Kolkata

Mamata suspends dharna at Singur after stalemate ends

Trinamool Congress, TATAKolkata, Sept 8 : Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee agreed to end her two-week-long protest outside the TATA Motors’ Nano car plant at Singur after reaching an agreement with the West Bengal Government over land acquisition issue.

Mamata announced last night that the dharna would be called off following the agreement with the State Government after marathon talks at Raj Bhavan between her and Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee in the presence of Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi.

Jyoti Basu admitted to hospital after injury

Kolkata, Sept 7 : Former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu, who suffered a head injury after a fall at his Indira Bhavan residence, was admitted to a city nursing home for further treatment on

W. Bengal Governor hopes for a result on Singur impasse by Monday

West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna GandhiKolkata, Sept 7 : West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi has said talks to break Singur deadlock are on track and they would continue on Sunday. He also sais that he expected a "satisfactory" result by Monday.

After presiding over the second round of talks between the State Government and the main opposition Trinamool Congress on Saturday Gandhi told reporters here on Saturday that: "We lead to the satisfactory conclusion in a next session over tomorrow (Sunday) or day after tomorrow (Monday). This is what I wanted to tell you."

Emergency Left Front meeting on Singur impasse

Emergency Left Front meeting on Singur impasseKolkata, Sept 6 : The Left Front has scheduled an emergency meeting in Kolkata on Sunday to discuss the Singur impasse.

The emergency meeting of the Left Front on Singur would be held on Sunday morning.

Talks between the West Bengal Government and the Trinamool Congress-led Krishijami Jiban-o-Jibika Raksha Committee, presided over by Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi over the crucial issue of returning land to unwilling farmers in Singur has fuelled speculation of a possible solution to the problem.

Talks at Singur inconclusive, to resume on Sunday

Talks at Singur inconclusive, to resume on SundayKolkata, Sept 6 : Talks between the Trinamool Congress and the West Bengal Government to end the Singur imbroglio remained inconclusive for the second day on Saturday.

However the two sides agreed to meet again on Sunday.

After the meeting, which was presided over by West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi, a press statement issued by Raj Bhavan said that both the sides went into greater detail on the prospects of a land-based rehabilitation scheme in and around Singur project site.

Singur talks to resume today

Tata Nano plant, SingurKolkata, Sep 6: The dialogue to resolve the Singur Nano car project crisis will resume here today.

The talks between the representatives of the State Government and Trinamool Congress remained inconclusive on Friday evening.

West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi chaired the talks following request from Chief Minister Budhadev Bhattacharjee and Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee.

Gandhi said the meeting was conducted in a good spirit and there was useful discussions.

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