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Santiniketan's Asrama area to be reopened to public soon: Official
Santiniketan's Asrama area to be reopened to public soon: Official
Published on Mar 22, 2025 01:37 PM IST
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New Visva Bharati vice chancellor opens campus to tourists after 5 years
Prabir Kumar Ghosh who took charge earlier this week said he had given permission to let tourists visit all parts of the campus
Updated on Mar 21, 2025 10:25 PM IST
West Bengal minister denies ban on Holi at Santiniketan: ‘Just made a request’
BJP claimed that Birbhum's additional superintendent of police directed that Holi celebrations in Santiniketan should end at 10 am due to it being a Friday.
Published on Mar 13, 2025 03:24 PM IST
Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2024: 10 powerful quotes by the Nobel laureate
Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2024: From love to life, here is a list of powerful quotes by Tagore that gives us a fresh perspective.
Published on May 07, 2024 08:08 PM IST
Tapatrisha Das, Delhi
Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2024: Will it be celebrated on May 7 or May 9?
Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2024: As per Gregorian calendar, Rabindra Jayanti falls on May 7, but according to Bengali calendar, it will be observed on May 8.
Published on May 07, 2024 12:50 PM IST
Tapatrisha Das, Delhi
Visva-Bharati’s eviction order against economist Amartya Sen illegal: Bengal court
The issue has become controversial with the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) alleging that Sen was victimised for criticising Centre’s policies
Published on Jan 31, 2024 05:52 PM IST
Santiniketan’s annual fair started by Tagore’s father to resume after 3 years
Visva-Bharati’s former vice-chancellor Bidyut Chakrabarty had stopped the fair in 2020 citing overcrowding, pollution and misuse of campus land by artisans and local traders who set up stalls
Published on Dec 02, 2023 02:43 PM IST
Review: Rituparno Ghosh On/And Film edited by Somdatta Mandal and Koushik Mondal
Award winning film maker Rituparno Ghosh was also a writer of profiles, short stories and song lyrics in Bengali. This volume includes a collection of his writing translated into English
Updated on Nov 22, 2023 09:54 AM IST
Shoma A Chatterji
Santiniketan residents hold protest at Visva-Bharati, seek removal of plaques
The state has been witnessing a row since last week after plaques bearing the names of PM Modi as Acharya (chancellor) and vice chancellor Bidyut Chakrabarty featured outside the university, but it did not mention Tagore, who set up Visva-Bharati in 1921
Published on Oct 27, 2023 07:57 PM IST
Santiniketan’s UNESCO tag plaques to be replaced after row over Tagore exclusion
Names of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is also Visva Bharati’s chancellor, and vice-chancellor Bidyut Chakrabarty featured on the three plaques
Published on Oct 23, 2023 02:40 PM IST
Row over Tagore’s name missing on Santiniketan’s Unesco tag plaques
Santiniketan town, where Tagore built Visva-Bharati over a century ago, was included in the Unesco’s world heritage list in September
Updated on Oct 22, 2023 04:13 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Kolkata
Myanmar national studying at Visva-Bharati goes missing; abduction alleged
Moni Gurung, a homemaker from India Pally, told local journalists that around seven people arrived at the neighbourhood on Thursday
Updated on Sep 22, 2023 08:30 PM IST
World heritage tag to Hoysala temples: Here's what CM Siddaramaiah said…
India celebrated as the Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas were included in UNESCO's World Heritage List. Here's what CM Siddaramaiah said.
Published on Sep 20, 2023 10:38 AM IST
Santiniketan in Bengal now part of Unesco’s World Heritage List
Santiniketan, the town in West Bengal where Rabindranath Tagore built Visva-Bharati university, has been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Updated on Sep 17, 2023 11:54 PM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, New Delhi
Santiniketan on UNESCO list: BJP lauds PM Modi, TMC credits Mamata Banerjee
Santiniketan, the famed place in West Bengal where poet Rabindranath Tagore built Visva-Bharati, has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Published on Sep 17, 2023 10:23 PM IST
Rabindranath Tagore's Santiniketan to be on UNESCO's World Heritage List
Santiniketan, the town in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Updated on Sep 17, 2023 06:59 PM IST
Shutter island:See how one studio is reviving the alchemy of photos without film
The core of Studio Goppo’s philosophy is an unusual one, in a time of social media: A photograph ought to have meaning and purpose.
Updated on Jul 22, 2023 05:35 PM IST
Santiniketan proposed for inclusion in Unesco heritage list, says govt
Santiniketan has been recommended for inclusion in the Unesco World Heritage List by an international advisory body, Union minister for culture and tourism G Kishan Reddy has said.
Updated on May 11, 2023 12:57 AM IST
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Intellectuals stage sit-in against Visva-Bharati’s eviction order to Amartya Sen
On April 19, Visva-Bharati authorities passed an eviction order against Sen, stating that on May 6, it will take possession of 0.13 acres (5,500 sq ft) of the total 1.38 acres of leased land covered by Sen’s ancestral property on the campus at Santiniketan
Updated on May 07, 2023 01:32 PM IST
Row over Sen’s home keeps sleepy Bengal varsity town on edge
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen is facing eviction from his ancestral home in Santiniketan, West Bengal, over allegations of illegal occupation of public land.
Updated on May 02, 2023 01:36 PM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
If Visva Bharati tries to bulldoze Amartya Sen’s house, I’ll sit there: Mamata
Last week, the Visva Bharati passed an eviction order against Sen stating that on May 6 it will take possession of .13 decimal of the 1.38 acres of leased land covered by Sens’s ancestral property
Updated on Apr 26, 2023 07:27 PM IST
Visva-Bharati’s claim on ancestral land has no standing, says Amartya Sen
In an email to the central university’s estate officer, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, 89, said the magistrate of the area has noted that the existing arrangement should be recognised and that no interference or breach of peace should be allowed
Updated on Apr 18, 2023 06:47 PM IST
Bengal govt declares school, college holidays from Monday as heatwave continues
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee also urged private institutions to order vacation during this period
Updated on Apr 16, 2023 07:18 PM IST
Visva-Bharati serves final eviction notice to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen
VC Bidyut Chakrabarty, claimed in 2022 that Sen’s father, Ashutosh Sen rented only 1.25 acres of land on a 99-year lease in 1943 and the remaining .13 decimal is being illegally occupied
Updated on Apr 14, 2023 03:37 PM IST
Bengal: Visva Bharati University vice-chancellor ‘attacked’ during protest
The incident took place days after the postponement of the annual convocation of the university, scheduled for December 11, till further notice due to the ongoing agitation by a section of students near the residence of vice-chancellor Prof Bidyut Chakrabarty.
Updated on Dec 13, 2022 08:09 PM IST
HT News Desk | Reported by Joydeep Thakur | Written by Aniruddha Dhar