”Mamata Banerjee” News

Railways land to be put to productive use - minister

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India will put the railways' land to productive use along its freight corridor and will set up a 1000-mega watt power plant, minister Mamata Banerjee
07 4 2009 9:04PM (...more)

Railways to acquire 18,000 wagons in FY10

MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian railways will acquire 18,000 wagons in the fiscal year 2009/10, up from last year's intake of 11,000, Railways Minister Mamata
07 4 2009 9:04PM (...more)

Populist Indian rail budget leaves fares untouched

NEW DELHI (AFP) – India's railways minister announced a freeze in passenger and freight fares as she presented a budget Friday that contained a slew of populist measures aimed at improving rail travel amenities. Unveiling her ministry's plans for 2009-10, 07 4 2009 12:26PM (...more)

Finmin Pranab Mukherjee vows to protect economy

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India's new finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Saturday he would take steps to protect the economy from the adverse impacts of the global slump and promised to return the country
05 24 2009 11:53PM (...more)

FACTBOX - Key ministers in Manmohan Singh's cabinet

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was sworn in on Friday for a second five-year term with a host of old-guard ministers at a time of economic downturn and fraught ties with 05 23 2009 10:51PM (...more)

FACTBOX - Potential swing states in elections

(Reuters) – India goes to the polls in a general election from April 16 to May 13. The main battle will be between the Congress-led coalition government and the main opposition bloc, headed by the Hindu nationalist
04 16 2009 12:36AM (...more)

Communists face biggest electoral test in West Bengal

KALICHARANPUR, India (Reuters) – If this remote village heralds things to come, India 's powerful communists face their toughest vote yet in their stronghold state of
04 9 2009 9:02PM (...more)

Tata supporters protest move of cheap car plant

CALCUTTA, India - Hundreds of protesters rallied Saturday against Tata Motors' decision to shift production of the Nano, billed as the world's cheapest car, out of India's West Bengal state , calling the move a serious blow to the local economy.
10 7 2008 9:08AM (...more)

Tata's cheap car woes fuel debate on India's industrial drive

NEW DELHI (AFP) - A decision by the giant Tata Group to shift a factory building the world's cheapest car after angry farmer protests has refueled debate about India 's troubled industrialisation push.
10 7 2008 4:26AM (...more)

Farmers reject new Nano plant compensation

SINGUR (Reuters) - Farmers and political activists in West Bengal turned down on Tuesday a new government offer of compensation for land acquired for a Tata Motors car plant, saying they wanted more of the land returned to them.
09 17 2008 6:05AM (...more)