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West Bengal's Visva Bharati authorities have issued an eviction notice to Amartya Sen over the ongoing land row and said that the Nobel-laureate economist has occupied a portion of land in West Bengal's Santiniketan in an unauthorised manner. The letter reached Amartya's Shantinikatan address on Sunday.

In the letter sent to the address of 'Pratichi', Amartya Sen or any of his representatives were asked to be present at the conference hall of Visva Bharati's Central Admission Building on March 29. There will be a hearing on the 'controversial' land. 

The letter to Amartya Sen Visva Bharati claimed that the Nobel-laureate has occupied 13 decimals of Visva Bharati's land. Therefore, a question was raised regarding why wouldn't he be evicted from that land in accordance with the law. 

Apolitical controversy broke out on Saturday after state BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankulesaid that the seat-sharing formula between BJP and the CM Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena for the 2024 assembly polls had been fixed and BJP would fight around 240 seats and Sena 48. The state assembly has 288 seats in all.

Bawankule made the statement at a meeting of BJP office-bearers late on Friday but on Saturday claimed that the seat-sharing formula wasn’t finalized. He claimed his speech had been misinterpreted.

Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad claimed Sena will fight at least 130-140 seats. “As Shiv Sena, we are going to contest at least 130 to 140 seats. Since that party (BJP) is bigger than us, surely BJP will fight more seats. But weas Shiv Sena will not contest less than 125 seats. Party leaders should censure him (Bawankule) for making such statements,” Gaikwad said.

The Congress and the BJP have both dug in their heels on the issue of Rahul Gandhi's apology over his "death of democracy" remarks in the UK. The issue, along with the Adani-Hindenburg row, has led to the disruption of the Budget session and is likely to get escalated with the BJP seeking a special parliamentary committee probe. 

At a conclave organised by a media group, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday said Rahul Gandhi doesn't need to apologise for his remarks on Indian democracy, during his visit to the UK. "Rahul Gandhi has not said anything to apologise for," Tharoor said.

The Indian Army is soon going to procure 307 advanced towed artillery systems (ATAGS). These 155mm/52 calibre ATAGS have been developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

On Thursday the Defence Acquisition Council headed by defence minister Rajnath Singh gave its approval for Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for the procurement of 307 ATAGS.

Though developed by DRDO the production partners of these ATAGS are two private sector companies – Pune based Bharat Forge and Tata Advanced Systems. Once manufactured these guns can be deployed in high-altitude regions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh where the Indian Army continues to be in a standoff with the Chinese Peoples’ Liberation Army (PLA).

The Indian Army is soon going to procure 307 advanced towed artillery systems (ATAGS). These 155mm/52 calibre ATAGS have been developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

On Thursday the Defence Acquisition Council headed by defence minister Rajnath Singh gave its approval for Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for the procurement of 307 ATAGS.

Though developed by DRDO the production partners of these ATAGS are two private sector companies – Pune based Bharat Forge and Tata Advanced Systems. Once manufactured these guns can be deployed in high-altitude regions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh where the Indian Army continues to be in a standoff with the Chinese Peoples’ Liberation Army (PLA).