Kolkata, Aug 24 : West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has said that there was no question of Tata factory moving out of Singur in the wake of the company''s threat that it is prepared to move the plant elsewhere to make the Nano car.

"There is no question of Tata factory moving out of Singur. If the chairman of the company wants to set up a plant in some other state, I have no problem. I would really want him to stay in Singur," Bhattacharjee told reporters here.

Kolkata, Aug 23 : President Pratibha Patil arrived here today on a two-day visit to West Bengal.

Patil, who arrived in a special IAF plane, was received at the NSC Bose International airport by the Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi and Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee.

This will be the President''s first visit to West Bengal since she assumed the highest office of the country.

During her visit, the President will participate in the celebrations of 225 years of the Asiatic Society.

Kolkata, Aug 23: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has appealed to his political adversary the Trinamool Congress to maintain peace and discuss with government to decide over the contentious TATA project.

He said he was trying to resolve the issue through holding talks with the Opposition parties.

"We are exchanging details of the project with the opposition in a cordial atmosphere. We are discussing this issue with the opposition and trying to solve it at highest level," said Bhattacharjee.

New Delhi - Tata Motors said Friday it would move its low cost Nano car project out of India's communist-ruled eastern West Bengal state if violent protests over the plant persisted.

The move would come at a great cost to the company, its shareholders and the state, Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata said at a televised media briefing at the state capital Kolkata.

Kolkata, Aug 22: Commerce and Industries Minister of West Bengal Nirupam Sen and the Chairman of the TATA group Ratan Tata held talks last night over TATA Motor’s small car plant at Singur.

Sen apprised Tata on the recent talks between the State Government and the Opposition Trinamool Congress party to resolve the Singur land impasse.

The United States Counsel General in Kolkata, Beth Payne feels that West Bengal has just been discovered by the US investors and is being monitored for its political situation by the investors.

According to her, the overall factors for investment in West Bengal are positive.

She disclosed it on Tuesday at the interactive session at the Indian Chamber of Commerce.

Payne reported, “Strikes and bandhs are an internal matter of the state but West Bengal has a pro-investment environment. The state government has demonstrated its investor- friendly policies by taking pro-active steps to make the state an attractive destination for investors.”