A congested NH34 in Malda. The highway passes right through the town. Picture by Surajit Roy Malda, July 1: The expansion of NH34 from Barasat to Dalkhola will be completed by 2011, National Highways Authority officials said today. The stretch between Barasat in North 24 Parganas and Dalkhola in North Dinajpur will be widenend to four lanes. "Provisions are being kept to turn it into a six-lane road in future. The land acquisition is being made with an eye to achieving the goal,' said Srikumar Bhattacharya, the project director of the NHAI here.

Hyderabad, June 30: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday granted an interim stay on the acquisition of railway properties between Tarnaka and Sangeet Crossroads. The Hyderabad Collector had issued a notification for the acquisition of these properties on the request of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation to lay an Inner Ring Road to ease traffic congestion on the stretch.

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee at the chamber of commerce. Picture by Kishor Roy Chowdhury Calcutta, June 30: The government plans to table the long-awaited rehabilitation and resettlement policy for landlosers in the monsoon session of the Assembly. "I hope to place it in the Assembly as soon as possible,' the chief minister told the Indian Chamber of Commerce annual general meeting today.

Managing Director Ravi Kant meets Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Project cost increases to Rs. 2,000 crore Evokes worldwide interest to set up a plant MAKING THINGS HAPPEN: Ravi Kanth, Managing Director, Tata Motors, addressing the media after a meeting with the West Bengal Chief Minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, at the State Secretariat in Kolkata on Saturday. KOLKATA: The Tata small car Nano is set to start trial runs by August prior to its scheduled roll-out during Durga Puja (in October) Tata Motors Managing Director Ravi Kant said.

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Industry calls for "flexible transparent" allotment policy WAR AGAINST LAND RIGHTS: Anti-POSCO activists demonstrating in front of the company's office in Bhubaneswar in Orissa.

Goa's Movement Against SEZs (GMAS) has questioned the move of the government to acquire huge tracts of land for allocation to educational institutions from India and abroad. This issue was discussed among others by GMAS, at a meeting held on Saturday. "Parting with nearly 40 lakh sq mt land for so-called higher educational commercial institutions appears to be another attempt to sell Goa to builders and land sharks from all over India and abroad', said a statement issued by GMAS.