Eight more graves found near Nandigram
'CBI leaks' on Nandi firing: CPI(M) may take it up with Centre
Palash Biswas
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Nandigram, Dec 20: The CRPF on Thursday found eight graves in the CPM stronghold of Khejuri adjacent to Nandigram, three of which might contain human remains.
CRPF sources said the three graves found at Mansinghber on Thursday evening could be of women as torn pieces of saree and bits of bangles and a necklace were found from there.
Five empty graves were located at Sherkhan chowk. A 25-member CRPF team has cordoned off the graves. Earlier, the CRPF had found five graves in a field bordering a nullah on December 18 at Sherkhanchowk, the sources said.
An agency correspondent, who went to the spot on Thursday, saw burnt wood and portions of bicycle tyres lying around the shallow graves.
Local people alleged five bodies of CPM supporters killed while making bombs at a house there on October 28 were burnt at the spot and buried for a night before being taken away.
Anup Patra and Sukdeb Patra, both CPM supporters and residents of the village, claimed 19 Marxist supporters had been killed while making bombs at the house on October 28.
After the explosion, the bodies were taken away in two vehicles by Marxist supporters, he added.
One of the vehicles, with five bodies, offloaded them at the field where they were doused with kerosene and cremated on hastily-built pyres built of wood and bicycle tyres, Anup said.
That same night, the bodies were dug up and taken away, he said.
Stung by "leakage" of the CBI report into the March 14 Nandigram violence, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Thursday said the state government could take up the issue with the Centre.
"We may think of taking it up with the Centre," he said when asked about the reports quoting the CBI findings.
Bhattacharjee is here to attend the CPI(M) Central Committee meeting which began today.
Bhattacharjee's party colleague Sitaram Yechury said, "It is a clear case of selective leakage". He, however, refused to elaborate, saying "the matter is sub-judiceand it is wrong to preempt anything."
Asked if he had doubts about any political party playing a role in the "leakage" of the CBI report, the CPI(M) Politburo member said, "It is for the media to interpret."
According to the reports, the CBI report lying with the Calcutta High Court, had concluded that the CPI(M) cadres in police uniform were involved in the firing in Nandigram.
The party's Politburo met in the morning ahead of the meeting of the Central Committee, which is slated to finalise a draft political resolution to be adopted at the party Congress scheduled in March-April next year in Coimbatore.
After the draft is finalised, it would be debated by all party units across the country where members are free to suggest amendments and recommend deletion or addition of portions. The resolution, once adopted by the party Congress, would guide the CPI(M)'s future course of action in the long and short term.
Tata comfy on one lakh car and JLR co-existence
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Posted online: Thursday , December 20, 2007 at 1711 hrs IST
London, December 20: Tata Sons Chairman Ratan Tata has said it should not be impossible for the world's cheapest (Rs one lakh) car to co-exist with prestigious brands like Jaguar and Land Rover despite an image disparity.
In an interview to The Times, Tata Motors chief Ratan Tata exuded confidence in his company's ability to manage a diverse portfolio starting from the Rs one lakh car to British marquees Jaguar and Land Rover, which according to media reports the Indian company is set to acquire.
"How a company manages products in different sectors is the key. Toyota created Lexus, Nissan, has Infiniti. No one is saying how can BMW handle the Mini? But they've made a huge success of it. So why is it impossible?" Tata said on being asked how would JLR fit into his company's product portfolio.
The world is waiting to catch a glimpse of the much touted Rs one lakh car, which would be unveiled at the Auto Expo in New Delhi on January 10.
Various reports in the international media suggest that Tata Motors has emerged as the preferred bidder for the two iconic brands of Ford Motors. Indian rival Mahindra and Mahindra and US-based private equity firm One Equity are also in the fray.
Tata Motors, with a bid of two billion dollars (about Rs 8,000 crore), is the front-runner and the deal is likely to be sealed in favour of the company by end this week, British media reports said.
When asked to comment on apprehensions raised back home on too many small cars and at a price at which Tata Motors plans to sell them would herald and environmental nightmare, Tata said his product would be one of the greenest vehicles around.
"There are eight million two-wheelers put on the road every year which pollute more and are more dangerous. If you look at the total population, the incremental emissions will be minuscule.. Why are we singled out?" Tata said.
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