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Mamata Banerjee counters PM Modi in Singur with 1,694 projects worth Rs 33,500 crore: ‘I keep promises 100%’

January 28, 2026 6:12 pm

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee also inaugurated the Ghatal Master Plan which aims to curb the devastating floods that hit the region every year and for which the state had been writing to the Centre for 10 years.

Singur, 20 years on: Tata’s aborted Nano plant — and protest that powered Mamata’s rise — takes centre stage once again

January 22, 2026 12:59 pm

With PM Narendra Modi recently targeting the Trinamool Congress's industrialisation record from Singur, the West Bengal CM is returning to the place that helped her bring down the Left citatel. But this time, she faces a more resourceful rival.

‘No faith in state police’: body of nurse found dead at Singur nursing home taken to AIIMS Kalyani after family's protest

August 16, 2025 1:37 pm

The nurse's family claimed she was sexually assaulted and murdered after discovering irregularities in the nursing home’s operations, which the nursing home denied.

Singur farmers suffered setback during Left & TMC tenures: BJP MLA

November 10, 2023 7:28 am

“Under the Left regime, farmers of Singur suffered because their land was acquired forcibly. But when their land was returned under the TMC's rule, the characteristics of land had changed and the government did not help them,” BJP MLA Ashok Lahiri said

Srijan Bhattacharya: CPI(M)’s young face in Singur hopes to revive party’s fortunes

April 08, 2021 5:15 am

The Singur and Nandigram agitations in 2007-2008 had cost the CPM heavily, and eventually led to the dethroning of the Left regime after 34 years in West Bengal.

Singur undecided: ‘We like Didi but maybe it is good to change… it is all very confusing’

April 02, 2021 4:58 pm

A rethink about the Tatas, lack of jobs, candidates, hawa on polling day key factors.

West Bengal elections: Singur, 15 nano years later

March 12, 2021 10:40 pm

As Mamata seeks a third term in power, at the site of the 2006-08 agitation, time stands still, with a large part of the land still unusable and a small amount of dole still the govt relief. This has created the ground for a new demand: industry

Singur agitation victim’s father unhappy with TMC giving ticket to killer’s kin

May 15, 2018 6:31 am

“After coming to power, the TMC returned the land to unwilling farmers who now grow crops ... But I could never imagine that one day the party would make a relative of my daughter's murderer a poll nominee,'' said Manoranjan Malik, the father.

State AAP unit to hold ‘Kisan Andolan’ in Singur

June 26, 2017 2:57 am

According to state coordinator AAP Youth Wing (West Bengal), Pranojit Dey, the state unit will put up a protest in Kolkata on October 2 as part of its national programme after uniting the farmers of the state in its 'Kisan Sammelan'.

SC to hear West Bengal’s plea in Singur land acquisition case

November 25, 2016 10:10 am

The apex court told the West Bengal Government to hand the land back to the farmers in 12 weeks.

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Buddhadeb Bhattacharya urges leftists to come together in WB

January 17, 2016 9:45 am

Singur (West Bengal), Jan 17 (ANI): Former chief minister of West Bengal Buddhadeb Bhattacharya on Sunday urged the leftists to come together and save the state from a hell-like situation. He said people in the state need to think over and again as to which party they should support. He asked them to join hands to destroy the enemy, which is the opposition.

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