Around 39 million people across the world are totally blind, 246 million have low vision and another 285 million have some visual impairment, according to World Health Organisation data (2014). In Ind...

Presidency University’s “first vice-chancellor” Malabika Sarkar said on Friday her three years at the helm did not see any gherao or disruption on the campus.The trick was, she said, not to “s...

Students of a girls’ hostel in Burdwan University spread the message of peace and harmony on Saraswati Puja, with boarders cutting across religions joining the festivities.For this year’s puja, in...

A lantern is shining in Assam after 145 years.Researchers from the botany department of Gauhati University have spotted Ceropegia lucida wall, commonly known as the luminous lantern flower, in Golagha...

An exhibition on Bengal’s 19th century tradition of printing illustrations using wooden blocks has began at the Visva-Bharati’s Kala Bhavan. The 12-day-long exhibition, which is being held at the ...

Visva-Bharati vice-chancellor Bidyut Chakraborty courted yet another controversy on Sunday when he criticised those opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Act by reading the Constitution’s Preamble, w...

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Students staying at the Presidency University hostel for girls in Salt Lake have questioned the “return by 9.30pm” rule, saying they are adults and should not be subjected to such restrictions.The...

Visva-Bharati authorities held a meeting on Friday evening and decided to hold its annual Basanta Utsav on the day of Holi only if the state government took the responsibility of managing crowd, traff...

Police on Wednesday detained two employees of Ranchi University for allegedly assaulting two journalists who went to the campus to cover students’ unrest over regular delays in opening the examina...