-The Telegraph The flow of farmers to fill up forms for land return in Singur thinned to a trickle today, the “lack of hurry” attributed to yesterday’s Supreme Court stay on distribution of plots. Pulak Sarkar, the block development officer (BDO) of Singur, said only 106 forms were submitted between 10 am and 7pm today. “Yesterday, we had received 250 forms. Altogether, 1,590 forms have been submitted since Sunday,” he said. The 15...
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Land return in all but deed
-The Telegraph The Bengal government has decided to start returning Singur land from tomorrow, the day the Supreme Court will begin hearing a Tata Motors plea for a stay on the process. About 3.8 acres from the former Nano site’s southeastern part were identified today for distribution among 12 farmers from Gopalnagar, setting off celebrations. Initially, the administration announced the plots would be handed over this evening but later put it off by...
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-The Telegraph The process of submission of forms to get back land in Singur continued today with the administration receiving 575 more applications from “unwilling” farmers. A total of 886 forms have been submitted to the block development office till 7.30pm today. “Yesterday, 311 farmers had submitted their forms. Today, 575 more applications were received,” said Pulak Sarkar, the Singur block development officer. The last date for submission of forms is...
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-The Telegraph The Mamata Banerjee government today started the process of returning land to farmers in Singur, snubbing the Tata attempt to open a dialogue to maintain status quo on the 997-acre plot. Rabindranath Bhattacharya, the school education minister and MLA from Singur, and Becharam Manna, the MLA from Haripal, oversaw distribution of over 3,000 application forms among farmers in Gopalnagar, Beraberi, Bajemelia, Joymollah, Khaserbheri and Singherbheri. These farmers had not accepted...
More »CBI, I-T on Ramdev trail by Saroj Nagi
-The Hindustan Times After the midnight purge, Baba Ramdev now faces CBI and income tax department scrutiny. The government activated the two agencies to look into the companies, properties and audit accounts of the yoga guru and his aides on Sunday, the day it broke up his fast, evicting him and his supporters from the Ramlila Maidan. Initial paperwork has begun. Under the scanner is the functioning of about 200 companies with...
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