Visva-Bharati on Tuesday decided not to organise the annual Pous Mela, saying the central university lacked adequate infrastructure and found it difficult to conform to green rules. The decision was t...

A descendent of the Rabindranath Tagore family on Wednesday suggested that Visva-Bharati was the right institution to organise the annual Pous Mela and entrusting anybody else with the responsibility ...

The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) has served a showcause notice on Visva-Bharati University authorities asking why the varsity should not be asked to pay Rs 10 lakh as environmental comp...

A group of traders, who had put up stalls during Pous Mela last year, blocked Visva-Bharati roads at three points for over seven hours on Tuesday demanding return of security money they had deposited ...

Traders’ main refrain after the completion of Pous Mela on Friday may have been the overwhelmingly low footfall and sales owing to widespread panic over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. However, CPM...

First succour, then sustenance —wrapped in fine cashmere and nurtured by Bengal’s loving sanctuary.Three Kashmiri youths who were earlier offered the security of secular Bengal at a time when the ...

Fair falls foulSir — Swapan Dasgupta, a Rajya Sabha member, has requested the Centre to take over the Pous Mela, citing Visva-Bharati’s inability to organize the event as per the stipulations laid...

Visva-Bharati is planning to dissociate Basanta Utsav from Holi from next year because the university and the police do not have the wherewithal to manage such a huge gathering. The number of people v...

BJP Rajya Sabha member Swapan Dasgupta on Thursday appealed to the Centre to “take over” the organisation of the Pous Mela, citing Visva-Bharati’s inability to hold such a large fair while abidi...

Over 100 traders from Bolpur demonstrated against Visva-Bharati on Friday against a three-fold increase in the rent and security deposit for stalls at the Pous Mela.The four-day annual winter fair sta...