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[edit] 2007
[edit] March
March 31 – IIT- Kharagpur remembers its Hijli Jail days. (Source: Financial Express, 1 Aparil 2007)
March 31 – Disputes ruin the remains of Raja Subodh Mullick’s heritage home. (Source: The Telegraph, 1 April 2007)
March 30 – Spencer supermarket chain opens two retail outlets in Kolkata, next at Durgapur. (Source: The Statesman, 31 March 2007)
March 30 – Walmart would not be allowed to set up shop in West Bengal. (Source Statesman, 31 March 2007)
March 30 – Zambia to open consular office in Kolkata. (Source: The Hindu Business Line, 31 March 2007)
March 30 – Kolkata passport office being streamlined with assistance from Webel. (Source: The hindu Business Line, 31 March 2007)
March 30 – Bongaon Trinamool Congress councillor in murder net. (Source:The Telegraph, 31 March 2007)
March 30 – Two CPI(M) leaders shot dead in Belpahari. (Source: The Statesman, 31 March 2007)
March 29 – 'Most Bengal households susceptible to financial risk' (Source: Financial Express, 30 March 2007)
March 29 – Nadia District Magistrate in eye of a storm. (Source: The Statesman, 30 March 2007)
March 29 – Selected Singur on sound grounds:Tata Motors. (Source: Business Standard, 30 March 2007)
March 29 – Nandigram: Women make life difficult for state probe team. (Source: The Statesman, 30 March 2007)
March 28 – Buddhadeb Bhattacharya flags off drive for peace in Nandigram, no SEZ rollback, shift to Haldia. (Sources: The Telegraph, 29 March 2007, Financial Express, 29 March 2007)
March 28 – 15th day of Hindustan Motors strike at Uttarpara: workers clash as CITU break through majority union barricade. (Sources: The Statesman, 29 March 2007, The Telegraph, 29 March 2007)
March 28 – Mega growth centre coming up near Santiniketan. (Source: The Hindu Business Line)
March 28 – SFI loses at Jadavpur University after ten years. (Source: The Statesman, 29 March 2007)
March 27 – State being increasingly pushed to a civil war, says Congress faction. (Source: The Statesman, 28 March 2007)
March 27 – State files affidavit on Singur land acquisition in High Court. (Source: The Statesman, 28 March 2007)
March 27 – Eastern Railway gears up for Kolkata-Dhaka service. (Source: The Hindu Business Line, 28 March 2007)
March 26 – Where will South Asian University be located – Santiniketan or Delhi? (Sources: Hindustan Times, 27 March 2007 , Times of India, 27 March 2997)
March 26 – Darjeeling bid to end tout and taxi menace. (Source: The Telegraph, 27 March 2007)
March 26 – SAIL rethink on Kulti asset use. (Source: The Telegraph 27 March 2007)
March 26 – High Court refuses continuation of CBI probe into Nandigram police firing. (Source: The Hindu newsupdate, 26 March 2007)
March 26 – Pranab Mukherjee flays West Bengal Government's handling of Nandigram issue. The Hindu newsupdate, 26 March 2007)
March 25 – Howrah Municipal Corporation to supply two million gallons of water per day for Salim Group’s Kolkata West International City. (Source: The Statesman, 26 March 2007)
March 25 – West Bengal Government justifies firing at ‘lawless people’ in Nandigram, questions High Court action. (Source: The Telegraph, 26 March 2007)
March 25 – Nandigram carnage at CPI(M) behest: Rights group. (Source: The Statesman, 26 March 2007)
March 25 – CPI(M) booklet reiterates call to move from “agriculture to industry, from villages to cities”; regards China as its role model. (Source: Financial Express, 26 March 2007)
March 24 – CPI(M) state secretary Biman Bose sniffs plot in Nandigram firing backlash. (Source: The Telegraph, 25 March 2007)
March 24 – Left intellectuals wake up to police action in Nandigram after 10 days. (Source: The Telegraph, 25 March 2007)
March 24 – Kolkata to have piped gas facility within two years. (Source: The Telegraph, 25 March 2007)
March 23 – Prakash Karat says the Left Front government will not give up its industrialization policy. (Source: The Telegraph, 24 March 2007)
March 23 – State Governor replies with flowers to Assembly Speaker. (Source: The Telegraph, 24 March 2007)
March 23 – Mamata Banerjee raps Prime Minister over Nandigram. (Source: The Statesman, 24 March 2007)
March 22 – CBI submits report on Nandigram killings to Calcutta High Court (Source: The Hindu, 23 March 2007)
