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According to sources, a member of the college’s governing body had requested the university not to consider the college as an examination centre until the police deployment was withdrawn

Calcutta University sticks to its guns, conducts exams on TMC student wing's Foundation Day

August 29, 2025 4:39 am

Burdwan University postpones exams, allowing students to participate in the TMCP Foundation Day programmes.

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Shopkeepers beat up CU students, call them Bangladeshis; 2 held

August 22, 2025 1:35 am

According to the students, the altercation began when they had gone to a shop to buy mobile phone covers and did not like the products offered by the shopkeeper.

Exams to be held as scheduled: CU interim V-C after meeting

‘Just for a few we can’t let all get affected’: CU to hold exams on TMCP foundation day, despite education dept's request to postpone

August 05, 2025 10:50 am

On Monday, an emergency syndicate meeting was held on the CU campus, attended by representatives from the West Bengal Higher Education Department.

The admission to undergraduate courses in Calcutta University began a month later last year due to uncertainty on how the process would be conducted. (File Photo)

Calcutta University asks affiliated colleges to hold classes during summer vacation

May 31, 2025 9:50 am

Calcutta University has advised its affiliated colleges to hold classes during the summer vacation to make up for the deficit in the number of classes due to the delay in the admission process last year, as per CU Registrar Debasis Das.

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Governor Bose ‘shown black flags’ during visit to Calcutta University

January 25, 2024 3:16 am

Once the Governor’s convoy reached the university gate, members of Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP), the students' wing of Trinamool Congress, and the All India Democratic Students' Organisation (AIDSO) allegedly showed black flags to him and shouted "go back" slogans.

Calcutta University BA, BSc Semester 5th results announced, check direct link

May 04, 2023 8:41 am

The candidates who have appeared in the examination can check the results from the official website, wbresults.nic.in.

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SFI protests at Calcutta varsity, demands student union elections

February 21, 2023 4:13 am

Following the melee, the SFI members managed to enter the campus. Some of the protesters also assembled outside the union room and raised slogans against the Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP), which controls the union.

SC upholds HC order setting aside Calcutta varsity V-C reappointment

October 12, 2022 4:13 am

After the Governor didn't clear the proposal to give Chakravarti, whose first term ended on August 27, 2021, another four-year term, the Trinamool Congress government had invoked Section 60 of the Calcutta University Act-1979, to implement its decision.

HC junks order to reinstate Sonali Chakraborty as V-C of Calcutta University

September 14, 2022 3:14 am

A division bench of Chief Justice Prakash Srivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj observed that the state government has no power under the Calcutta University Act to appoint or reappoint the Vice-Chancellor.

Students protest at Calcutta University demanding online semester exams

May 28, 2022 10:31 am

Two high-power committees formed by CU have recommended the undergraduate and post-graduate end-semester examinations be held in the offline mode. However, principals of colleges have been asked to give their feedback on the recommendation.