- Kinship with nature
Rabindranath Tagore championed a profound bond between humanity and the natural world, positing that such a connection nurtures our collect...
08 May, 2026, 11.24 PM IST
West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026: Infighting and graft allegations roil TMC ahead of Birbhum's Bolpur, Rampurhat contestsBirbhum's Bolpur and Rampurhat constituencies are set for tight electoral battles. Factional rivalries within the ruling TMC and local deve...
06 Apr, 2026, 02.15 PM IST
Bengal government imposes ban on Holi celebrations in Santiniketan Sonajhuri HaatThe West Bengal government has banned Holi celebrations at Sonajhuri Haat near Santiniketan, citing potential environmental damage. The dec...
12 Mar, 2025, 06.42 PM IST
PM, Visva Bharati VC taking undue credit for Santiniketan's UNESCO heritage tag: TMC MP SircarTrinamool Congress MP Jawhar Sircar has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Visva Bharati university Chancellor Biduyt Chakraborty of ...
21 Oct, 2023, 05.42 PM IST
"Fitting tribute to our first Nobel laureate": EAM Jaishankar on UNESCO World Heritage tag for SantiniketanIndia's Santiniketan, the abode of Rabindranath Tagore, has been granted UNESCO's World Heritage status. External Affairs Minister S Jaisha...
18 Sep, 2023, 01.39 PM IST
Santiniketan finds a place on UNESCO's World Heritage List; PM Modi celebrates India's 'proud moment'The decision to include Santiniketan in the list was taken in the 45th World Heritage Committee Meeting held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
18 Sep, 2023, 08.16 AM IST
Santiniketan inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List; PM Modi says a proud moment for all IndiansIndia had been striving for long to get a UNESCO tag for this cultural site located in Birbhum district.
17 Sep, 2023, 10.30 PM IST
Visva-Bharati submits to court docus supporting eviction notice to Amartya SenVisva-Bharati had sent the eviction notice to the economist on April 19, asking him to vacate 0.13 acres of the total 1.38 acres of land of...
16 Sep, 2023, 09.45 PM IST
Santiniketan recommended for inclusion in UNESCO world heritage list: Culture Minister G Kishan ReddySantiniketan -- the abode of Nobel Laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore -- has been recommended for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage Lis...
10 May, 2023, 02.04 PM IST
Mamata asks ministers to start sit-in outside Amartya Sen's house amid Visva-Bharati's eviction orderShe asked them not to move from the spot even if the central varsity sends bulldozers to take possession of the land.
02 May, 2023, 11.04 PM IST
Visva-Bharati issues fresh letter to Sen on land issue, second in 3 daysSen earlier asserted that most of the land he is holding in the Santiniketan campus was purchased from the market by his father while some ...
27 Jan, 2023, 07.18 PM IST
Don't know why Visva-Bharati trying to oust me, don't understand the politics: Amartya SenLashing out at the Visva-Bharati for asking him to hand over parts of a plot he was allegedly occupying "unauthorisedly" at Santiniketan, N...
25 Jan, 2023, 08.41 PM IST
On Tagore's trail: How a Jewish backpacker found Shanti in IndiaThe story of Schlomith Flaum, the intrepid Lithuanian-born woman who found her Asian identity under the mango trees of Santiniketan, has co...
09 Apr, 2018, 10.55 AM IST
A slice of Rabindranath Tagore's Santiniketan, coming up in HoustonThe Tagore Centre for Arts and Culture, expected to be ready by the middle of next year, has been conceived by alumni and faculty members o...
05 Jun, 2017, 10.25 AM IST
IIT joins hand with MIT to preserve Rabindranath Tagore's SantiniketanOfficials said during this period they will make a proposal regarding an integrated site management strategy for Visva Bharati university.
01 Aug, 2016, 01.39 PM IST
- Poush Mela leads to severe pollution, Visva Bharati University informs NGT
Visva Bharati University (VBU) acting registrar Mani Mukut Mitra, informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Zone Bench through an...
10 May, 2016, 08.28 PM IST
- Somnath resigns from SSDA chairman's post
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee resigned from the post of the Chairman of Sriniketan Santinekatan Development Authority.
22 Jul, 2008, 05.06 PM IST