March 22 – Assembly speaker Hasim Abdul Halim says that the Governor being the constitutional head had no business making a statement on Nandigram. (Source: The Statesman, 23 March 2007)
March 22 – Bengal Taxi Association threatens to withdraw its 15,000-strong fleet of taxis from 3 April to protest the illegal ferrying of passengers by private and state government cars. (Source: The Telegraph, 23 March 2007)
March 22 – 17,000 self-help groups changing the lives of women in the Sundarbans. (Source: The Hindu Business Line, 23 March 2007)
March 22 – CITU displays 32 CSTC and CTC buses reportedly damaged by Trinamool Congress supporters on bandh day. (Source: The Telegraph, 23 March 2007)
March 21 – Central Government provides for rehabilitation of SEZ displaced by developer as per relief and rehabilitation policy of state government. (Source: The Financial Express 22 March 2007)
March 21 – CPI(M) works out strategy to counter CBI’s Nandigram report. (Source: The Financial Express 22 March 2007)
March 21 – Trinamool Congress says CID probe motivated. (Source: The Statesman 22 March 2007)
March 21 – Business team from North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany looking at possible joint ventures with small and medium sized firms. (Source: The Hindu Business Line, 22 March 2007)
March 20 – Commonwealth group in Bengal, Orissa to study tourism potential. (Source: The Hindu Business Line, 21 March 2007)
March 20 – Nandigram protest rallies by Youth Congress, doctors and intellectuals throw Kolkata traffic out of gear. (Source: The Statesman, 21 March 2007)
March 20 – Nandigram issue forces adjournment of the Lok Sabha a day ahead of schedule. (Source: The Hindu, 21 March 2007)
March 20 – Biman Bose sees foreign hand in Nandigram. (Source: The Statesman, 21 March 2007)
March 20 – Kolkata Municipal Corporation budget passed without discussions. (Source: The Statesman, 21 March 2007)
March 20 – Nandigram analysis (Sources: The Hindu Businessline, 21 March 2007, Financial Express, 21 March 2007, The Economic Times, 21 March 2007, The Telegraph, 21 March 2997, The Hindu, 21 march 2007)
March 19 – 50,000 strong Jamait Ulema-e-Hind protest in Kolkata turns violent. (Source: The Statesman, 20 March 2007)
March 19 – CBI probe looking into possible presence of outsiders who may have “participated” in the firing at Nandigram. (Source: The Telegraph, 20 March 2007)
March 19 – When Buddhadeb Bhattacharya forgot to educate Nandigram. (Source: Financial Express, 20 March)
March 19 – Nandigram violence casts its shadow on parliamentary proceedings for the fourth consecutive day. (Source: The Hindu, 20 March 2007)
March 18 – Prakash Karat firms up Buddhadeb Bhattacharya defence on Nandigram battle. (Source: Times of India, 19 March 2007)
March 18 – Singur Krishi Jomi Raksha Committee (SKJRC) have decided to go for “guerilla warfare” (Source:The Statesman, 19 March 2007)
March 17 – Big Brother mollifies allies, worried over CBI. (Source:The Statesman, 18 March 2007)
March 17 – Left Front drops land acquisition plan at Nandigram. (Source: The Hindu Business Line, 18 March 2007)
March 16 – Sporadic violence marks state-wide strike in West Bengal. (Source: The Hindu, 17 March 2007)
March 16 – UPA, Left differences rise over Nandigram issue. (Source: Financial Express, 17 March 2007)
March 16 – Battle for Nandigram still on: protesters storm in, supporters slip out. (Source: The Telegraph, 17 March 2007)
March 16 – Nandigram: Police reveals shoot-to-kill shocker. (Source: The Telegraph, 17 March 2007)
March 16 – V.R. Krishna Iyer indicts government for unleashing terror. (Source: The Statesman, 17 March 2007)
March 16 – Stamp duty raised for flats costing more than Rs. 25 lakhs. (Source: The Telegraph, 17 March 2007}
March 16 – The entire state of West Bengal has come to a standstill due to bandh. (Source: NDTV, 16 March)
March 15 – Just another bandh? Not really, the shutdown breeze blows in favour of Nandigram. (Source: The Telegraph, 16 March 2007)
March 15 – Calcutta High Court orders CBI enquiry into Nandigram police firing acting on Medha Patkar complaint. (Source: The Times of India, 16 March 2007)
March 15 – Mamata Banerjee illness takes sting out of protest. (Source: The Times of India, 16 March 2007)
