Calcutta HC stays move to take part of Amartya Sen's Shantiniketan landThe Calcutta High Court has granted an interim stay against an order by Visva Bharati to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen to vacate 0.13 acres of...
04 May, 2023, 02.42 PM IST
Amartya Sen moves Calcutta High Court against Visva-Bharati's eviction orderNobel laureate economist Amartya Sen has appealed against an eviction notice from Visva-Bharati University in Kolkata that asks him to vaca...
04 May, 2023, 02.06 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee hands over land documents to Amartya SenBanerjee said that the land amounting to 1.38 acre was given to the Nobel Laureate’s family and 13 decimal extra land was not “illegally” o...
30 Jan, 2023, 09.29 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee hands over land documents to Amartya Sen, says unauthorised occupation claim baselessWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who reached Bolpur in second half of the day, visited Sen at his residence and dubbed the accus...
30 Jan, 2023, 05.42 PM IST
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen responds to VBU VC's comments, says 'certain people in New Delhi don't like me'Sen, who is presently at his ancestral residence in Bengal’s Shantiniketan, sharply retorted to Chakraborty’s comments, and said, “There ar...
28 Jan, 2023, 08.29 AM IST
Amartya Sen Refuses West Bengal Award"I spoke to my father this morning. He told me that he has received innumerable awards throughout his lifetime. He wants these awards to go...
25 Jul, 2022, 12.04 AM IST
Amartya Sen being attacked for airing views against Union govt: Mamata BanerjeeCM Banerjee last week had written a letter to Sen expressing her anguish after Visva Bharati, a central university, had said that Sen's fam...
28 Dec, 2020, 04.06 PM IST
India subsidising privileged more than poorest of poor: Amartya SenRenowned economist Amartya Sen today said Indian governments were subsidising "privileged consumers" more than the "poorest of the poor".
19 Dec, 2013, 10.19 PM IST
Won’t apologize for Narendra Modi remarks, Amartya Sen saysThe Nobel-winning economist said he had nothing to apologize for saying that he did not wish to see the Gujarat chief minister become India...
28 Jul, 2013, 05.32 AM IST
Don't poke nose into politics: Uddhav Thackeray to Amartya Sen"Sen is an economist of international repute & such demands (stripping him of Bharat Ratna) shouldn't be made by his detractors," Sena chie...
26 Jul, 2013, 02.25 PM IST
BJP distances itself from Chandan Mitra’s comment on Amartya SenEven as the BJP distanced itself from Mitra’s comment, describing it as his personal view, the Congress latched on to the issue.
26 Jul, 2013, 08.22 AM IST
What Amartya Sen said, must have been correct: Sushilkumar ShindeHome Minister Sushilkumar Shinde today disapproved of BJP MP Chandan Mitra's demand of stripping economist Amartya Sen of the Bharat Ratna.
25 Jul, 2013, 05.58 PM IST
- Slowdown failed to hit India because mkt not as free: Amartya
The recession failed to hit India because the market here is not as free as in the west, Nobel laureate and eminent economist Amartya Sen s...
03 Aug, 2009, 10.27 PM IST
- India gifts $4.5 m to Harvard to set up fund
India has gifted $4.5 mn to Harvard University to establish a fund in the honour of nobel laureate Amartya Sen, which would provide fellows...
12 Dec, 2008, 12.27 AM IST
- India gifts $4.5 mn to Harvard to set up fellowship fund
The fund will enable deserving Indian students to pursue studies at the University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Job loss? | HR h...
11 Dec, 2008, 08.41 PM IST
- German honour for Amartya Sen
Leading Indian economist and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen will be awarded Germany's Meister Eckhart Prize for his work on human development t...
27 Jul, 2007, 01.40 AM IST
- Indian economist Amartya Sen wins German prize
Leading Indian economist and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen will be awarded Germany's Meister Eckhart prize for his work on human development t...
26 Jul, 2007, 08.45 PM IST