Hotels, homestays expect good business during Poush Mela after 5 years
Hotel, resort and homestay owners of Bolpur are elated as Poush Mela officially returns after a hiatus of over five years.
Hotel, resort and homestay owners of Bolpur are elated as Poush Mela officially returns after a hiatus of over five years.
Poush Mela used to be jointly organised by the Santiniketan Trust and Visva-Bharati University. Last time the Poush Mela was held at the Purba Pally Ground was in 2019.
On 5 September, Anamika Singh, a third year student of Shilpa Sadan and a resident of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh had allegedly consumed poison in the Amrapali Girls Hostel in Santiniketan.
Students of Visva-Bharati University (VBU) are agitating and gheraoed the Santiniketan police station after a third year student had an unnatural death.
Professor Sanjay Kumar Mallick has taken over the charge from the controversial full-time vice-chancellor professor Bidyut Chakraborty and since then the situation of Santiniketan has improved and the varisity’s relation with the state government has also improved.
Acting vice-chancellor of VBU, Professor Sanjay Kumar Mallick took part in the celebrations on Rabindra Jayanti today.
Exactly a year ago, CM Mamata Banerjee had handed over the papers at his house in Santiniketanl.
Professor Bidyut Chakraborty, former vice-chancellor of Visva-Bharati University (VBU) has got a big relief from the Calcutta High Court today.
It has been unanimously decided in the meeting that this year Visva-Bharati University (VBU) will organise the Poush Mela after a hiatus of three years.
The top officials of the Union education ministry have made it clear in a meeting at New Delhi with the newlyappointed acting vice-chancellor of Visva-Bharati University (VBU)