March 15 – ‘Bullet in belly’ but on runaway list at Nandigram. (Source: The Telegraph, 16 March 2007)
March 15 – Dutch team eyes biz ventures in Bengal. (Source: The Hindu Business Line, 16 March 2007)
March 14 – At least 20 killed in Nandigram takeover. (Sources: The Telegraph, 15 March 2007 The Statesman, 15 March 2007)
March 14 – The Brigade connection. (Source:The Statesman, 15 March 2007)
March 14 – Biggest challenge ever for Left Front. (Source:The Telegraph, 15 March 2007
March 14 – Jindals want Salboni factory with consent of locals. (Source:The Statesman, 15 March 2007)
March 14 - 14 killed in violence in Nandigram. 12-hour general strike called on March 16. Higher Secondary Examination rescheduled to begin on 19th. ( Source: NDTV, 14 March 2007)
March 13 - Left, DMK members clash in Lok Sabha over location of University. (Source: The Hindu 14 March 2007)
March 13 – City’s maritime dream shattered. (Sources: The Statesman, 14 March 2007, The Telegraph, 14 March 2007)
March 13 - Former Dum Dum municipality Chairman convicted for life for murdering another former Chairman. (Source: The Statesman, 14 March 2007)
March 13 - Trade Unions clash over Hindustan Motors strike. (Source: The Statesman, 14 March 2007)
March 13 - Police build force for Nandigram clash. (Source: The Telegraph, 14 March 2007)
March 13 - Government probe delinks Singur farmer suicide and Tata land, but family sticks to link stand. (Source: The Telegraph, 14 March 2007)
March 12 - Farmer commits suicide in Singur. (Source: The Telegraph, 13 March 2007)
March 12 – Strike threat by 5,000 workers of Hindustan Motors, salary not paid for two months. (Source: The Telegraph, 13 March 2007)
March 12 - 4,03,154 students will write the Higher Secondary Examination beginning on March 16. (Source: The Telegraph, 13 March 2007)
March 12 – Kolkata Port Trust seeks norms eased for Hooghly dredging. (Source: Financial Express, 13 March 2007)
March 11 – Buddhadeb Bhattacharya throws industrialization challenge to opponents for 2008 panchayat elections. (Source: The Telegraph. 12 March 2007)
March 11 – Saarland business delegation hopeful about future possibilities. (Source: The Telegraph. 12 March 2007)
March 10 - Three hurt in IISCO land takeover. (Source: Statesman, 11 March 2007)
March 9 - Bengal signs land lease pact with Tatas for Singur plant. (Source: The Telegraph, 10 March 2007)
March 9 - Calcutta High Court sets up panel to study Priyamvada Birla's valuables. (Source: The Hindu Business Line, 10 March 2007)
March 8 – 63-days jute industry strike called off. (Source: The Hindu Business Line, 9 March 2007) March 8 – German small units keen on more business ties. (Source: The Hindu Business Line, 9 March 2007)
March 8 – Bengal wooing Boeing to set up repair hub. (Source: The Hindu Business Line, 9 March 2007)
March 8 – Production stalled at ECL mines at Chhora and Patmohona. (Source: The Statesman, 9 March 2007)
March 8 – McDonald’s comes to Park Street. (Source: The Statesman, 9 March 2007)
March 7 – US cos eye Bengal for big investment avenues. (Source: The Hindu Business Line, 8 March 2007)
March 7 – Mr Justice Surinder Singh Nirjhar - new Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court. (Source: The Hindu Business Line, 8 March 2007)
March 7 – In absence of ‘victim’, army abuzz about New Year-eve ‘tease’ case burial. (Source: The Telegraph)
March 6 – ‘Drunk’ jawans kill boy, batter family in Dakshin Dinajpur. (Source: . The Telegraph, 7 March 2007.)
March 6 – Buddhadeb Bhattacharya to open `Ginger' hotel of the Tatas in Durgapur today. (Source: The Hindu Business Line, 7 March 2007)
March 5 – Levy on water in Howrah from October (Source: The Telegraph, 6 March 2007)
March 5 – Kolkata port raises dock capacity to 1-lakh sq.m. (Source: The Hindu Business Line, 6 March 2007)
March 5 – Bengal offshore: Ministry favours ONGC's request for extension (Source: The Hindu Business Line, 6 March 2007)
March 5 – Dream millionaires from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (Source: Financial Express, 6 March 2007)
March 5 – Human Rights Commission seeks report on Tuhin Samanta murder probe (Source: The Statesman, 6 March 2007)
March 4 – Women not well in Bengal – Health, education and empowerment myths busted. (source: The Telegrah, 5 March 2007).
