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Posted on September 4, 2008. Filed under: Business, Politics | Tags: Abhirup Sarkar, Assocham, Assocham Study, Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, Farmer suicide, Farmer's agitation, Government, industrialization, Jindal, Kharagpur, Majority in favour of Tata, Mamata Banerjee, Nano Project, Radial Tyre, Ratan Tata, Singur, Singur Agitation, Singur Plant, State, Study, Tata Motors official, Tata Nano Plant, Tata Shutdown, Tatas exit, Tatas pullout, TMC, Tractors India Limited, Trinamool Chief, WB, West Bengal |
In two years since the land acquisition movement rocked Singur; the Trinamool Chief Mamata Banerjee had come to know well that there were people from among her own rank and file, who clutched on to the Nano Plant in Singur for their livelihood and prosperity. These TMC supporters have now turned against her. TMC dominated [...]
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Posted on September 3, 2008. Filed under: Business, Politics | Tags: Bengal, Brand Bengal, Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, Chief Minister, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, employee’s safety, GopalKrishna Gandhi, Government of West Bengal, Governor, Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi, Governor of West Bengal, land agitation, Left, Left Front, Mamata Banerjee, Nano Shutdown, neutral intermediary, Nirupam Sen, People's Car, pullout, Ratan Tata, Singur, Singur Agitation, Singur Plant, Singur pullout, State Industries minister, State of West Bengal, suspension of work, Tata leave West Bengal, Tata Motors, Tata Motors Shutdown, Tata Motors Singur Plant, Tata Nano Singur Plant, Tata Pullout, Tata Singur Plant, Tata's Ultimatum.Ultimatum, Tata’s, Tata’s suspension of work, TMC, Trinamool, Trinamool Chief, Trinamool Congress, Trinamool Congress Chief, WB, WB loses, WBIDC, West Bengal, West Bengal State Industries minister, West Bengal State Industries minister Nirupam Sen, World's Cheapest Car |
Disgusted with the “continued confrontation and agitation” at Nano factory in Singur, Tata Motors moved to the serious act on Ratan Tata’s threat to pull out his prestigious small car project from West Bengal. The Tata Motor’s statement said “This decision was taken in order to ensure the safety of employees and contract laborers, who [...]
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Posted on September 2, 2008. Filed under: News, Politics | Tags: army, asia, Asif Ali Zardari, Asif Zardari, Benazir Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto’s widower, Congressman, Congressman Pete Hoeskstra, dementia, depression, Haqqani, Hussain Haqqani, London’s High Court, News, nuclear arsenal, Pakistan, Pakistan’s, Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal, Pakistan’s US ambassador, Pakistan’s US ambassador Hussain Haqqani, Pete Hoeskstra, Poltics, post traumatic stress, post traumatic stress disorder, President, US ambassador, US Officials |
Disclosures about Benazir Bhutto’s widower Asif Ali Zardari’s mental health surfaced after his lawyer argued in London’s High Court that he was too ill to testify in corruption related cases. While Zardari’s spokespeople say he has been cured, US Officials, among them Congressman Pete Hoeskstra, ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee have expressed concern [...]
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Posted on September 2, 2008. Filed under: Business, Politics | Tags: agitation, Bengal, Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, Business, Chief Minister, Chief Minister of West Brngal, Commerce, Congress, Durgapur Expressway, Farmer agitation, Gandhi, Government of West Bengal, Governor, Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi, Governor of West Bengal, governor's intervention, I & B, land agitation, Mamata Banerjee, Manas Bhuniya, nano car, News, NH 2, NH 2 Blockade, NH2, Partha Chatterjee, People's Car, Politics, Priya Ranjan Das Munshi, Ratan Tata, Singur, Singur land agitation, State Congress Chief, State Congress Chief and Union Information and Broadcasting, State Government, Tata, Tata Nano, Tata Nano Factory, Tata Nano Plant, Tata Nano Shutdown, Tata Nano Singur Plant, TMC, Trinamool Congress, Trinamool Congress Chief, Union Information and Broadcasting minister, WB, West Bengal, World's Cheapest Car |
Mamata Banerjee is scaling down her defiance on the ninth day of the Singur agitation. She said on Monday, “We want work to resume in the factory. We are not against the Tatas. Let these there be talks to resolve the impasse.” Trucks were allowed to roll on Durgapur Expressway, as the agitators were asked [...]
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Posted on September 2, 2008. Filed under: News, Politics | Tags: ashram, ashram in Jalespeta, Christans, communal, Communal violence, CRPF, Government, Jalespeta, Kandhmal, Laxmanananda Saraswati, leader, News, Orissa, Politics, RDC, RDC Satyabrata Sahoo, rehabilitation, relief, relief arrangements, remote villages, Riots, Satyabrata Sahoo, security arrangements, State, State Government, State Government of Orissa, Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati, Tikalbali, VHP, VHP leader, VHP leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati, Violence |
A fresh wave of violence hit some remote villages in Orissa’s Kandhmal district on Monday, 1st September 2008. Five additional companies of CRPF were sent to tackle the situation. The State Government has sanctioned Rs 20 million for relief and rehabilitation of people who bore the brunt of recent communal violence that broke after the [...]
