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Romita Datta 10:26 PM | October 13,2009
Allotted plots will be handed over only after civic infrastructure is put in place, which may take several years
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Aniek Paul and Romita Datta 09:28 PM | August 21,2009
Mukherjee says the firm will spend around Rs11,000 crore on building the infrastructure, but recover only Rs1,000 crore
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PTI 10:12 AM | July 24,2009
The Trinamool Congress feels that these legislations fall short of protecting poor farmers as their rehabilitation and resettlement is not fully guaranteed by the provisions
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Romita Datta 12:30 AM | June 09,2009
West Bengal’s plans to shift chemical industries from Nandigram to Nayachar have run up against new settlers
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Romita Datta 12:56 AM | May 22,2009
On Thursday, in the first meeting of the state’s cabinet after poll results were announced on 16 May, West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee voluntarily withdrew a proposal to acquire 120 acres of farmland in Kharagpur
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Reuters 05:10 AM | May 04,2009
West Bengal’s communist’s power base is slowly being eroded by farmers alienated by aggressive plans to attract foreign and local industry to regain the economic glory days
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West Bengal Diary | John Elliott 12:38 AM | May 04,2009
In West Bengal, Tata Motors Ltd’s car factory at Singur, and plans for a chemicals SEZ at Nandigram play large, along with localised issues such as demands for a separate Gorkhaland state in the north of West Bengal and police violence against tribals
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Aveek Datta 10:03 AM | April 13,2009
Punit Mukherjee is upset and anxious about the misfortunes that have befallen his family and couldn’t care less about politics--or voting. He says politicians milked the situation in Nandigram and Singur to gain mileage and have blocked avenues for people to realize the benefits of liberalization
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Bappa Majumdar and Sujoy Dhar / Reuters 12:24 PM | April 08,2009
The Left says industrialization is desperately needed to boost the state economy and generate jobs
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Romita Datta 10:53 PM | March 27,2009
The CPM album addresses people’s concerns on issues such as industrialization, farmland acquisition, unrest in Nandigram
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Romita Datta 12:43 AM | March 24,2009
A large number of intellectuals and artists fell out with the party-led Left Front government over land acquisition at Nandigram to build a chemical industries complex
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Liz Mathew and Ruhi Tewari 12:23 AM | January 26,2009
Prakash Karat, general secretary of CPM, concedes that his party has learnt some lessons from the Nandigram controversy in Left-ruled West Bengal
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PTI 12:17 PM | January 16,2009
Appreciating the gesture, the administration has decided to give the villagers alternative plots on the side of the main road at Egra
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10:56 PM | January 09,2009
Continuous unavailability of finance, coupled with high interest rates, across the industry was forcing customers to postpone purchases
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PTI 12:55 AM | January 06,2009
Unprecedented security arrangements had been made for the bypoll, with 15,000 Central forces deployed to man the 176 polling booths.
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