New Delhi, Feb. 3: The plan to build a chemical hub spanning Nayachar and Haldia is on course to the final date with the Union cabinet with a central committee approving a Bengal government presentation today.

The legal wranglings holding up the return of land in Singur by Tata Motors to West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (WBIDC) have added to political tensions in the town.

The affected land losers comprise around 13,000 families, including land owners, registered sharecroppers (called bargadars) and registered agricultural labourers.

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, February 2

Leader of the opposition Rajinder Kaur Bhattal has sought from the government adequate compensation to farmers of Sangrur, Patiala and Mansa distructs, especially Lehra constituency , whose land had been acquired under the Ghaggar project.

Parmindar Singh
Greater Noida, February 2

The district administration has arrested 162 agitating farmers of two villages, Dhada and Sakipur. The farmers were scheduled to go to Delhi to meet the President demanding bonus payment to be effective from 2005.

Calcutta, Feb. 2: A knowledge hub spread over 120 acres will come up in the new 500-acre South 24-Parganas district headquarters in Baruipur, the government said today.

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

PONDA, FEB 2
Resolving that agriculture land should be protected from being sold to real estate developers, the Kisan Sangh (Goa unit) has also demanded that mining leases should not be renewed and that new mining permissions should not be granted.
The three resolutions were passed at the third conference of the Kisan Sangh (Goa unit) at Kala Mandir on Sunday.

Pradeep Gooptu / Kolkata/singur February 03, 2009, 0:03 IST

The 997-acre plot in Singur handed over by the West Bengal government to Tata Motors is likely to remain in the hands of the company and can be returned only after a year or so.

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, FEB 1
The Gram Sabha of Aquem Baixo Panchayat on Sunday has opposed a controversial mega housing project in the village and the rehabilitation of the kiosk owners on agricultural land acquired by State Urban Development Agency.

Anto Antony NEW DELHI

A REVIEW of 800 infrastructure projects by the government has revealed that no project is facing any funding problem, but almost 200 of them have hit roadblocks due to implementation issues such as land acquisition and clearances, a top government official said.

CII wants government to reconsider land acquisition bill THE Confederation of Indian Industry (cii) has opposed the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill 2007 likely to be tabled in the next session of Parliament. The cii in a press release said it wants the government to reconsider the bill that mandates industries to acquire land on their own from farmers. According to the bill, the