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Oxford visit marred by heckling, here’s how Mamata reacted to questions on RG Kar, Singur

Though she did not lose her cool like in the past, Mamata appeared visibly upset at one point & alleged that hecklers had 'leftist, ultra-leftist, & communal' affiliations.

Acquisition policy, ‘tollabazi’ & votebank — why Bengal’s stuck in muck of ‘lumpen industrialisation’

'Had there been industry, things would've been different,' says a 45-yr-old who took part in 2008 anti-land acquisition protests that forced Tata Motors to move proposed Nano factory to Gujarat.

Sandeshkhali is Mamata Banerjee’s most dangerous quicksand in 12 years

Sandeshkhali takes us back 17 years to Nandigram when women full of rage marched with raised lathis. And Mamata Banerjee has echoed the CPI-M’s responses to its decisive blunders at Singur, Nandigram, and Lalgarh.

As Tata wins Singur claims, a look back: How bid to build Nano factory in Bengal crashed 15 yrs ago

Tata Motors says arbitral tribunal has ruled in its favour in compensation case against West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation Limited for now-closed manufacturing unit in the state.

BJP picks Singur for stir against WB govt ‘apathy’ towards farmers, TMC says it’s all ‘publicity’

BJP to protest over ‘farmer suicides, severe distress’, TMC says it has no issue at hand & is 'rattled' after defeat in last Assembly polls.

With barren land and no jobs, Singur now wants industry — and another ‘poriborton’ in Bengal

Singur, which votes on 10 April, is one of the keenly watched contests in West Bengal, with two important faces of the 2006 land movement fighting it out as BJP and TMC candidates.

Singur farmers had just begun to move on from Nano plant blow, then Covid lockdown struck

Many Singur farmers left for cities as their land was left infertile by construction linked to the Tata Nano plant. But now Covid has created new problems for them.

Acquiring Singur land doomed the Left in Bengal. Now, farmers want to get rid of it again

Farmers who fought against acquisition now struggle with small-time crops while those who gave up their land in 2006 are now looking to sell again. 

Nandigram, Singur farmers angry with Mamata as getting land back hasn’t improved their lot

Farmers in Singur, Nandigram got their land back, but it is ‘uncultivable’. They’re angry because Trinamool didn’t help them, say the agitation was just politics.

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Adani’s giant copper plant hits technical setbacks in first year

The 500,000 tonne-per-year plant produced just 94,000 tonnes of refined copper from April 2025 to February this year.

Indian drone tech company ideaForge signs MoU with Japanese firm to develop next-gen AI powered drones

By pairing Indian drone engineering with Japanese semiconductor expertise, the two firms aim to develop more advanced autonomous systems tailored to both defence & commercial use.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.