SAHITYA AKADEMI
President Kovind invokes nationalist Assamese poet to describe how country can achieve success when unitedRaichaudhuri (1885–1967), known as the lion of Assam for his firebrand nationalist character, was a freedom fighter and won the Sahitya Aka...
- Stage set for roll-out of world's biggest vaccination drive against COVID on Saturday
A total of 3,006 session sites across all states and union territories will be virtually connected during the launch at 10.30 am by Prime...
- UP govt gave one-time pension to 10.68 lakh 'divyang' during lockdown: Yogi Adityanath
Addressing the seventh convocation ceremony of the university, Adityanath said, "We all are indebted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi who ca...
- Veteran Bengali author, Sahitya Akademi winner Debesh Roy passes away at 84
Roy suffered a massive cardiac arrest and passed away at 10.50 PM.
- Kuladhar Saikia: From World Bank consultant to Assam DGP to top literary body chief
The former IPS officer, who was appreciated in the all India DG/IG conference held at Kevadiya, Gujarat last year, for his handling of the ...
- Sahitya Akademi winner Dr G Nanjundan's 4-day-old, decomposed body found in Bengaluru apartment
He earned recognition for translating more than a dozen books from Kannada to Tamil.
- Shashi Tharoor, Nand Kishore Acharya to receive Sahitya Akademi Award 2019; win Rs 1 lakh cash prize
Tharoor won the award for his book 'An Era of Darkness' in English.
- Padma Shri awardee Nabaneeta Dev Sen's indefatigable lightness of being
The author's greatness lay in her dealing with the ‘serious’ and ‘frivolous’ with the same light touch.
- Culture Ministry ‘objects’ to Sahitya Akademi’s China team
The ministry last month asked the Akademi to "reconsider names of writers" in its list, which the Akademi stated, it won't.
- Sahitya Akademi awardee, family of Assam Agitation martyr excluded from NRC
The great granddaughter of freedom fighter Chabilal Upadhyay, has also been left out of the NRC upgrade process.
- OBIT: A Rhodes scholar & math graduate, Girish Karnad, found a way to express creativity with words
The author worked with Oxford University Press from 1963 to 1969.
- Why no one is talking mandir in Ayodhya
The Ram Rajya Rath that was flagged off last year, too, has lost steam and failed to trigger ripples.
- Noted Malayalam writer Ashitha passes away at 63 after battling cancer for years
Ashitha had created her own space among women Malayalam writers through her unique writing style.
- Citizenship Bill: Sedition charges against Sahitya Akademi awardee Hiren Gohain, scribe
"A case has been registered against them.I am investigating what they spoke during a Nagarik Samaj meeting here on January 7," Kumar said.
- Parliamentary panel flays government's ambitious ‘cultural mapping’ project
Government could not plan and structure programmes effectively which resulted in funds not being utilised for the project, says Derek O’Bri...
- Amitav Ghosh honoured with 54th Jnanpith award for 'outstanding contribution towards literature'
The 'Shadow Lines' author said he was 'humbled' by the recognition.
- Kalburgi, Pansare and Lankesh murders: SC for CBI probe if 'common thread' found
The top court asked the CBI to inform it by January first week whether it would like to investigate these three murder cases as it is alrea...
- HRD pitch for changes in 2 institutes creates tussle
A power tussle between chairpersons and directors of two autonomous institutes- National Book Trust and the Indian Institute of Advanced St...
- Have evidence to show Award Wapsi was politically motivated, not spontaneous: Former Sahitya Akademi chief
Former Sahitya Akademi president Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari said the four-month campaign was motivated by three groups of writers.
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