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Disquiet at Santiniketan: protests at Visva-Bharati over eviction notice to Amartya Sen

Disquiet at Santiniketan: protests at Visva-Bharati over eviction notice to Amartya Sen. The controversy surrounding the Nobel laureate's ancestral home is part of a larger ideological battle to claim Bengali culture and politics

Tagore’s birth anniversary celebration overshadowed by protests at Santiniketan

Tagore’s birth anniversary celebration overshadowed by protests at Santiniketan

In the Rabindranath Tagore-founded Visva-Bharati, protests overshadowed celebrations on the poet’s birth anniversary as a large group of people continued their sit-in against the university’s move to take away a piece of land from the Santiniketan house of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen.

Morning Digest | Jaishankar discusses LAC stand-off with Chinese Foreign Minister; many killed in Manipur riots on second day of curfew, and more

Morning Digest | Jaishankar discusses LAC stand-off with Chinese Foreign Minister; many killed in Manipur riots on second day of curfew, and more

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Amartya Sen moves HC against Visva-Bharati’s eviction order

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen moved the Calcutta High Court, appealing against a notice of the Visva-Bharati university that asked him to vacate 13 decimal of land at his Santiniketan residence by May 6.

Mamata Banerjee asks Ministers to start sit-in outside Amartya Sen's house over eviction notice

West Bengal CM has asked State ministers to begin a sit-in outside Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s residence in Santiniketan to protest against the Visva-Bharati’s eviction notice

Amartya Sen's lawyers move court over eviction notice

Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen’s lawyers have moved West Bengal’s Birbhum district court challenging a fresh eviction order by Visva Bharati, asking the celebrated economist to vacate a portion of “encroached land” within his ancestral property situated on the university campus by May 6.

Globalisation of food production has left millions hungry

Letters: Edward Davey says heads of state need to act with urgency to address the global food crisis. Plus letters from Benny Dembitzer and Brian Fish

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Kolkata: For second time in 205 years, Presidency University goes online with Founder’s Day celebration

Kolkata: For second time in 205 years, Presidency University goes online with Founder’s Day celebration

KOLKATA: Presidency University and its alumni association observed the institution’s 205th Founder’s Day on Thursday. Like last year, this year, too, the Founder’s Day celebration went online due to the pandemic.

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