March 4 – Rain plays havoc on betel vines in Nadia district. (Source: betel vinesThe Statesman, 5 March 2007)
March 4 – Tampering with heritage in Benoy-Badal-Dinesh Bag. (Source: The Hindu Business Line, 5 March 2007)
March 4 – The City of Joy soon to be filmed as a documentary. (Source: The Hindu, 5 March 2007)
March 2 – Calcutta High Court convicts Bengal’s see-no-evil elite. (Source: The Telegraph, 3 March 2007)
March 2 – Chemical hub project at Nandigram is “very much on”, says Salim man. (Source: The Statesman, 3 March 2007)
March 1 – India, France set up panel on food processing. Source: The Hindu Business Line, 2 March 2007)
March 1 – Bata locks out registered office, retrenches 45 staff. (Source: Financial Express, 2 March 2007)
March 1 – Prince Anwar Shah Road connector opened to public. (Source: The Statesman, 2 March 2007)
March 1 – Urdu lingua franca of Asansol, Islampur and Metiaburuz. (Source: The Statesman, 2 March 2007)
March 1 – Basanta Utsab at Rabindra Bharati and Santiniketan (Sources: The Hindu Business Line, 2 March 2007 and The Statesman, 2 March 2007)
[edit] February
February 28 – Instrument Landing System awaits upgrade at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport (Source: The Telegraph, 1 March 2007)
February 28 – Partywomen snub Medha Patkar at Binoy Konar’s behest. (Source: The Statesman 1 March 2007)
February 28 – Dominique Lapierre visits Keoradanga village in South 24 Parganas. (Source: The Hindu Business Line, 1 March 2007)
February 27 – Economic Survey lends support to Buddhadeb Bhattacharya’s theory of industrialisation. (Source: The Telegraph, 28 December 2007)
February 27 – Pro-industrialisation campaign of SFI ends in defeat at Presidency College. (Source: The Statesman, 28 February 2007)
February 27 – Fire halts opearations of SAIL’s Alloy Steels Plant at Durgapur. (Source: The Statesman 28 February 2007)
February 27 – Fresh look at 999-yr DLF deal at Dankuni. (Source: The Telegraph 28 February 2007)
February 27 – Hindustan Motors ties up with Shriram Properties for IT township and auto park at Uttarpara. (Source: The Hindu Business Line 28 February 2007)
February 26 – Railway Budget ambitious, progressive, say Bengal chambers. (Source: Financial Express 27 Februray 2007)
February 26 – Private wagon makers welcome Rail Budget. (Source: Financial Express 27 Februray 2007)
February 26 – Principal secretary serves notice on minister: apology or Rs. 1 crore suit for mad slur. (Source: The Telegraph 27 February 2007)
February 25 – Starvation claims 4 in 7 days (Source: The Telegraph 26 February 2007)
February 25 – Lecturer shot dead in school election. (Source: The Telegraph 26 February 2007)
February 25 – NABARD funds two watershed projects in Bankura. (Source: Financial Express 26 February 2007)
February 25 – Book Fair ends with fresh hope (Source: The Statesman 26 February 2007)
February 25 – CPI(M) angry with US consul general but hands tied (Source: The Telegraph 26 February 2007)
February 24 – CPI(M) protests meeting of US Consul General with Jamait Ulema-i-Hind. (Source: The Telegraph 25 February 2007.)
February 24 – Massive power cuts expected in state electricity board areas this summer. (Source: The Telegraph 25 February 2007.)
February 24 – CIL guns for vendor cartels. (Source: Financial Express 25 February 2007)
February 23 – Tata Indicom eyeing 1-million customer base in Kolkata Circle. (Source: The Hindu Business Line 24 February 2007)
February 22 – Centre clears Salim project. (Source: The Statesman 23 February 2007)
February 22 – Delhi-Howrah dedicated railway freight corridor project cleared. (Source: The Telegraph 23 February 2007)
February 22 – Howrah station on tentative list of stations to be modernised on public-private partnership basis. (Source: The Hindu Business Line 23 February 2007)
February 22 – Eastern India accounts for only 15 per cent of growing leather exports. (Source: The Hindu Business Line 23 February 2007)
February 21 – Tata-Changi airport tie up to bid for Kolkata airport modernisation. (Source: The Telegraph 22 February 2007)
February 21 – Farakka Barrage lock gate washed away. (Source: The Statesman 22 February 2007)
February 21 – CPI(M) counters Jamait Ulema-i-Hind propaganda that Muslims’ land is being picked up. (Source: The Telegraph 22 February 2007)
February 21 – Bengal plans to set up drugs, medical equipment unit. (Source: The Hindu Business Line 22 February 2007)
February 20 – Plague in potato field, farmer hangs himself. (Source: The Telegraph 21 February 2007
February 20 – Farmers in Haripur, Purba Medinipur opposes nuclear power plant.. (Source: The Statesman 21 February 2007)
February 20 – Panskura farmers oppose land for proposed project of Reliance Industries. (Source: The Statesman 21 February 2007)
February 20 – Chittabrata Majumdar, CITU general secretary, dead. (Source: The Statesman 21 February 2007)
February 19 – DLF group to set up 4,840-acre township at Dankuni (Source: The Hindu Business Line 20 February 2007)
February 19 – Bengal Shrachi lays foundation for entertainment hub `Junction' inDurgapur. (Source: The Hindu Business Line 20 February 2007)
February 18 – Assocham target for West Bengal 2010: Rs. 1 lakh crore investment, 3 lakh jobs. (Source: The Telegraph 19 February 2007)
February 18 – BESU teachers to go on hunger strike for status demand. (Source: The Telegraph 19 February 2007)
February 18 – Plan panel okays Bengal plan. (Source: The Statesman 19 February 2007)
February 18 – Bengal 13th in 33rd National Games. {Source: The Telegraph 19 February 2007)
February 18 – CPI(M) bows to ‘people’s wishes. (Source: The Statesman 19 February 2007)
February 17 – CPI(M) trying to terrorise Nandigram with outside help. (Source: The Statesman 18 Februray 2007)
February 17 – Sourav Ganguly is Man-of-the-Series. (Source: The Hindu 18 February 2007)
February 17 – Tussle over Haldia Petrochem continues; HC stays CLB order. (Source: The Financial Express 18 February 2007)
February 16 – Durgapur Steel Plant Q3 net up 600 per cent. (Source: The Statesman 17 February 2007)
February 16 – University parity for ISC, CBSE students. (Source: The Telegraph 17 February 2007]
February 16 – Tata Motors determined to roll out Singur small car in 2008. (Source: Financial Express 17 February 2007)
February 15 – West Bengal’s first two-wheeler plant inaugurated. (Source: The Statesman 16 February 2007)
February 15 – Tata Motors Rs 1-lakh car ready, trials on. (Source: Financial Express 16 February 2007)
February 15 – Kolkata Book Fair sales pick up, finally. (Source: The Statesman 16 February 2007)
February 15 – NABARD launches silk-reeling cluster in Malda district. (Source: The Hindu Business Line 16 Februray 2007)
February 14 – Salim ground work grinds to a halt, only motorbikes plan rolls on. (Source: The Telegraph 15 February 2007)
February 14 – Stalls still being set on Day 5 of Kolkata Book Fair. (Source: The Telegraph 15 February 2007)
February 14 – Tea body identifies alternative crops. (Source: The Hindu Business Line 15 February 2007.)
