The century-old fair, started by Rabindranath Tagore’s father Maharshi Debendranath in 1894, has not been organised since 2020 following the Covid-19 outbreak...

Glimpses from across Kolkata and its people rounding off the last week of the year 2021...

Chakrabarty’s comment regarding the traditional fair was the first public statement from the varsity authorities as no official notice or statement was issued earlier...

The fair, which will be held at the Dakbungalow ground in Bolpur, will have around 800 stalls and cultural programmes held in keeping with tradition ...

The four-day annual event traditionally begins around December 23 every year...

Their logic is that thousands of traders, artisans and hoteliers depend on this December fair...

The court made the observation while disposing of a PIL filed by advocate Ramprasad Sarkar...

Bengal government planned the event after the Visva-Bharati decided not to hold the three-day fair this year because of the Covid-19 pandemic ...

In response, the state government is mulling an alternative this year...

State government prayed for a stay on the construction, citing a possible law-and-order situation...