Police to tackle Bengal farmers
Riot police are to be sent to a troubled area in the south of India's West Bengal state where farmers oppose proposed land acquisition for industry. The state government said police had to regain control over the Nandigram area which had descended into lawlessness.

Six people have died in the past two months in Nandigram during protests over plans to build a chemical plant.

Opposition parties supporting the farmers have warned that resistance to the proposals would continue.

The BBC's Subir Bhaumik in Calcutta says similar protests by farmers against a car factory in another area of West Bengal failed to halt the development, and the state government is desperate to attract foreign investment.