February 13 – Health minister needs two more years to overhaul the government healthcare system. (Source: The Telegraph 14 February 2007)
February 13 – Education, healthcare need greater government investment: Amartya Sen. (Source: The Hindu 14 February 2007)
February 13 – Tanker freight question still unsolved. (Source: The Hindu Business Line 14 February 2007)
February 13 – Bengal Shrachi to develop retail space in Durgapur. (Source: Financial Express 14 February 2007)
February 13 – Kolkata techie kingpin of Internet drug trafficking racket. (Source: The Statesman 14 February 2007)
February 12 – Italy signs 3 pacts to boost business ties. (Source: The Hindu Business Line 13 February 2007)
February 12 – Second Vivekanada Bridge: L&T on schedule. (Source: The Hindu Business Line 13 February 2007)
February 11 – Muhammad Yunus for industry with gentle face. (Source: The Statesman 12 February 2007)
February 11 – Jindals start work for steel plant at Salboni – CPI(M) activists stand guard. (Source: The Statesman 12 Februray 2007)
February 11 – Rs 200-cr uplift in cancer care at Kolkata. (Source: The Telegraph 12 February 2007)
February 11 – Italian small and medium entrepreneurs arrive in Kolkata for big deals. (Source: Financial Express 12 February 2007)
February 11 – 4 months that reduced CPI(M) to a ‘minority’ in Purba Medinipur. (Source: The Telegraph 12 February 2007)
February 10 – Put land acquisition for Tata project at Singur on hold: Mamata Banerjee (Source: The Hindu Business Line 11 February 2007)
February 9 – Kolkata poised for high cross-sector realty growth' (Sources: The Hindu Business Line 10 February 2007 Financial Express 10 February 2007 )
February 9 – Red flags return to ghost village in Purba Medinipur. (Source: The Telegraph 10 February 2007)
February 8 – Trinamool Congress stand upsets Buddhadeb Bhattacharya. (Source: The Statesman 9 February 2007 )
February 8 – Singur women start canteen for Tata Motors workers. (Source: The Hindu Business Line 9 February 2007)
February 8 – Maruti plans new models to take on Tata Motors Singur car. (Source: Financial Express 9 Februray)
February 7 – CPI (M) cadres recapture Khejuri in the Haldia area. (Source: The Statesman 8 Februray 2007)
February 7 – Lynch mob in land war: Sub-Inspector suspected to have been killed. (Source: The Telegraph 8 February 2007)
February 7 – America guest nation in Kolkata Book Fair. (Source: The Hindu Business Line 8 February 2007)
February 6 – Foreign Investment Promotion Board clears Indonesia-based Salim Group's investments in the proposed SEZ at Nandigram. (Source: The Hindu Business Line 7 February 2007)
February 6 – Reliance Fresh stores in Kolkata by next month. (Source: The Hindu Business Line 7 February 2007)
February 6 – Buddhadeb Bhattacharya banks on Reliance Industries to bring CNG to Kolkata. (Source: The Telegraph 7 February 2007)
February 6 – Kolkata follows Mumbai in business management talent pool. (Source: The Statesman 7 February 2007)
February 6 – Satyabrata Rai Chowdhuri elected Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society (Source: The Hindu Business Line 7 February 2007)
February 6 – Ranadeb Bose and Manoj Tiwari honoured. (Source: The Statesman 7 February 2007)
February 6 – Allies slam brakes on proposal for raising urban land ceiling. (Source: The Telegraph 7 February 2007)
February 5 – Tata Motors small car will roll out of the Singur plant in 2008 – Ratan Tata. (Source: The Statesman 6 February 2007)
February 5 – Bengal loose to Mumbai in Ranji Trophy final. (Source: The Telegraph 6 February 2007)
February 5 – Seven burnt alive in Howrah sweet meat shop. (Source: The Telegraph 6 February 2007)
February 5 – Prohibitory orders reimposed at Singur. (Source: The Hindu 6 February 2007)
February 4 – Singur flares up, Nandigram tense. (Source: The Statesman 5 February 2007)
February 4 – Cadila to roll out `Sugar Free' boutiques. (Source: The Hindu Business Line 5 February 2007)
February 3 – Construction of boundary wall at Singur making brisk progress. (Source: The Hindu Business Line 4 February 2007)
February 3 – Sourav Ghosal back in top 50 of world squash rankings. (Source: The Statesman 4 February)
February 2 – Indian Air Force gears up for Garuda-III strike show at Kalaikunda. (Source: The Statesman February 2007)
February 2 – Telcon plant needs 400 acres of land at Kharagpur. (Source: The Telegraph 3 February 2007)
February 2 – Grades in Madhyamik examinations from 2009. (Source: The Telegraph 3 February 2007)
