Kolkata, Jan 28 (IANS) Enthusiasm is at its peak at Singur, the erstwhile site for Tata Motors’ small car project Nano, in Hooghly district of West Bengal, over the Chief Minister’s likely message at a scheduled rally there later in the day.The excitement over the rally stems from two reasons. The Chief Minister will be leaving for New Delhi immediately after her Singur rally, reportedly to garner consensus among opposition parties against the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in some…
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New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose arrived at Bandel railway station on Sunday after travelling from Malda on the Intercity Express, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled public rally in Singur, Hooghly district. The Governor’s visit is part of preparations related to the Prime Minister’s official engagements in the state.Strict security arrangements were put in place at Bandel station from early morning. Railway officials, along with the district ad…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Singur visit on Sunday has brought hopes back for many farmers in a region whose return to the national spotlight underscores a persistent dilemma in Indian development policies — how to reconcile agrarian rights with industrial development. Nearly two decades ago, CPI-M leader and the then West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee tried to introduce industrialisation to a state that had survived largely on agrarian politics and d…