West Bengal state Industrial Minister Nirupam Sen and Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata make their way to a press meet in Kolkata on September 1, 2009. India's Tata group moved out of an unfinished factory built to make the world's cheapest car the Tata Nano due to violent protests over a land dispute.'We do not want to sit on the land. We will return it if the state government compensates us for the investments made there,' Tata told reporters on the sidelines of Tata Tea's AGM here, reported local media. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

West Bengal state Industrial Minister Nirupam Sen and Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata make their way to a press meet in Kolkata on September 1, 2009. India's Tata group moved out of an unfinished factory built to make the world's cheapest car the Tata Nano due to violent protests over a land dispute.'We do not want to sit on the land. We will return it if the state government compensates us for the investments made there,' Tata told reporters on the sidelines of Tata Tea's AGM here, reported local media.

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  1. West Bengal state Industrial Minister Nirupam Sen and Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata make their way to a press meet in Kolkata on September 1, 2009. India's Tata group moved out of an unfinished factory built to make the world's cheapest car the Tata Nano due to violent protests over a land dispute.'We do not want to sit on the land. We will return it if the state government compensates us for the investments made there,' Tata told reporters on the sidelines of Tata Tea's AGM here, reported local media.
  2. Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata gives a press conference in Kolkata on September 1, 2009. India's Tata group moved out of an unfinished factory built to make the world's cheapest car the Tata Nano due to violent protests over a land dispute.'We do not want to sit on the land. We will return it if the state government compensates us for the investments made there,' Tata told reporters on the sidelines of Tata Tea's AGM here, reported local media.
  3. (L-R) Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata and West Bengal state Industrial Minister Nirupam Sen give a press conference in Kolkata on September 1, 2009. India's Tata group moved out of an unfinished factory built to make the world's cheapest car the Tata Nano due to violent protests over a land dispute.'We do not want to sit on the land. We will return it if the state government compensates us for the investments made there,' Tata told reporters on the sidelines of Tata Tea's AGM here, reported local media.
  4. Ratan Tata (R), Chairman of the Tata Group, leaves the venue after attending the annual general meeting of shareholders of Tata Tea Ltd as a hotel staff looks on in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata September 1, 2009. Tata Tea Ltd sees tea prices coming under pressure due to bad monsoon in the growing regions, a top official said on Tuesday.
  5. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (C) talks to Ratan Tata (L), Chairman of the Tata Sons, and O.P. Bhatt, Chairman of the State Bank of India, during a roundtable discussion with business leaders from India at the Treasury department in Washington November 24, 2009.
  6. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (R) speaks next to Ratan Tata, Chairman of the Tata Sons, during a roundtable discussion with business leaders from India at the Treasury department in Washington November 24, 2009.
  7. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (R) sits next to Ratan Tata, Chairman of the Tata Sons, during a roundtable discussion with business leaders from India at the Treasury department in Washington November 24, 2009.
  8. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, center, meets with CEOs and business leaders from India, at the Department of the Treasury in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. From left to right are: Chanda Kochar, CEO of IICI Bank Ltd., Ratan Tata, chairman of the Tata Group, Geithner, O.P. Batt, chairman of the State Bank of India, and Sunil Bharti Mittal, CEO of Bharti Airtel.
  9. West Bengal state Industrial Minister Nirupam Sen and Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata make their way to a press meet in Kolkata on September 1, 2009. India's Tata group moved out of an unfinished factory built to make the world's cheapest car the Tata Nano due to violent protests over a land dispute.'We do not want to sit on the land. We will return it if the state government compensates us for the investments made there,' Tata told reporters on the sidelines of Tata Tea's AGM here, reported local media.
  10. (L-R) Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata and West Bengal state Industrial Minister Nirupam Sen give a press conference in Kolkata on September 1, 2009. India's Tata group moved out of an unfinished factory built to make the world's cheapest car the Tata Nano due to violent protests over a land dispute.'We do not want to sit on the land. We will return it if the state government compensates us for the investments made there,' Tata told reporters on the sidelines of Tata Tea's AGM here, reported local media.

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