Fourteen people lost their lives in a road accident in West Bengal s Jalpaiguri district as a boulder-loaded truck coming from the opposite direction collided head-on with a multi-purpose vehicle.The accident took place near Dhupguri late on .
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Netaji s birth anniversary to be celebrated as Parakram Diwas
The birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, on January 23, will be celebrated as Parakram Diwas every year, the Ministry of Culture announced on Tuesday. Earlier this month, the Ministry of Culture held a high-level committee, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to commemorate the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in a befitting manner.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, had earlier, wrote to PM Modi seeking the declaration of the national holiday on the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and take decisive steps to find out what happened to Netaji and place the matter in the public domain.
A controversy had erupted on December 24 last year, the day PM Narendra Modi addressed the centenary celebrations of Visva-Bharati, when media reported that the university has written to the West Bengal government alleging dozens of land parcels owned by it were wrongfully recorded in the names of private parties including Sen.
Amartya Sen Asks Visva-Bharati To Withdraw False Allegations That He Is Illegally Holding Land Rather than inventing new falsities and adding to their culpability, Visva-Bharati should withdraw the false allegations made by them, as my lawyer has asked, Mr Sen said.
Updated: January 19, 2021 7:46 am IST
The land on which house stands is on a long-term lease, which is nowhere near its expiry: Amartya Sen
Kolkata:
Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen on Monday wrote to Visva-Bharati university demanding that it withdraws the allegation that his family is in illegal possession of land in its Santiniketan campus and alleged that the accusations are a crude attempt at harassment.
Amartya Sen Hits Out At Visva-Bharati Officials, Asks Them To Withdraw ‘False Allegations’
Officials at Visva-Bharati university have accused Nobel laureate Amartya Sen of being in ‘illegal’ possession of land at the campus File Photo Outlook Web Bureau 2021-01-19T11:21:46+05:30 Amartya Sen Hits Out At Visva-Bharati Officials, Asks Them To Withdraw ‘False Allegations’ outlookindia.com 2021-01-19T11:24:50+05:30
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Nobel laurate Amartya Sen has written to officials at the Visva-Bharati university accusing them of levelling false allegations against him.
This comes in the backdrop of university authorities accusing the economist of being in “illegal possession” of land at the campus. However, Sen has said that the university land on which his house stands is on a long-term lease.