Calcutta HC puts interim stay on rustication of three Visva Bharati University studentsThe court observed that action taken by the VBU against the three students was not justified. The bench also directed the students to end t...
08 Sep, 2021, 10.12 PM IST
Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan asks VCs to keep focus on teaching-learning dutyDuring his interaction with VCs, Pradhan advised them to be more ‘accommodative’ and ‘flexibile’ in keeping with the democratic ethos.
04 Sep, 2021, 07.45 AM IST
Viswa Bharati faculty body urges PM to save institute from 'degeneration' amid ongoing stirOpposing some of the recent decisions taken by Vice Chancellor Bidyut Chakrabory, the letter by Vishwa Bharati University Faculty Associati...
02 Sep, 2021, 06.08 PM IST
Amartya Sen asks Visva-Bharati to withdraw allegation that he is illegally holding landA controversy had erupted on December 24 last year, the day PM Narendra Modi addressed the centenary celebrations of Visva-Bharati, when me...
19 Jan, 2021, 01.30 PM IST
Tagore's land will never allow hate politics to overpower secularism: MamataTalking about the recent defections from the TMC, Banerjee said saffron camp may have bought a few MLAs, but it can never buy her party.
29 Dec, 2020, 04.09 PM IST
People of Bengal won't be worthy heirs of Tagore, Netaji if they don't reject communalism: Amartya Sen"Secular parties can differ in their detailed programmes, but the importance of rejecting communalism must surely be a strongly shared valu...
29 Dec, 2020, 02.49 PM IST
Central forces should be deployed immediately in Bengal: Kailash VijayvargiyaThe ruling TMC and the BJP have been engaged in a war of words over the attack on BJP national president J P Nadda's convoy by alleged TMC ...
13 Dec, 2020, 04.00 PM IST
BJP MP, VC leave Visva Bharati as gherao by students endsBJP MP Swapan Dasgupta, Vice Chancellor Bidyut Chakraborty and others were confined for six hours in a building of the Visva Bharati in Wes...
09 Jan, 2020, 11.15 AM IST
Visva-Bharati gets a full-time V-C after more than two and half yearsChakraborty is from the Department of Political Science in Delhi University, where he has been teaching since 1998.
08 Oct, 2018, 11.21 AM IST
Five shortlisted for Visva-Bharati Varsity V-C post; Some have controversial pastWhile vigilance clearances are awaited in some cases following which the names will be sent for presidential approval, the choice of names ...
30 Aug, 2018, 07.32 AM IST
Visva-Bharati VC retires, leaves without handing over chargeIn March 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was appointed as the chancellor of Visva-Bharati.
28 Jan, 2018, 04.11 PM IST
Visva Bharati: HRD Ministry sends VC file again to President Pranab MukherjeeThe President's office had sent back the file pertaining to Dattagupta asking whether denying the VC a "hearing in person" was legally tena...
10 Feb, 2016, 12.41 PM IST
Viswa Bharati Vice Chancellor Sushanta Dattagupta sends resignation to President Pranab MukherjeeSushanta Dattagupta, facing charges of administrative and financial irregularities, has emailed his resignation to President Pranab Mukherj...
01 Oct, 2015, 12.29 PM IST
Visva Bharati University gherao liftedVisva Bharati students, who had gheraoed three senior university officials in protest against a proposed hike in hostel charges, ended thei...
17 Jul, 2015, 11.58 AM IST
Visva-Bharati VC Sushanta Dattagupta given show-cause notice for financial irregularitiesA show-cause notice has finally been served on Visva-Bharati Vice Chancellor Sushanta Dattagupta asking him why he should not be removed fr...
01 Jul, 2015, 05.41 AM IST
Sushanta Duttagupta clears appointment of Visva Bharati pro-VCHe is understood have cleared the name of one Swapan Dutta as the pro-VC of the university, rejecting the one appointed by the HRD Ministry.
24 Jan, 2015, 11.35 PM IST
Bangladesh President Md Abdul Hamid visits Rabindra Bhavan, meets Visva Bharati VC Sushanta DuttaguptaBangladesh President Md Abdul Hamid today visited Visva Bharati here and took keen interest in viewing the memorabilia of the Bard.
23 Dec, 2014, 06.36 PM IST