Rahi, 98, was the most acclaimed poet of the region in the 20th century and became the first Kashmiri to be awarded the prestigious Jnanpit...

The writer was alone at his flat on Wednesday night, the police said.

Belonging to Malayarayar tribe, Narayan is considered Kerala's first tribal novelist.

He was acting as chief editor of Assamese daily 'Niyomiya Barta' at the time of his passing.

Tharoor won the award for his book 'An Era of Darkness' in English.

The novelist's funeral would be held at Vadakara later this evening.

Although Karnataka is ruled by the Congress government, the social and academic laws of the state is governerd by right-wing forces, Rajash...

Published in 2010, 'Alok' is a collection of six stories that largely reflect rural life and people.

Fadnavis praised NCP president Sharad Pawar, who was present on the occasion, for providing the land to Bombay Art Society to develop a com...

T K Dayanand refused to accept the award announced for his work Ratrinakshatra by the Karnataka Sahitya Academy, citing atmosphere of intol...

Iconic Marathi poet Mangesh Keshav Padgaonkar passed away after a brief illness in Mumbai. He was 86.

In a couple of weeks more than 20 authors have announced their decision of returning Sahitya Academy awards protesting against Dadri lynchi...

Tiwana joined the ongoing protest by growing number of artistes by returning her 2004 Padma Shri award over the Dadri lynching and ‘growing...

Mahesh Sharma was dubbed as "arrogance personified" by the Congress which castigated him for making light of writers returning their Sahity...

The author was flooded with a barrage of hate messages following his tweet in support of Nayantara Sahgal and other writers who returned th...

Urdu novelist Rahman Abbas will return the Maharashtra State Urdu Sahitya Academy Award as a mark of protest against the Dadri lynching inc...

The literary body's president said authors should "adopt a different way to protest" and not politicise the autonomous body.