February 2 – Central aid for development in Bardhaman, Hooghly, Dakshin Dinajpur and Paschim Medinipur districts. (Source: The Hindu Business Line 3 February 2007)
February 2 – Rs. 280 crore for rural infrastructure development. (Source: The Hindu Business Line 3 February 2007)
February 1 – Unrest in Kharagpur against land acquisition for Telcon payloader plant. (Source: The Telegraph 2 February 2007)
February 1 – First ever wildlife hospital and research centre to be set up at Madarihat in Jalpaiguri district. (Source: The Telegraph 2 February 2007)
February 1 – Protests spike biotech park at Baruipur. (Source: The Telegraph 2 February 2007)
[edit] January
January 31 – ‘No backtracking, come what may’ - - Trinamool Congress cries foul over CM statement. (Source: The Telegraph 1 February 2007 )
January 31 – Company Law Board ousts Bengal government from Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd.; Purnendu Chatterjee to get stake. (Source: Financial Express 1 February 2007)
January 31 – Central Forensic Science Laboratory to be reloacted at Rajarhat. (Source: The Hindu Business Line 1 February 2007.)
January 30 – West Bengal enters phase II power reforms. (Source: Financial Express 31 January 2007)
January 30 – Tanker strike called off temporarily. (Source: The Hindu Business line 31 January 2007)
January 30 – Techno-management festival at IIT, Kharagpur. (Source: The Hindu Business line 31 January 2007)
January 29 – Calcutta High Court banishes Calcutta Book Fair from the Maidan, blasts government cells. (Source: The Telegraph 30 January 2007)
January 29 – WBSIDC MoUs for integrated leather complex, at Panjipara, in Uttar Dinajpur and an IT Park in Sector-V, Bidhannagar . (Source: The Statesman 30 January 2007)
January 29 – Prohobitory orders under Section 144 lifted at Singur. (Source: The Telegraph 30 January 2007)
January 29 – Singur issue: Mamata Banerjee threatens stir again. (Source: Financial Express 30 January 2007)
January 29 – Fuel crisis stares Bengal as tanker strike continues. (Source: The Hindu Business Line 30 January 2007)
January 28 – Rally for Brahmaputra waterway may draw 3 lakhs at Baxirhat in Cooch Behar district (Source:The Statesman 29 January 2007)
January 28 – Only a fraction of the agricultural land will ever be used for industry, says government. (Source: The Telegraph 29 January 2007)
January 28 – Tasleema Nasreen wants to stay on in Kolkata. (Source: Hindustan Times 29 January 2007)
January 27 – Jamait turns up SEZ heat in Nandigram. (Source: The Telegraph 28 January 2007)
January 27 – Bengal beats Karnataka at Eden Gardens to move into the finals of the Ranji Trophy. (Source: The Telegraph 28 January 2007)
January 27 – Roy-Donald goes down fighting in Australian Open. (Source: The Telegraph 28 January 2007)
January 27 – Pumps run out of petrol as tanker srike enters third day. (Source: The Telegraph 28 January 2007)
January 26 –`Social negotiation must for distribution of land' - Gopalkrishna Gandhi. (Source: The Hindu Business Line 27 January 2007)
January 26 – ONGC seeks fresh extension for Bengal offshore work (Source: The Hindu Business Line 27 January 2007)
January 26 –2007 Padma Bhushan awardees include: Hakim Syed Mohammad Sharfuddin Quadri (medicine), Dr. Saroj Ghosh (science and engineering), Somnath Hore (posthumous) (art), Prof. Tapan Ray Chaudhuri (literature and education). Padma Shri awardees include: Amitav Ghosh (literature and education), Ananda M. Chakabarti (science and engineering), Prof. (Dr.) Dilip Biswas (science and engineering), Runa Banerjee (social work). (Source: The Hindu 27 January 2007)
January 25 – Baruipur surgical tools industry on revival path. (Source: The Statesman 26 January 2007)
January 25 – Balaji group on recce at Raghunathpur. (Source: The Statesman 26 January 2007)
January 25 – Kolkata lad Rupesh Roy makes it to Australian Open boys’ doubles final. (Source: The Telegraph 26 January 2007)
January 24 – Government fails to keep promises, rickshaw-pullers on strike. (Source: The Statesman 25 January 2007)
January 24 – Bengal moots fund to sweeten SEZs (Source: The Telegraph 25 january 2007)
January 24 – Transport operators call off strike. (Source: The Hindu Business Line 25 january 2007)
January 24 – Heavy shoaling poses threat to Haldia dock . (Source: The Hindu Business Line 25 January 2007)
January 23 – Tata Motors small car on track. (Source: The Telegraph, 24 January, 2007)
