It was around 12.05 pm on Sunday. Some officials of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) were busy in the routine maintenance work on the main runway of the Kolkata airport.

Trinamul Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal has “discovered” a century-old act that it hopes will help it if it wants to return government-acquired land to the original owner.

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday once again made it clear that the state government would not procure land for the private investors. They would have to purchase their land directly from the owners at the market price. In her first interactive session with the industrialists and representatives of the industries as chief minister, she also

The West Bengal Assembly on Tuesday passed the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Bill 2011 by voice vote after the Opposition Left Front had walked out of the House. This will pave the way for the return of land to Singur’s unwilling farmers of Singur. The House electronic clock read 3:14:20 when Speaker Biman Banerjee announced the bill had been passed.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday appointed a two-member expert committee to formulate a new land policy of the state government. Reiterating her known stand against forcible acquisition of land, Ms Banerjee said: “There is much confusion over the issue of land acquisition. Our government has decided to have a

The Centre has promised to play trouble-shooter for “financially bankrupt” Bengal.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who has promised to resolve the Darjeeling issue in three months, would hold a one-to-one meeting with Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) president Bimal Gurung a

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee failed to make the Tata Motors’ agreement with the state government over Singur project public on Thursday due to legal complications. On Wednesday, the chief minister had announced that the entire agreement on the Nano project (now abandoned) at Singur would be shared with the

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee will hold a meeting with Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday to discuss the financial condition of the state government. This proposed meeting assumes significance as the Congress and the Trinamul Congress have alleged that the earlier Left Front government has made the state bankrupt.

Rejecting reports of political violence, chief minister Mamata Banerjee once again told the police to do its job impartially. She also cautioned the people from taking law into their own hands. On being asked about the reports of political violence, Ms Banerjee said, “There is no incident of political violence in the state.”