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Posted on September 2, 2008. Filed under: Politics | Tags: Advani, agitation, agitation in Jammu, amarnath, amarnath yatra, Baltal, BJP, Domail, forest land, Government, Governor, Governor N N Vohra, Governor of J&K, Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Hindu, Hindu groups, Hurriyat, Hurriyat Conference, Jammu, Kashmir, Kashmiri, Kashmiris, L K Advani, Leela Karan Sharma, Leela Sharma, Mehbooba Mufti, Muslim issue, N N Vohra, PDP, PDP Chief, PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti, pilgrimage, Samiti, SASB, Shri Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti, Shri Amarnath Shrine Board, Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, Valley issue, yatra |
An agreement between a government panel led by Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, N. N. Vohra and a conglomerate of Hindu groups gave exclusive rights to Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board on forest land at Baltal for use during pilgrimage season. According to the agreement, the state government will set aside land at Baltal and Domail [...]
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Posted on September 1, 2008. Filed under: Politics | Tags: All party meeting, Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, Chief Minister, Gandhi, Gopal Krishna Gandhi, Government of West Bengal, Governor, Governor of West Bengal, KJRC, Left Front, Mamata Banerjee, Partha Chatterjee, People of Singur, People's Car, Ratan Tata, Shutdown at Singur Plant, Singur, Singur Agitation, Singur Deadlock, Singur Tata Nano Plant, State Government, Tata, Tata Nano, Tata Nano Singur Plant, TMC, Trinamool Chief, Trinamool Congress, West Bengal, World's Cheapest Car |
At the intervention of West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday i.e. 31 Aug 2008, budged from her inflexible stand and agreed to come to the talks table. Following Governor’s letter to Mamata, a Krishi Jami Raksha Committee (KJRC) team met the Governor on Sunday. Shortly afterwards, Mamata announced in [...]
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Posted on August 31, 2008. Filed under: Business, Politics | Tags: African American Senator, America, American Companies, American Economy, Anti Outsourcing, Barack Obama, BPO, Business, Democratic Party, Democrats, Europe, India, India BPO, Indian IT, Indian Tech Firms, IT, IT Comapany's Revenue, IT Companies, Nasscom, News, Obama, Out Sourcing, Politics, Senator, Senator Barack Obama, Som Mittal, Tech Companies, US, US Tech Firms, USA |
Obama in his acceptance speech following his nomination as Democratic candidate for US presidential post said that he, unlike the Republican candidate John McCain, “will stop giving tax breaks to corporations that ship our jobs overseas, and I will start giving them to companies that create good jobs right here in America.” If Obama indeed [...]
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Posted on August 31, 2008. Filed under: Business, Politics | Tags: Business, Commerce, Farmer agitation, Farmer's agitation, Government of West Bengal, Governor, Land acquisition, Mamata Banerjee, Nandigram, National Highway Authority of India, News, NH 2 Blockade, NHAI, Panchayat, People of Singur, People's Car, Politics, Ratan Tata, Shutdown at Singur Plant, Singur, Singur Plant, Singur Tata Nano Plant, Students Protesting, SUCI, Tata Motors, Tata Nano Singur Plant, Trinamool Chief, Trinamool Congress, West Bengal, World's Cheapest Car |
Trinamool Congress agitation in Singur is showing no signs of let up, even after the Honorable Calcutta High Court order to clear Durgapur Expressway (NH-2). Worried with the standoff, West Bengal Governor, Gopalkrishna Gandhi wrote to Trinamool Congress Chief, Mamata Banerjee, urging her to sit for talks. A copy of the letter has been sent [...]
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Posted on August 30, 2008. Filed under: Business, Politics | Tags: AIR 1997 SC 2703, AIR 2005 SC 492, Amitava Ghosh, AMRI, Andhra Pradesh, Anuradha Talwar, Apollo Hospital, Calcutta, Calcutta High Court, CMRI, Durgapur Expressway, Government of West Bengal, High Court, Kalyan Banerjee, Live saving drugs, Mamata Banerjee, News, NHAI, People's Car, Politics, Purrnendu Bose, Ratan Tata, Ruby Hospital, Saltlake, Satyabrata Mukherjee, Singur, Singur Plant, Singur Shutdown, Singur Tata Nano Plant, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Judgment, Supreme Court of India, Supreme Court ruling to land acquisition in Andhra Pradesh, Supreme Court verdict pertaining to land acquisition in Kerala, Tata Motors, Tata Nano, Tata Nano Plant Shutdown, Tata Nano Singur Plant, TMC, Traffic blockade, traffic jam, Trinamool Congress, West Bengal, World's Cheapest Car |
Honorable Calcutta High Court has stepped in to clear Durgapur Expressway, but Mamata Banerjee has refused to budge an inch. The high court directed NHAI to ensure free movement of vehicles with the help of State or Centre. The Trinamool chief vowed to go ahead with the agitation, despite the request of Hooghly District Magistrate [...]
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