-The Telegraph Bengal’s co-operation department spent the better part of Tuesday on an unusual mission: how to enforce Mamata Banerjee’s very chief ministerial order to nail those who tried to recover money lent by a co-operative bank. “I have asked to lodge an FIR,” Mamata had declared yesterday while ordering the withdrawal of attachment notices on two farmers and announcing that the law will be changed to make government approval mandatory before...

-The Telegraph   Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has ordered an amendment to a state law to prevent rural co-operative banks from attaching the land of loan-defaulter farmers without government approval. The directive was issued after Mamata came across two posters by a co-operative bank controlled by Trinamul Congress leaders, which sought to Auction the land of farmers who have not repaid loans. “I am assuring my brothers that nobody will go to confiscate your...

Against Auctions for concessions, wants PSU reservation to stay and Centre's veto on mining rights to remain The Supreme Court might have made a case for Auctioning of natural resources, but voices within the government do not seem in conformity with the apex court directive. The Union steel ministry has raised serious objections over the Auctioning route proposed as the key reform measure in the new mining legislation. The Bill is being...

-The Times of India With the brutal killing of young IPS officer Narendra Kumar evoking strong reactions across the country, the Madhya Pradesh government has said that the culprits responsible for the officer's death would not be spared. Stung by the brutal murder of IPS officer Narendra Kumar by the 'mining mafia', Madhya Pradesh government on Friday ordered a judicial inquiry into the circumstances that led to the incident in Morena district...

Justifying first come, first served policy, it says Auction will hit promotion of teledensity The Union government on Friday justified the first come, first served (FCFS) policy and urged the Supreme Court to review the 2G judgment, which quashed spectrum licences and directed issuance of fresh ones on the basis of Auction. The Centre said it was only questioning the conclusion of the judgment that all national resources should be Auctioned. Absurd...