On a day the Tata Motors approached the Supreme Court seeking an interim stay on the return of land to farmers in Singur, the district administration of Hooghly was completing the formalities for giving possession of land to the first batch of

New Delhi Tata Motors filed a petition in the Supreme Court on Tuesday seeking a stay on the West Bengal government's move to return to farmers a piece of land at Singur.

Land acquisition issues have forced a national debate
One of the most prickly nettles for governments in India today is land acqusition for industry. The Centre is drafting a new Bill on the issue, but land is a state subject, and different states have different land acquisition policies. The Bill can at best provide an enabling framework.

The West Bengal government today initiated the process of identifying land at the abandoned Tata Motors factory in Singur as part of its land distribution initiative for the

There was high drama on Tuesday evening when it was announced that 12

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Singur, June 27: The process of submission of forms to get back land in Singur continued today with the administration receiving 575 more applications from

In a late night statement on Monday, the Tata Motors said it had

States need to rethink their land acquisition policies
One of the most prickly nettles for governments in India today is land acqusition for industry. The Centre is drafting a new Bill on the issue, but land is a state subject, and different states have different land acquisition policies. The Bill can at best provide an enabling framework.

Even as the Calcutta High Court on Monday refused to pass an interim order on a fresh petition filed by Tata Motors praying for an injunction on return of land at Singur to farmers who had