bengal - one has perished before it could see the ...

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Maharashtra-Sukhoi talks over Nagpur aircraft plant soon

October 6th, 2008 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS -
Nagpur, Oct 6 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh will hold preliminary talks next week with representatives of Russian aircraft maker Sukhoi regarding a proposal to set up a super-jet manufacturing plant ...

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Andhra Pradesh offers free land for Nano project (Lead)

October 5th, 2008 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS -
Hyderabad, Oct 5 (IANS) A team of officials from Tata Motors Sunday inspected two sites near here for the Nano small car project and met Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, who offered ...

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Tata Motors team in Dharwad for Nano project

October 5th, 2008 - 1:02 pm ICT by IANS -
Bangalore, Oct 5 (IANS) A Tata Motors team visited Dharwad district Sunday to inspect the land offered by the Karnataka government for relocating the Nano small car project from Singur in West ...

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PM returns from US, France visit, talks of financial crisis, Singur and Patil’’s future

PM returns from US, France visit, talks of financial crisis, Singur and Patil’’s future

October 1st, 2008 - 9:06 am ICT by ANI -
Onboard Air India One, Oct.1 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh returned this morning after completing a hectic and significant ten-day visit to the United States and France, during which he ...

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Mamata Banerjee to meet Sonia to discuss Singur impasse

Mamata Banerjee to meet Sonia to discuss Singur impasse

September 30th, 2008 - 11:38 am ICT by ANI -
New Delhi/Kolkata, Sept 30 (ANI): As Tata consider re-locating the stalled ''Nano'' project, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will meet UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi here today to resolve the Singur impasse. ...

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All-party meet likely on Singur land row

September 29th, 2008 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Sep 29 (IANS) An all-party meeting is likely to be held in West Bengal to resolve the ongoing Singur imbroglio, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member Sitaram Yechuri said here ...

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High interest rates, input costs concern infrastructure sector

September 28th, 2008 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) Investments for India's infrastructure projects are on track, but high interest rates and input costs are a major concern for developers, according to a new survey by ...

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Tatas may complete Chhattisgarh land acquisition by year-end

September 26th, 2008 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS -
Raipur, Sep 26 (IANS) Indian steel major Tata Steel is likely to complete by the year-end land acquisition for a 5 million tonnes per annum integrated steel plant in the central India ...

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I don’t want Tatas to leave: Mamata

September 26th, 2008 - 12:05 am ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Sep 25 (IANS) Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, who led a rally here Thursday, said she did not want the Tatas to leave West Bengal."I don't want Tatas to leave West ...

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