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Sahitya Akademi announces Bal Sahitya, Yuva Puraskar for 2025Sahitya Akademi has announced the Yuva Puraskar for 23 writers across various languages, including Advait Kottary for his English novel and...- Sahitya Akademi announces Yuva Puraskar, Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners for 2024The Sahitya Akademi announced the winners of the prestigious Yuva Puraskar and Bal Sahitya Puraskar for 2024. A total of 23 writers, includ...
- Renowned Konkani singer Claud D'Souza passes away at 67Claud D'Souza, a famous Konkani singer, songwriter and composer, passed away on Monday at the age of 67 due to a brief illness in Mangaluru...
- Rehman Rahi, Kashmir's greatest 20th century poet, dies at 98Rahi, 98, was the most acclaimed poet of the region in the 20th century and became the first Kashmiri to be awarded the prestigious Jnanpit...
- Satheesh Babu Payyannur, noted writer and Kerala Sahitya Akademi award winner, found dead in his flatThe writer was alone at his flat on Wednesday night, the police said.
- Kerala Sahitya Academy awardee Narayan passes away at 81Belonging to Malayarayar tribe, Narayan is considered Kerala's first tribal novelist.
- Homen Borgohain, a veteran journalist and Sahitya Akademi awardee, passes away at 88He was acting as chief editor of Assamese daily 'Niyomiya Barta' at the time of his passing.
- Shashi Tharoor, Nand Kishore Acharya to receive Sahitya Akademi Award 2019; win Rs 1 lakh cash prizeTharoor won the award for his book 'An Era of Darkness' in English.
- Renowned Malayalam writer Punathil Kunjabdulla passes away at 77The novelist's funeral would be held at Vadakara later this evening.
- 'Award Rejected as a Mark of Respect for Constitution'Although Karnataka is ruled by the Congress government, the social and academic laws of the state is governerd by right-wing forces, Rajash...
- Sahitya Academy Award for Lomte's story collection 'Alok'Published in 2010, 'Alok' is a collection of six stories that largely reflect rural life and people.
- Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis hikes monetary reward for artists winning accoladesFadnavis praised NCP president Sharad Pawar, who was present on the occasion, for providing the land to Bombay Art Society to develop a com...
- Kannada writer T K Dayanand refuses to accept state award, citing intoleranceT K Dayanand refused to accept the award announced for his work Ratrinakshatra by the Karnataka Sahitya Academy, citing atmosphere of intol...
- Padma Bhushan awardee Mangesh Padgaonkar passes awayIconic Marathi poet Mangesh Keshav Padgaonkar passed away after a brief illness in Mumbai. He was 86.
- Bengal Governor Keshari Nath reacts to Sahitya Academy controversyIn a couple of weeks more than 20 authors have announced their decision of returning Sahitya Academy awards protesting against Dadri lynchi...
- Punjabi author Dalip Kaur Tiwana returns Padma Shri, more writers protestTiwana joined the ongoing protest by growing number of artistes by returning her 2004 Padma Shri award over the Dadri lynching and ‘growing...
- Mahesh Sharma's remarks on writers 'uncultured': CongressMahesh Sharma was dubbed as "arrogance personified" by the Congress which castigated him for making light of writers returning their Sahity...
- Salman Rushdie dismisses criticism by 'Modi Toadies'The author was flooded with a barrage of hate messages following his tweet in support of Nayantara Sahgal and other writers who returned th...
- Dadri lynching: Urdu writer Rahman Abbas to return award in protestUrdu novelist Rahman Abbas will return the Maharashtra State Urdu Sahitya Academy Award as a mark of protest against the Dadri lynching inc...
- Don't politicise Sahitya Akademi: Chairperson TiwariThe literary body's president said authors should "adopt a different way to protest" and not politicise the autonomous body.
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