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27 Jun 2024

‘Not A Hindu-Rashtra’: Economist Amartya Sen Talks About Election Outcomes

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen asserts that the recent Lok Sabha election results reflect India's secular identity and reject the notion of a 'Hindu Rashtra.'

10 Oct 2023

Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen No More? Check Truth Behind Viral Claim

Amartya Sen is an influential thinker, known for his extensive contributions to economics, social philosophy, and welfare economics.

Mamata Banerjee

03 May 2023

Mamata Asks TMC Ministers To Stage Sit-In Protest Outside Amartya Sen's House

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's direction to her state ministers came after Visva-Bharati University sent an eviction order to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, who it claimed is in possession of 1.38 acres of land on their Santiniketan campus.

05 Feb 2023

Visva Bharati: 'Tug Of War' Over Sliver of Land Turns Into Political Slugfest

Till the beginning of last month the row between the university vice-chancellor and the Nobel laureate was within some basic limits of decency. However, things changed last month when Sen in an interview acknowledged the quality of Mamata Banerjee to occupy the chair of the PM of the country. A political hullabaloo erupted over this observation of Sen, ignoring his supplementary observations on this point.

02 Feb 2023

Amartya Sen-Visva Bharati Row: University Tells Mamata 'They're Better Off...'

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Visva Bharati University (VBU) have been involved in verbal tussle over Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen's unauthorised possession of land in Birbhum district.

Visva-Bharati Row

31 Jan 2023

Visva-Bharati Claims THIS After Mamata Gave Land Documents To Amartya Sen

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited Amartya Sen's house on Monday. Regarding the Nobel laureate's land dispute, she single-handedly rejected the university authorities' demands. Mamata also handed over the land documents to Amartya in the presence of the Block Land and Land Revenue Officer (BLRO).

Mamata Banerjee

30 Jan 2023

Mamata Banerjee Announces Z Plus Security for Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee met Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen at his residence and handed over land-related documents of his plot in Shantiniketan and dubbed the land-grabbing accusations made against him as "baseless".

17 Jan 2023

Sen's advice is order: Mamata after Nobel laureate says 'she has ability to..'

Last week, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen asserted that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee "has the ability" to be the next prime minister of the country.

Nirmala Sitharaman

13 Oct 2021

FM takes swipe at Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, read what she says

During a conversation organised by the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government on Tuesday, Sitharaman was asked by Harvard Professor Lawrence Summers that "number of people in our community", notably economist Sen has expressed rather strong reservations about the BJP government.

29 Dec 2020

Scope is decreasing for discussion and disagreement in the country: Amartya Sen

Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen said that the scope of discussion and disagreement in the country is getting reduced. At the same time, he claimed that people are being sent to jail after arbitrarily imposing treason charges.

CM Mamata Banerjee

28 Dec 2020

BJP wants to torch Bengal through riots, trying to break universities: Mamata

Mamata Banerjee had written a letter to Sen expressing her anguish after Visva Bharati had said that Sen's family was in "illegal" possession of the land on the campus "Amartya Sen is being attacked for his views against the Union government. This is completely unacceptable. Just like, I am being attacked for my political views," she said Sen has written to Banerjee, thanking her for the support, and said her strong voice is a tremendous source of strength

06 Jul 2019

Taal Thok Ke: 'Jai Sri Ram' slogan not associated with Bengali culture, says Amartya Sen

Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen has opined that the slogans of 'Jai Sri Ram' is not associated with the Bengali culture and is being used "to beat up people". Watch this video to know more.

BJP's membership drive

06 Jul 2019

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BJP's membership drive

06 Jul 2019

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06 Jul 2019

No association of 'Jai Shri Ram' slogans with Bengali culture: Amartya Sen

Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen has opined that the slogans of 'Jai Sri Ram' is not associated with the Bengali culture and is being used "to beat up people". Watch this video to know more.

06 Jul 2019

No association of 'Jai Shri Ram' slogans with Bengali culture: Amartya Sen

Speaking at a programme at the Jadavpur University (JU) in Kolkata, West Bengal, Sen on Friday said that the significance of Goddess Durga can't be compared with Ram Navami.

07 Jan 2019

Should Ram Mandir, Sabarimala be central issues in election year: Amartya Sen

The Nobel laureate also said that not tolerating people's opinion and harassing people is unacceptable.

26 Aug 2018

'Amartya Sen should remain silent,' says West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh

"Amartya Sen should remain silent. He should not react like this. He has nowadays minimum prestige and he should be conscious about that," said the BJP president.

26 Aug 2018

Non-communal, non-BJP parties should ally for 2019 polls, says Amartya Sen

"We must express our opposition to autocracy, we must fight against their autocratic trends, we must criticise the issues where we need to oppose the non-communal right-wing forces, but we must not take back our hands when it comes to fighting communalism which is the biggest threat," he said in Kolkata.

Nalanda University‬

30 Mar 2017

Nalanda University's vice-chancellor quits over sexual assault by students

Based on the vision of former president APJ Abdul Kalam, the Nalanda International University came into existence on 25 November 2010 in Bihar's Nalanda district.

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