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KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee told The Hindu here on Sunday that he was appealing to all opposition parties in West Bengal to

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Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee gives his frank assessment of the situation in Singur.

IT didn't take too long for the warm afterglow of the deal between Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee and the West Bengal government to dissipate into a debate over drafting. But then, such devil in the detail could stymie the settlement

From Raju S Vijapur, DH News Service, Hubli:

The real estate scene in the twin cities has received a shot in the arm with the government rolling out a red carpet welcome to the Tatas to set up their Nano car unit in Karnataka.

"There was a young lady of Riga, Who smiled as she rode on a tiger. They returned from the ride With the lady inside -And a smile on the face of the tiqer"

On Singur and Mamata Banerjee, the limerick seems, at first, singularly applicable. Here is this termagant, with her impossible demands, riding a tiger, which in the end shall devour her.

Tata Motor's plant for the Nano car has been stalled as the CPI(M) and the Trinamul Congress battle it out

Tata Motors was planning to pull out of Singur in West Bengal, from where it was to roll out its low-cost car Nano.

Unlike most of West Bengal, Hooghly district, where the Singur block is located, has never been a stronghold of the Left parties. Even before the Singur crisis, the ruling Communists had been kicked out of several panchayats in the Singur block.

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