Prez sacks Visva-Bharati V-C over misconduct
President Pranab Mukherjee approved HRD Ministry's recommendation today to sack Visva-Bharati University's Vice-Chancellor Sushanta Dattagupta for gross misconduct. This is the first time ever that a central university head in India has been sacked. Notably, the President's Office had earlier informally asked the HRD Ministry to withdraw the recommendation and allow Dattagupta to resign.