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Sahitya Akademi winners can’t return awards, says Delhi High Court

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Sahitya Akademi awardees are not eligible to return their awards as they are granted after considerable deliberations, the Delhi High Court today noted. A bench...

Not taking back Sahitya Akademi award: Bengali poet

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Bengali poet Mandakranta Sen, who recently gave up her Sahitya Akademi award, on Friday refused to take it back, saying though the Akademi has...

Sahitya Akademi condemns killing of writers

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The Sahitya Akademi for the first time on Friday said it was "deeply pained" and strongly condemns the murder of writer M.M. Kalburgi and...

Munawwar Rana returns Sahitya Akademi award, prize money on live TV, vows never to...

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Renowned Urdu poet Munawwar Rana shocked the nation on Sunday by returning his Sahitya Akademi award along with the cheque of Rs 1 lakh...

After Sahitya Akademi, now Punjabi author returns her Padma award

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After two dozens of eminent scholars and writers returned their prestigious Sahitya Akademi award in protest against the growing intolerance in the country, now...

Protesting Kannada writer quits Sahitya Akademi post

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Noted Kannada writer and scholar Aravind Malagatti has resigned from the governing council of Sahitya Akademi, protesting its silence over the recent killing of...

Another noted writer returns Sahitya Academi Award

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Ashoke Vajpai, former chairperson of Lalit Kala Academy, has returned his Sahitya Academi award to the government. Also read: (http://www.jantakareporter.com/india/nehrus-niece-writer-nayantara-sahgal-returns-sahitya-akademi-award-to-protest-against-dadri-lynching/19341) Vajpai said, "It's high time that writers take...

Nehru’s niece, writer Nayantara Sahgal returns Sahitya Akademi award to protest against Dadri lynching

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Writer Nayantara Sahgal has returned the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award, recording her protest against what she calls a "vicious assault" on India's diversity and...

Renowned Urdu poet Munawwar Rana dies, aged 71

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Renowned Urdu poet Munawwar Rana on Sunday passed away after a prolonged illness. He was 71. Rana was being treated at Lucknow's Sanjay Gandhi Post...
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Delhi-based author accused of raping woman for 10 years; case filed

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A Delhi-based author has been accused of raping a woman for 10 years, prompting the Delhi Police to register a case against him. According to...

TV actress Payal Chakraborty found dead in hotel

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Police in West Bengal said on Thursday that TV actress Payal Chakraborty was found dead in mysterious circumstances on Wednesday at a hotel in...

BJP leader threatens to beat up Malayalam novelist Paul Zachariah for calling PM Modi...

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Continuing with its much publicised politics of intimidation and intolerance, the BJP has threatened popular Malayalam writer and novelist Paul Zachariah for calling Prime...

BJP’s stand on EVMs: Then and now

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“Electronic voting machines (EVMs) were introduced on an experimental basis in a limited way in Indian elections in 1982, and they have been in...

More than 40 civil society members write to Assam CM, demand support for Ahmed’s...

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More than 40 journalists and members of the civil society have written a joint letter to Assam chief minister, Sarbananda Sonowal, expressing their disgust...

It’s free run for Hindu and Muslim fanatics in Kerala, issue death threats to...

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Renowned Malayalam author KP Ramanunni lodged a police complaint regarding an anonymous threat letter warning him that his right arm and left leg would...

प्रसिद्ध इतिहासकार रामचंद्र गुहा ने BCCI प्रशासक पद से दिया इस्तीफा

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प्रसिद्ध इतिहासकार रामचंद्र गुहा ने भारतीय क्रिकेट कंट्रोल बोर्ड (बीसीसीआई) में गठित प्रशासनिक कमेटी (COA) के पद से इस्तीफा दे दिया है। उन्होंने इस...

Popular Tamil writer Asokamitran passes away

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Noted Tamil litterateur Asokamitran passed away here tonight after a brief illness, aged 85. He is survived by his wife and three sons, senior journalist...

Assam girl’s moving Facebook post on molestation causes outrage, BJP minister condemned for making...

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Protests have erupted across Assam, including Guwahati, on a girls Facebook post about allegedly being molested in Jorhat town by a group of motorbike...

BJP’s IT Cell man Dhruv Saxena arrested for spying for Pakistan, silence in Bharat...

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Madhya Pradesh ATS recently arrested 11 Pakistani spies including an individual, who worked as an active member of the BJP’s IT cell. As expected,...

“Those who don’t agree with the government’s policies are being called anti-nationals and traitors”

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Noting that the job of literature is to question the ruler, veteran Hindi writer and poet Ashok Vajpayee today said at a time when...