January 23 – Brakes slammed on land acquisition for projects at Kharagpur, Dankuni, Uluberia, Baruipur, Kulpi and Barasat-Raichak Espressway. (Source: The Telegraph, 24 January, 2007)
January 22 – Villages will not be acquired for the 4,840-acre Dankuni township. (Source: The Telegraph 23 January 2007)
January 22 – Buddhadeb Bhattacharya inaugurates 20th industrial trade fair. (Source: The Hindu Business Line 23 January 2007)
January 22 – SpiceJet to connect Kolkata with Hyderabad and other cities. (Source: The Hindu Business Line 23 January 2007)
January 21 – Tata Motors starts construction at Singur. (Source: The Hindu 22 January 2007)
January 21 – Sourav Ganguly makes a grand come back. (Sources: Hindustan Times 22 January 2007 , The Hindu 22 January 2007, The Telegraph 22 January 2007)
January 21 – Land resale barred for SEZ units. (Source: Financial Express 22 january 2007
January 21 – Direct bogies between Balurghat and Sealdah. (Source: The Telegraph 22 January)
January 20 – Birthday bonanza for Soumitra Chatterjee. (Source: The Telegraph 21 January 2007)
January 19 – Rs 160-crore bonanza for Tatas. (Source: The Statesman 20 January 2007)
January 19 – West Bengal ropes in Tatas for leather project. (Source: Financial Express 20 January 2007)
January 19 – Heritage utsav begins today at Kolkata. (Source: The Hindu Business Line 20 January 2007)
January 19 – Singur an exception, Nandigram a blunder, says Buddhadeb Bhattacharya. (Source: Times of India 20 January 2007)
January 18 – We cannot fail expectations, writes Buddhadeb Bhattacharya. (Source: Financial Express 19 January 2007)
January 18 – Not enough ships to load at Haldia dock complex. (Source: The Hindu Business Line 19 January 2007)
January 18 – Interior decorators see huge opportunity in Kolkata. (Source: The Hindu Business Line 19 January 2007)
January 18 – Singur villagers impressed by what they see at Jamshedpur . (Source: The Telegraph 19 January 2007)
January 18 – Army aid to build blasted Highway at Asansol. (Source: The Telegraph 19 January 2007)
January 17 –150,000 sq feet for Reliance Industries hypermart at Batanagar. (Source: The Telegraph 18 January 2007)
January 17 – Glasgow University ties up with Globsyn biz school, Kolkata. (Source: The Hindu Business Line 18 January 2007)
January 17 – Medha Patkar's right shall not be infringed: HC. (Source: The Hindu Business Line 18 January 2007)
January 17 – No more SEZs till new rehabilitation policy. (Source: The Economic Times 18 January 2007)
January 17 – State government may not use the law to acquire land for further industrial development. (Source: Financial Express 18 January 2007)
January 16 – Highway in Asansol damaged by gas burst in abandoned colliery pit. (Source: The Telegraph 17 January 2007)
January 16 – Jute mills offer board berth to unions if allowed to slash wages. (Source: Financial Express 17 January 2007)
January 16 – Rs. 440 crore for revamp of Bengal Chemical. (Source: The Hindu Business Line 17 January 2007)
January 16 – Bidhannagar Sector V set for makeover. (Source: The Statesman 17 Januart 2007)
January 16 –Dr. Norman Bethune memorial trust celebrates silver jubilee. (Source: The Statesman 17 Januart 2007)
January 16 – CPI(M) initiates damage control measures at Nandigram. (Source: The Statesman 17 Januart 2007)
January 16 – Trinamool Congress workers damage fence, enter Singur project site. (Source: The Hindu 17 january 2007)
January 16 – Don't do 'land grabbing' in the name of SEZs, says Assocham. (Source: Financial Express 17 January 2007)
January 15 – Darjeeling freezing ...but where’s snow? (Source: The Telegraph 16 January 2007)
January 15 – Bengal braves burst of bad news. (Source: The Telegraph 16 January 2007)
January 14 – 300,000 take the holy dip at Ganga Sagar (Source: The Telegraph 15 January 2007)
January 14 – Dunlop India resumes production after 8 yrs. (Source: The Financial Express 15 January 2007)
January 13 – INTUC panel to review North Bengal tea crisis. (Source: The Statesman 14 January 2007)
January 13 – Kolkata's deluxe hotels rake in moolah. (Source: The Economic Times 14 January 2007)
January 13 – Land sold, farmers face empty purses (Source: The Telegraph 14 January 2007)
January 13 – Chemical SEZs at Haldia, Visakhapatnam and Hazira - Leave land acquisition to industry, farmers: Paswan. (Source: The Hindu 14 January 2007)
January 13 – Land not an issue in West Bengal says state Finance Minister (Source: The Hindu Business Line 14 January 2007)
January 13 – Ranadeb Bose puts up brave front. (Source: Telegraph 14 January 2007.)
