Government officials working overtime to dismantle the Tata plant and return land to farmers, says Ishita Ayan Dutt.
The spectre of Singur and now its verdict is looming large on the future of many of Bengal's projects, especially the state government's industrial parks that are vacant. As many more episodes await, the question uppermost on everyone's minds is, how long will Singur haunt Bengal?
The outgoing chairman believed in building for the future; for his successor, the challenge will be to maintain the momentum, says Ishita Ayan Dutt.
An interview with Amit Mitra, the finance minister of West Bengal.
West Bengal has a 2,200 km porous border with Bangladesh over 10 districts.
The company said it had extended financial support to the UK business.
In 2011, the Trinamool manifesto had said, the government would not allow SEZs in West Bengal, to protect multi-crop lands.
As Deveshwar announces his decision to step down, he has a rich legacy to leave behind.
To get three-year term as non-executive chairman from Feb; firm to create CEO's post; AGM to ratify Sanjiv Puri, Rajiv Tandon's appointment as directors
In a deviation from the usual venue of Raj Bhavan, the event of May 27, will be held on the Red Road, one of the arterial roads in Kolkata that houses the Fort William where the Army is headquartered. And, it will remain blocked for at least five days, probably more.
The first option that the state government might opt for is offer Infosys space in one of the SEZs that are coming up, but that is unlikely to be accepted
The West Bengal CM's media equation wasn't always this bad. In the run-up to the assembly elections of 2011, she was a clear favourite.
The first phase will end in 2018 and have the world's largest terminal under one roofThe first phase will end in 2018 and have the world's largest terminal under one roof
Reluctant to campaign so far, former Bengal CM draws large crowd in first roadshow since poll dates announced.
Gupta has expressed an intent to buy Port Talbot, Britain's biggest steelworks
'We must delink religion from politics' 'Leaders with vested interests have brought religion into politics.' Netaji's grandnephew Chandra Kumar Bose, the BJP candidate against Mamata Banerjee, on the campaign trail.
Khardah is no ordinary constituency. It is the electoral battleground of two economists-turned-finance ministers.
The timing of the flyover collapse couldn't have been worse for the CM with the assembly elections just days away.
The Anglo-Dutch merger was meant to revive the ailing British Steel which had incurred a net loss of 81 million in the year ended March 31, 1999
Nandigram today is a conglomeration of model villages fenced by its greenery.
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