Politics

Land

Who or what drove Tatas out of Singur?

Pran Chopra

Publication Date:

21/10/2008

Source: Asian Age (New Delhi)

Tags:

Land Acquisition, Singur, Tata Motors, Politics, West Bengal

Governance And Institutions

Right to recall legislators: The Chhattisgarh experiment

The recall election in June in three municipal bodies in Chhattisgarh marked a national first in the call to accountability of non-performing representatives of the people. However, it is possible to use this provision to settle political scores as has been alleged in the Chhattisgarh case.

Publication Date:

04/10/2008

Author(s): Vinod Bhanu

Source: Economic and Political Weekly

Vol:

43

Issue:

40

pp:

15

Tags:

Governance And Institutions, Governance, Politics, India, Chhattisgarh

Habitat And Urbanisation

"Negotiated spaces" for representation in Mumbai: ward committees, advanced locality management

In Mumbai, new forms of cooperation between local government and
citizens seek to improve local representation and the quality of services. This paper examines which residents are represented or excluded in these arrangements, the mandates and processes by which the arrangements are negotiated and the outcomes. Local representation through elected councillors is compared with

Publication Date:

01/10/2008

Author(s): Navtej Nainan, Isa Baud

Source: Environment & Urbanisation

Vol:

20

Issue:

2

pp:

483

Tags:

Habitat And Urbanisation, Nagarpalikas, Public Participation, Governance, NGO, Politics, Mumbai, Statistics

Environment

Green issues dominate election

As the United States heads for a showdown at the polls, its Canadian neighbour is rushing out its own election

Publication Date:

18/09/2008

Author(s): Nicola Jones

Source: Nature

Vol:

455

Issue:

7211

pp:

268

Tags:

Environment, Canada, Politics, Environment Politics

Land

TC threatens to resume Singur stir

Bs Reporters / Kolkata September 17, 2008, 0:50 IST

Mamata Banerjee today hinted that the Trinamool Congress and its allies could resume the agitation for return of 300 acres inside the 997-acre Tata Motors Nano factory at Singur, and another 100 acres around it, because the West Bengal government had violated the agreement reached with the Opposition at a meeting chaired by Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi on September 7.

Publication Date:

17/09/2008

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Land Acquisition, Singur, Tata Motors, Political Parties, Politics, West Bengal

Natural Disasters

CPI(M) answers Somnath's call on flood relief

Saubhadra Chatterji / New Delhi September 12, 2008, 0:36 IST

You can remove Somnath Chatterjee from the party, but you can

Publication Date:

12/09/2008

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Flood Relief, Politics

Land

Discussion on land issue positive

Marcus Dam

Governor requests Opposition to suspend agitation; traffic resumes near Tata Motors project site

A step forward: West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi with the former Chief Justice of Bombay High Court, Chittatosh Mukerjee (left) at the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata on Friday.

KOLKATA:

Publication Date:

06/09/2008

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Land Acquisition, Singur, Auto Industry, Tata Motors, Politics, West Bengal

Land