Kolkata City News

Tatas could have been more accommodative to solve Singur: Congress
West Bengal Pradesh Congress spokesman and senior party leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay in a statement on Sunday said that the Singur crisis could have been solved had the Tatas been accommodative in giving up land more than 70 acres from within the 1,000-acre Nano project area to the unwilling farmers. ANI

Mukherjee, Buddhadeb slams Trinamool Congress for driving Nano out of WB
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday slammed Trinamool Congress of West Bengal for pushing Tata Motors to pull out its Nano project from the state. ANI

Ratan Tata holds Mamata responsible for moving out of Singur (Lead:Singur)
Tata Motors chairman Ratan Tata today said that he was moving the Nano project out of Singur because of the agitation by the Trinamool Congress, led by Mamata Banerjee, and not because of any failure on the part of the West Bengal Government. ANI

Tatas small car project to pull out of Singur
Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata has decided to pull-out Nano small car project out of Singur. ANI

Ratan Tata to meet Buddhadeb today
Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata will meet West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee here today to discuss the companys Nano car project in Singur which has run into rough weather after strong resistance from the Mamata Banerjees Trinamool Congress over farmland acquisition issue. ANI

Nano makes its way to a makeshift tent in Kolkata
Nano Car that has been raising a lot of dust on the land allotted to the TATAs at Singur, has found its way to a makeshift tent in Kolkata. ANI

Sourav hopeful of winning Test series against Aussies
Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly is hopeful of winning the four match Test series after being selected a member of the team for the first two matches against touring Australia. ANI

Kolkata lies within terror range: Buddhadeb
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Sunday said that Kolkata cannot be ruled out of terror strikes as it lies within the terror network that spreads from Afghanistan to Bangladesh through India. ANI

Ratan Tata to meet Buddhadeb today
Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata will meet West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today following Tatas request that he wanted to talk to Buddhadeb on Singur issue. ANI

Buddhadeb lambastes Trinamool Congress for its anti industrialization movement
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee lambasted the Trinamool Congress for its anti industrialization movement here today. ANI

WB Govt., Tata Motors to meet in last ditch efforts on Singur impasse
The West Bengal Government will meet the Tata Motors officials on Sunday to resolve the Singur impasse, said the State Chief Secretary, Amit Kiran Dev in Kolkata today. ANI

Deadlock over Tatas Nano car project
West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi has called for a sensitive approach to farmers while fulfilling the industrys need for land as the row over Tatas small car project appeared to be heading for a fresh standoff. ANI

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