Kolkata, Sep 11 : The West Bengal government on Thursday rejected Trinamool Congress demand for return of 300 acres of land from within the project area of the Tata Motors'' plant at Singur.
Emerging out of a two-and-a-half-hour meeting with West Bengal government representatives in the inspection committee WBIDC managing director Subrata Gupta and Hooghly DM Neelam Meena in Kolkata, Trinamool MLA Rabindranath Bhattacharjee said that his party''s demand for return of 300 acres to ''unwilling farmers'' from within the project site has been rejected.
The Trinamool seeks return of 300 acres from the project premises and 100 acres from outside it to farmers.
Nairobi/Abuja - Nigeria is to create a new ministry to oversee the oil-rich Niger Delta, where militant groups have been attacking oil installations and kidnapping expatriate workers, Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua has announced.
Secretary to Government of the Federation, Alhaji Mahmud Yayale Ahmed, said the new ministry, which would have two ministers, would strengthen development in the region and engage youth being blamed for the unrest.
Washington - Depending on your political persuasion, Barack Obama either made an innocent remark or a sexist slur when he referred to John McCain's message of change as putting "lipstick on a pig" during a US election rally.
The campaign of Republican nominee McCain slammed the comment - a common expression in the United States - as clearly directed at his running mate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. A web advertisement released Wednesday charged Obama with using a demeaning smear.
Wellington - New Zealand's foreign minister, battling for his political life over claims of secret donations to his party, defended himself at a hearing of Parliament's powerful privileges committee Wednesday night.
Winston Peters rejected testimony to the committee by expatriate billionaire businessman Owen Glenn on Tuesday that the minister had personally asked for money, and later thanked him for a cheque for 100,000 New Zealand dollars (about 67,000 US dollars) that he donated in 2005.
Hanoi - A political internet blogger who reported on protests during the Olympic torch relay through Vietnam in April was sentenced Wednesday to two and a half years in prison on charges of tax evasion.
Nguyen Van Hai, 55, widely known by his pen name Dieu Cay, was convicted of having failed to pay 10 years' worth of value-added tax on part of his house that he rented to an optical shop.
Hai belongs to a bloggers' group called the League of Independent Journalists, who reported and participated in several small anti-Chinese protests during the torch relay through Ho Chi Minh City.
New Delhi, Sept 11 : The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for the signing and ratification of the Extradition Treaty between India and Iran.
Nairobi/Abuja - Nigeria is to create a new ministry to oversee the oil-rich Niger Delta, where militant groups have been attacking oil installations and kidnapping expatriate workers, Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua has announced.
Washington - Depending on your political persuasion, Barack Obama either made an innocent remark or a sexist slur when he referred to John McCain's message of change as putting "lipstick on a pig" during a US election rally.
Wellington - New Zealand's foreign minister, battling for his political life over claims of secret donations to his party, defended himself at a hearing of Parliament's powerful privileges committee Wednesday night.
Hanoi - A political internet blogger who reported on protests during the Olympic torch relay through Vietnam in April was sentenced Wednesday to two and a half years in prison on charges of tax evasion.
