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In April, the Visva-Bharati academic council had proposed to honour Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, author Amitav Ghosh, poet Gulzar, writer Suniti Kumar Pathak, Rabidra Sangeet

exponent Dwijen Mukherjee, physicist Ashok Sen and painter Jogen Chowdhury with the 'Desikottam' award and the university executive council had approved the names in May, reported

PTI. "I do not want to go into the reasons why they are not getting the award. I am shocked," said CM Mamata Banerjee. She also said that she will be present at the event as the

convocation is not a place for politics änd "Visva-Bharati is our pride." On Firday, the PM will also inaugurate the Bangladesh Bhavan, which is a symbol of cultural ties between

India and Bangladesh, reported PTI. Later, PM Modi will travel to Jharkhan to lay the foundation stone of several projects like Sindri Fertilizer Project, Ranchi City Gas Distribution

Project, Development of Deoghar airport and Patratu super thermal project reported PTI. He will also witness the exchange of MOUs for 'jan aushadhi kendras' and in Rachi interact

with the district collecters of 'aspirational' districts of Jharkhand. The ‘transformation of aspirational districts' programme was launched in January and it aims to quickly

and effectively transform these districts to raise the living standards of their people, reported PTI.