January 12 – Medha Patkar dares government. (Source: The Statesman 13 January 2007)
January 12 – Jyoti Basu, others want to give it another go. (Source: The Statesman 13 January 2007)
January 12 – Kolkata Book Fair plea: Kolkata High Court dismisses petition. (Source: The Hindu Business Line January 12 2007)
January 12 – Government publishes details of landowners who have no objection to Tata Motors project at Singur, Mamata Banerjee cries foul. (Source: The Telegraph 13 January 2007)
January 11 – Jindals sign pact with government for steel plant at Salboni - largest ever investment in West Bengal. (Source: Hindu Business Line 12 January 2007, The Telegraph, 12 January 2007)
January 11 – Steps to curb illegal coal mining soon. (Source: The Statesman 12 January 2007)
January 11 - No jobs for IISCO land losers. (Source: The Statesman 12 January 2007 )
January 10 – Haldia dock to get agri commodities storage facility (Source: The Hindu Business Line 11 January 2007)
January 10 – West Bengal allows regional rural banks in the state, (Source: The Economic Times 11 January 2007)
January 10 – Kespur ghost haunts Nandigram (Source: The Statesman 11 January 2007)
January 10 – Medha Patkar’s Singur mission foiled (Source: The Statesman 11 January 2007)
January 10 – Salim group to go ahead with projects in Nandigram, Haldia, Baruipur. (Source: Times of India 11 January 2007 , The Hindu 11 January 2007)
January 9 – Chief Minister admits blunder in issuing notice at Nandigram. {Source: The Telegraph 10 January 2007 )
January 9 – Extremists at work in Singur, Nandigram... (Source: The Hindu Business Line 10 January 2007)
January 9 – Tea-growing areas on satellite map soon. (Source:The Statesman 10 January 2007)
January 8 – Bandh hits normal life in West Bengal (Source: The Hindu Business Line 9 January 2007)
January 8 – Blasts near Tata Motors site at Singur (Source: The Telegraph 9 January 2007)
January 7 – Six killed in group clashes at Nandigram - Bandh call for January 8. (Sources: The Hindu 8 January 2007, The Statesman 8 January 2007)
January 7 – Chief Minister singles out Jamait-Ulema-i-Hind for blame. (Source: The Statesman 8 January 2007)
January 7 – Chief Minister airs Kulpi Special economic zone, port plans. (Source: The Statesman 8 January 2007)
January 6 – Sourav Ganguly’s comeback a hit. (Source: Times of India 7 January 2007)
January 6 – West Bengal’s “bandh culture” criticised. (Source: The Statesman 7 January 2007)
January 5 – Land backlash takes its own turn at Nandigram (Source: The Telegraph 6 January 2007, The Statesman 6 January 2007)
January 5 – Government puts Special economic zone acquisition ‘on hold’. (Source: The Telegraph 6 January 2007)
January 5 – Villagers resist IISCO expansion work. (Source: Statesman 6 January 2007)
January 4 – More than 200,000 workers in 54 jute mills on strike. (Source: The Statesman 5 January 2007)
January 3 – West Bengal limits number of Special economic zones. (Source: The Telegraph 4 January 2007)
January 3 –Unrest over land acquisition for the Salim Group in Nandigram, Midnapore East. (Source The Statesman 4 January 2007)
January 3 – Trinamool Congress rubbishes government report. (Source: The Telegraph 4 January 2007)
January 3 – Police stop rally at Singur. (Source: The Hindu 4 January 2007)
January 2 – Government releases status report on Singur . (Source: The Statesman 3 January 2007)
January 1 – Nandigram tense as Haldia celebrates. (Source: The Statesman 2 January 2007)
January 1 – Furore over delay in releasing Singur farmers’ list. (Source: The Statesman 2 January 2007)
January 1 – Violence mars Id in Malda district. (Source: The Statesman 2 January 2007)
January 1 – Panel wants setting up of Tagore heritage institute at Rabindra Bhavan, Santiniketan. (Source: The Hindu Business Line 2 January 2007)
