Bengal polls: Tata exit still shapes Singur, 18 years onSingur's landscape is marked by abandoned factory remnants and damaged farmland. The Tata Motors Nano project's 2008 exit reshaped Bengal p...
25 Apr, 2026, 01.24 PM IST
APMC Act abolition in Bihar main reason for farmers' distress, will ensure justice: CongressThe Congress party claims that the abolition of the APMC Act by the Bihar government in 2006 is the main reason for the distress faced by f...
16 Feb, 2024, 05.21 PM IST
Do not vote for BJP : Tikait at Mahapanchayat in Kolkata, NandigramTikait, who was received at the airport by TMC MP Dola Sen, later addressed gatherings of farmers in Kolkata and at Nandigram in East Midna...
13 Mar, 2021, 10.44 PM IST
BJP selling farmers' rights to corporate houses through farm laws: TMCWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, while referring to her 26-day hunger strike against "forcible" land acquisition in Singur in 20...
04 Dec, 2020, 01.49 PM IST
Land united UP tillers, religion now divides themJats and Muslims, who voted together till 2012, fell out.The impact of the polarisation helped BJP sweep the 2014 LS polls. The state hasn'...
27 Jan, 2017, 11.11 AM IST
Dismantling of Tata Motors' shed begins in SingurSupreme Court had on August 31 ruled that land acquisition process in Singur was faulty and directed the state government to return it to t...
19 Sep, 2016, 11.17 PM IST
China reopens border with Nepal for goods movementAt the end of last year, the port was expanded to boost bilateral economic and tourism development.
13 Oct, 2015, 02.52 PM IST
Leasing out Delhi Airport for Rs 100: High Court agrees to hear pleaRMM alleged that AAI and Civil Aviation Ministry initially leased out 4,608.9 acres of airport to DIAL at a highly concessional rate of Rs ...
25 Aug, 2015, 10.24 PM IST
Varun Gandhi to provide legal help to Singur farmersVarun Gandhi today said he would make arrangements for providing legal help to farmers who did not take compensation cheques during the 200...
13 Aug, 2013, 03.07 PM IST
No timeline to acquire land for Navi Mumbai Airport: Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj ChavanFarmers are agitating against the acquisition drive, and general elections over a year away, most parties have decided to support the farme...
02 Apr, 2013, 08.37 AM IST
- Farmers in Inayatpur village demand revised land price
The villagers who sold their land in 2006 at Rs 250 per square metre are now asking for a revised price of Rs 1,800 per square metre.
23 May, 2011, 02.47 PM IST
- SEZs attract more than Rs 10,900 cr FDI in 3 years
The country's special economic zones have attracted foreign direct investment of over Rs 10,900 crore in the last three years, Minister of ...
15 Jul, 2009, 07.56 PM IST
- Poonch-Rawalakote bus service resumes from Monday
The bus service between Poonch in J&K and Rawalakote in Pakistan occupied Kashmir, suspended due to the Amarnath agitation, will resume on ...
07 Sep, 2008, 04.38 PM IST
- Lift ban on compulsory SEZ land buys: Kerala
The government is looking at partially lifting the ban on compulsory acquisition of land for building special economic zones (SEZs).
09 Jul, 2008, 02.28 AM IST
- Forest land's off limits for builders: HC
The Bombay High Court on Monday dealt a hammer blow to thousands of suburban residents and major builders by terming the land on which a nu...
25 Mar, 2008, 05.18 AM IST
- Singur land acquisition legal: HC
In a major relief for the West Bengal government and Tata Motors, the Calcutta High Court on Friday held that acquisition of land in Singur...
19 Jan, 2008, 01.01 AM IST
- Activists plan stir against ULCRA repeal
The Maharashtra government may have scrapped the Urban Land Ceiling and Regulation Act (ULCRA), but the struggle to save the outlived legis...
06 Dec, 2007, 01.53 AM IST