Visva Bharati

Mamata Banerjee extends support to Amartya Sen over land row with Visva-Bharati

Speaking about the controversy about Sen allegedly being in illegal possession of Visva-Bharati land, Banerjee claimed that the economist was often targeted because of his "anti-BJP stance"

Tagore's vision essence of Centre's 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' mission, says Narendra Modi at Visva-Bharati centenary celebrations

The PM also spoke of inclusiveness in an apparent jibe at Mamata Banerjee-led government which has labelled the BJP as an outsider in the run-up to the Assembly election in the state

Visva Bharati University releases provisional merit list for UG, PG courses; check at vbu.ucanapply.com

The varsity prepares separate merit list for each course. The list entails details of all shortlisted applicants and also the total number of seats that are available

West Bengal BJP leader and Netaji's grandnephew Chandra Kumar Bose says 'atmosphere of fear' created over CAA, urges Centre to include Muslims in law

‘An atmosphere of fear is being created on the issue of citizenship. This applies to both the ruling party and the opposition parties. Just because the law has been passed by Parliament, it can't be used to bulldoze people by ignoring the protests. The same applies to opposition parties which are deliberately misleading the masses', said West Bengal BJP vice president Chandra Kumar Bose

Swapan Dasgupta’s lecture on CAA stalled by SFI protest at Kolkata’s Visva Bharati University, students say won’t allow anyone who ‘promotes hatred’

BJP MP Swapan Dasgupta, who was scheduled to deliver a lecture on Wednesday at the Visva Bharati University on the Citizenship Amendment Act, faced protests by members of the CPM-backed SFI who also stalled the programme.

At exhibition celebrating Kala Bhavana, questions about guru-shishya tradition, how we frame legacies

Curated by sculptor and Kala Bhavana alumnus KS Radhakrishnan, the exhibition — titled 'Pillars of an Artscape' — is based on portraying the lineage of contributions made by the seven “pillars” of the institute — Rabindranath Tagore, Nandalal Bose, Benode Behari Mukherjee, Ramkinkar Baij, KG Subramanyan, Somnath Hore, and Sarbari Roy Choudhury.

Will meet Sheikh Hasina in Kolkata, but no place for discussion on Teesta river, says Mamata Banerjee

Mamata Banerjee said she would hold a meeting with Sheikh Hasina, but the Teesta river water sharing issue would not be discussed.

CISF takes over security cover of Victoria Memorial in Kolkata; move to revamp surveillance system

The security of the iconic Victoria Memorial Hall in the city was on Monday handed over to the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).

CBI registers case against ex-VC of Visva Bharati for violating UGC guidelines

CBI sources said besides Dattagupta, the former VC of Viswa Bharati, they have also named D Gunasekaran, AP Trivedi, and Shyamala Ray Nair in the FIR.

7 Visva Bharati students suspended for instigating juniors to sit on dharna

Seven senior students of Visva Bharati were tonight suspended by the varsity authorities on charges of instigating junior students of two varsity-run schools to sit for a 'dharna' at the office entrance of Vice-Chancellor Sushanta Duttagupta.