The deceased nurse's family alleged that she was sexually assaulted and murdered as she uncovered irregularities in the operation of the nursing home.
Tata Motors declared its win against the Mamata Banerjee led TMC Government in the Singur Case. It will now receive a compensation of Rs 766 from the WBIDC. Watch to know more.
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Last week Mamata Banerjee was in Singur to give the land acquired for the Tata Nano factory back to the farmers. A section of farmers are despondent about their future. They have their land back, but cultivation on the land is not possible.
CNBC-TV18's Archana Shukla travelled to this village located in the Hoogly district of the state to find out the mood among farmers who are now receiving their land papers after a decade.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today handed over land 'parchas' and cheques to the farmers in Singur even as she sent messages to firms saying any company willing to set up auto firm in the state is "welcome".
Supreme Court today quashed Singur land allotment to the Tatas. The apex court in its statement said that the state --West Bengal - had commuted fraud of power in land allotment citing public good.
A bench comprising justices V Gopala Gowda and Arun Mishra questioned the manner in which over 400 acres of land was allotted to Tata Motors without adhering to the section 4 and 5 of the Land Acquisition Act which mandate public notice for receiving objections.
Ratan Tata, who led the transformation of the Tata group from a conventional corporate house into a USD 100 billion global conglomerate with high-profile acquisitions abroad, will retire on Friday ending 50-year run in one of India's oldest business empires.
Singur was a "great disappointment" but Tata group may still go to West Bengal, hints outgoing Chairman of the group Ratan Tata. "Need not be Tata Motors.
Sticking to her stand of not acquiring land forcibly, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said she would prefer death than agree to it.
West Bengal chief minster Mamata Banerjee today claimed the Singur land acquisition law framed by her government was 'valid'. "Singur law is valid and we are happy at the Supreme Court order," Banerjee told reporters at the airport after returning here from Delhi.
Tata Motors today said it will study the Calcutta High Court verdict that held as unconstitutional' an Act under which the West Bengal government had vested land at Singur leased to the auto major.
In wake of the Calcutta High Court holding as unconstitutional the Singur Land Development Act, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said her government was with the farmers and committed to return of land to them.
The Calcutta High Court on Friday nullified a law that forced Tata Motors to forfeit Singur land acquired by the company to build a factory, in a decision that could pave the way for the automaker to recoup some of its USD 310 million investment in the development.
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Ashoke Banerjee, pleader for the Bengal Government joins CNBC-TV18 for more perspective on the Singur case.
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ruled that the law enacted by the West Bengal government to return land in Singur to farmers from the present occupant Tata Motors, was "constitutional and valid".
Tata Motors Ltd today opposed the Calcutta High Court's initiative on compensation to it for the West Bengal government vesting land at Singur that was leased to the company.
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West Bengal government today said Tata Motors can seek compensation for Singur land before proper authorities and if aggrieved with the award, the company can then move the high court.
West Bengal government today told the Calcutta High Court that it had made all arrangements for Tata Motors to set up its Nano plant at Singur but the company did not start production and instead moved the plant out of the state.
Tata Sons Chairman Ratan Tata today said that further investments in West Bengal would be made when there is a "feeling to satisfy that there is no hostility against us".
Tata Motors Ltd today told the Calcutta High Court, which began hearing its case afresh, that it had no intention of giving up the land lease at Singur while claiming that the law by which West Bengal government had taken back the land was illegal.
Tata Motors today claimed before the Calcutta High Court that its Nano project suffered due to rivalry between two political parties in West Bengal and denied that it had abandoned Singur.