Press Trust Of India / Kolkata September 11, 2008, 0:50 IST

Admitting that the events in Singur have sent out a wrong message to industrialists and manufacturers, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today said they formed an exception rather than the rule.

Q&A: Mohsina Kidwai
Bs Reporter / New Delhi September 11, 2008, 0:49 IST

Mohsina Kidwai, AICC general secretary in charge of West Bengal, talks to Business Standard on the Singur issue. Excerpts:

The Singur impasse continues. What is the Congress

Bs Reporter / Kolkata September 11, 2008, 5:03 IST

After Tata Motors issued a warning to the government of West Bengal (GoWB) on September 9 not to act unilaterally or take steps that would disturb its commitment on the integrated nature of the Nano car factory at Singur, 40km from Kolkata, a group of vendors attached to the Nano project reportedly urged the state government to brief them on whether it was taking any decisions or making commitments which could affect them.

Ishita Ayan Dutt / Singur September 11, 2008, 0:26 IST

Protestors to the Tata Motors project to make the Nano in Singur claim that more than 300 acres in the 997-acre factory site can be returned to unwilling farmers, even as West Bengal government representatives continue to claim that only 40 acres can be considered for return.

Came, saw & didn

Durgapur Expressway finally breathing easy on Monday. Picture by Pradip Sanyal
Calcutta, Sept. 8: If the Nano plant in Singur is allowed to run at full capacity, it will rank among the largest car-making facilities in the world, information culled from a government document suggests.

The document, released by the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (WBIDC), outlines the terms of its agreement with Tata Motors for the lease of 997.11 acres and says the plant will make 250,000 cars a year working in two shifts.

No change in Singur plan: Govt

Statesman News Service
KOLKATA, Sept. 8: Twenty-four hours after the accord on the Singur small-car project between the state government and the Trinamul Congress-led Opposition, a letter from the Tata Motors managing director to the state industries minister expressing

Bs Reporter / Kolkata September 9, 2008, 0:04 IST

Car-maker seeks clarity on vendor park, continues work suspension.

A day after an agreement was struck between the West Bengal government and the agitators led by the Trinamool Congress to break the deadlock over compensating unwilling land-losers at Singur, Tata Motors, which had suspended work at its Nano factory last week, said it was "distressed" at the "limited clarity" on the outcome of the discussions.

Indian companies are paying the price of the government

On any other day, the swanky Durgapur Express Highway is a picture of calm efficiency, with trucks rumbling down this four-lane expressway which connects West Bengal with India's main arteries. It's rare, say the locals, to see a car on the 4.5-km-long stretch that outlines Tata Motors' Nano facility, nestled amidst lush, green fields at Singur, some 40-45 km off Calcutta.