A rally was taken out in this university town in Bengal by intellectuals and local people on Friday against the eviction notice issued by Visva-Bharati to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen.
By Soumyadip Chattopadhyay, Arjun Kumar
Twenty-first Century India is urbanizing at a massive scale. The country is expected to house half of its population in urban areas by the year 2040. Cities, especially the larger ones, have been placed at the centre of the economic growth strategies. However, the increasing pace of urbanisation in India has not been matched by adequate planning, governance and infrastructure development. The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have further exposed the shortcomings of Indian cities in addressing urban densification and inadequate provision of urban basic services including drinking water and sanitation.
This pandemic has affected the urban poor more than anyone else. The engines of our economic growth have been derailed due to massive disruption in economic and related activities inflicted by this pandemic. Given the predominance of informal production and labour relations in the Indian cities, a cessation of all economic activity is bound to h
PM Modi might also take part in a few development programmes and events during his visit to the state. He is also expected to attend the convocation programme of Visva Bharti University as the Vice-Chancellor.
Didn t Sit On Rabindranath Tagore s Seat, Says Amit Shah, Shows Photos In House Didn t Sit On Rabindranath Tagore s Seat, Says Amit Shah, Shows Photos In House Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury had accused Amit Shah of sitting on Tagore s seat and disrespecting the icon when he was at the Visva Bharti University on January 20.
Amit Shah said in fact, Congress leaders had done what he was being accused of.
New Delhi:
Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday denied a Congress leader s charge that he sat on Rabindranath Tagore s seat during a visit last month to Santiniketan in West Bengal.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, the leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha, had, while speaking in the house, accused Mr Shah of sitting on Tagore s seat and disrespecting the icon when he was at the Visva Bharti University on January 20. Not correct, the Home Minister retorted, saying he had confirmed it with the Vice Chancellor of the university set up by Tagore.