The letter of TATA group chairman, Ratan Tata surprised the political and business class of the country.

His “open letter to the citizen of West Bengal” is published in the leading newspapers of Kolkata. He has explained the circumstance under which TATA has to leave Singur in West Bengal. Ratan Tata strongly criticized the role of Trinamool Congress leader, Mamta Benergee and other vested interests.

Darjeeling, Oct 18 : The members of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) activists have renewed their agitation for a separate statehood and are replacing government signboards with their own signboards in Darjeeling.

The activists are pasting ''Government of Gorkhaland'' on all boards that are reading ''Government of West Bengal''.

Further, they have passed a resolution making ''Gorkhaland'' number plates mandatory for all vehicles.

"We have decided that all the number plates on the cars will be replaced by our number plates. We will also paste our name on the government boards," said Bimal Dorzi, executive member of the Central committee of GJM.

Burdened by the allegations of sabotaging industrialization and progress in West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee visited Delhi to shift the responsibility for the loss of the Nano plant for Singur to others. 

She met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pratibha Patil on Tuesday to demand action against the West Bengal government under Article 355 for its failure to stand by the agreement, in the Singur case, which stipulates that 400 acres acquired be portioned out and returned to farmers. 

The West Bengal government would provide all assistance to entrepreneurs who want to invest in the state. This is assured by the transport minister of West Bengal, Subhas Chakraborty. 

The minister said that one more car manufacturer is in touch with the government for setting up a car manufacture plant in the state. However, he declined to disclose the name of the investor group. The government would sign a MoU for this project within a month.

With certain conditions imposed by the State Agriculture Marketing Board and the state government, the German multinational Metro Cash & Carry was finally presented a six month licence to sell farm commodities and other food items to hotels, restaurants, provision stores and other institutional buyers in West Bengal. With this move, Metro Cash & Carry, will be able to open its first outlet in Kolkata in 6-8 weeks.

Ahmedabad/Singur, Oct 8: While Gujarat is rejoicing over Tata Motors decision to shift its ultra low-cost Nano car plant to Sanand near Ahmedabad, residents in Singur are regretting that the makers had to pull out of West Bengal because of violent protests.

Residents in Ahmedabad said that this decision would mean more industrialization for the state.