'That journey across India has changed me forever.'
Protests erupted across several districts of West Bengal over alleged harassment of people in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, leading to road blockages and tyre burning. Demonstrations were held in South 24 Parganas, North 24 Parganas, Jhargram, and Purba Medinipur.
The West Bengal government has transferred over 500 bureaucrats ahead of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The move has drawn criticism from the opposition BJP, who allege it is an attempt to manipulate the electoral process.
India's brittle energy security is inextricably linked to two opposing paradigms - fossil fuels, and the transition to green energy. The first powers the present; the second paves the way for Viksit Bharat in 2047.
The Left-Congress alliance won 19 out of 19 seats which is significant ahead of the panchayat polls.
The fear of labour militancy will lead to further industrial flight, but Singur's electoral power came from farmers' rights.
Haldia Bulk Terminals pulled out of 10-year contract for cargo-handling operations, blaming the political climate and "vested interest".
'The life of his political career is dependent on success in this constituency.'
As already reported, citing continued threats to law and order and the security of its staffers, HBT announced on Wednesday that it was no longer bound by its 2010 agreement with the Kolkata Port Trust to run cargo handling operations at Haldia till 2020.
Industry at Haldia, a major port and commercial hub, has been caught in the middle of this power transition. Consider this: RPG's power utility, CESC, is unable to erect evacuation towers due to land issues and the third phase of its ongoing expansion of 250 Mw has already been delayed by seven-eight months.
Indian Oil Corporation may expand its Haldia refinery in West Bengal to 7.4 million tonnes from 6 million tonnes, IOC chairman M S Ramachandran said on Monday.
The legal battle for control of Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd took a new twist on Wednesday when The Chatterjee Group contended before the Company Law Board that 15.5 crore (Rs 155 million) shares of the company were unaccounted for.
The company cites safety of employees as reason for pullout after the abduction of three officials at gunpoint last Sunday
GAIL India's second quarter (Q2FY25) performance met expectations.
Trinamool Congress is the second highest recipient of political donations through electoral bonds.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday accused the Opposition Communist Party of India-Marxist and a section of media of running a misleading campaign on the deadlock at the Haldia dock.
Coal requirement for the plant would be met through Coal India.
While most analysts are expecting poor results from oil marketing companies (OMCs) in the first quarter of 2024-25 (Q1FY25) and even in the first half (H1) of FY25, GAIL (India) could be an outlier. Upstream producers, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Oil India (OIL) could do well due to strong crude and gas prices, but refiners are likely to see weak margins and the impact of frozen prices during the election period will also be negative.
Tata and L&T's upcoming Dhamra Port is already taking away business.
Haldia Petrochemicals Limited, in the midst of a debt restructuring process, is exploring various options for coming out with an initial public offer.
As Odisha and West Bengal are bracing for a severe cyclonic storm, governments of both states started evacuating people and while deciding to close educational institutions in vulnerable areas.
The Election Commission on Tuesday censured former Calcutta high court judge and Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Abhijit Gangopadhyay for his comment against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and debarred him from campaigning for 24 hours.
It had also washed its hands off the fourth container terminal at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, despite making a winning bid, with Port of Singapore Authority as the lead partner.
Petrochemicals major in talks with rubber producer from Europe, two Western technology providers.
Tata group chairman Ratan Tata on Tuesday came out in support of the West Bengal government for offering shares of Haldia Petrochemicals Limited to state-owned Indian Oil Corporation -- a decision contested by HPL's principal promoter, the Chatterjee
He said a missile firing system would be more effective in repulsing an attack or preventing an economic blockade.
Cites legal battle among latter's promoters as reason for staying away from cash-strapped venture.
This is the first cyclone in the Bay of Bengal this pre-monsoon season.
A deep depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclonic storm, named Remal, on Saturday evening and is likely to turn severe before making landfall between the coasts of West Bengal and Bangladesh on Sunday midnight, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
As part of the protest, BJP workers burned tyres, blocked roads, and closed shops in Nandigram, alleging that Trinamool Congress-backed criminals were responsible for the killing of Rathibala Arhi, a saffron party worker in Sonachura village.
These are the top buyers of the scrapped electoral bonds, the data for which was released by the Election Commission on Thursday.
As severe cyclonic storm 'Remal' initiated its landfall process between the coasts of Bangladesh and adjoining West Bengal on Sunday evening, authorities took swift action, evacuating over 1 lakh people from vulnerable areas of the state to safety.
IndianOil already has a 8.89 per cent stake in HPL by virtue of a Rs 150-crore (Rs 1.5-billion) investment made in 2004.
A 7-yr legal tussle over Haldia Petrochemicals looked close to being resolved. But when Mamata Banerjee upped the ante, it was back to square one for investor Purnendu Chatterjee.
According to a source, banks have decided to infuse funds after Purnendu Chatterjee, chairman of The Chatterjee Group, agreed to invest Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion) as margin amount into the ailing plant.
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