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To Avoid Awards Being Returned, House Panel Suggests Taking Recipient's Consent
A parliamentary panel has suggested that whenever any award is given by Sahitya Akademi or other cultural academies, the consent of the recipient must be taken so that he or she does not return it for "political reasons".
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Renowned Writer TP Rajeevan Dies
Noted Malayalam-English poet, novelist and script-writer T P Rajeevan died at a private hospital here late Wednesday.
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Key Aide Of Nitish Kumar Livid Over Remarks Against Ashoka The Great
A key aide of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday inveighed against Sahitya Akademi Award winner Daya Prasad Sinha for likening Ashoka the Great to Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb.
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Sahitya Akademi Announces Winners Of Yuva Puraskar, Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2021
The Sahitya Akademi on Thursday announced a list of 22 winners each of the Yuva Puraskar and the Bal Sahitya Puraskar for 2021.
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Congress Leader Veerappa Moily, Arundhathi Subramaniam Win Sahitya Akademi Award
Politician-writer M Veerappa Moily and poet Arundhathi Subramaniam were among the 20 authors who received the Sahitya Akademi Award for 2020 at a ceremony in Delhi on Saturday.
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Congress Leader Veerappa Moily Among Writers To Receive Sahitya Akademi Award
Politician-writer M Veerappa Moily, poet Arundhathi Subramaniam are among 20 writers who will be bestowed with the Sahitya Akademi Award 2020.
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Vice President Condoles Death Of Rajya Sabha Member MP Veerendra Kumar
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday condoled the death of Rajya Sabha member and managing director of leading Malayalam daily Mathrubhumi M P Veerendra Kumar, saying he made an invaluable contribution to media and journalism.
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AMU Professor Recieves Sahitya Akademi Award
Professor Shafey Kidwai has received the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award (2019) for his seminal Urdu work "Sawanah-e-Sir Syed - Ek Bazdeed" last week.
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Sahitya Akademi Awardee G Nanjundan Found Dead At His House In Bengaluru
Sahitya Akademi award winner G Nanjundan was found dead at his residence in Bengaluru today, the police said. The body, found in a decomposed state, has been sent for postmortem, they said.
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Shashi Tharoor Among Writers To Receive Sahitya Akademi Award 2019
Shashi Tharoor and playwright Nand Kishore Acharya are among 23 writers who will be awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award 2019. The National Academy of Letters announced the names of the winners on Wednesday.
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"Not As Happy As I Should Be": Novelist Jayashree Goswami Mahanta on Sahitya Akademi Award
Novelist and former AGP Rajya Sabha member Jayashree Goswami Mahanta on Wednesday said "I am not as happy as I should be" with the news of winning the Sahitya Akademi award and promised to distribute the prize money among the families of those killed during anti-citizenship law protests in Assam.
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Artiste Raghunandana Protests "Lynching", Rejects Sahitya Akademi Award
Eminent theatre personality from Karnataka, S Raghunandana on Thursday declined to accept the Sangeet Natak Akademi award in protest against incidents of "mob lynching and violence in the name of God and religion" and attempts to throttle voices of activists.
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Railways Ticket Inspector Conferred Sahitya Akademi Award
Shyam Sundar Besra, Chief Inspector of Ticket, working in Asansol Division of Eastern Railway of Indian Railways has been conferred the coveted Sahitya Akademi Award.
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Sahitya Akademi Award Presented To 23 Authors
Sahitya Akademi, the National Academy of Letters, on Monday presented its annual awards to 23 eminent authors writing in as many Indian languages.
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MM Kalburgi's Wife Wants SIT Probe, Supreme Court's Notice To Centre, State
Professor Kalburgi's wife wants a Special Investigation Team to probe the murder of her husband. The Sahitya Akademi award winner writer and rationalist's wife Uma Devi has petitioned the Supreme Court seeking a special probe. The top court has issued a notice to Karnataka, Centre and the National Investigative Agency on setting up a Special Invest...
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To Avoid Awards Being Returned, House Panel Suggests Taking Recipient's Consent
A parliamentary panel has suggested that whenever any award is given by Sahitya Akademi or other cultural academies, the consent of the recipient must be taken so that he or she does not return it for "political reasons".
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Renowned Writer TP Rajeevan Dies
Noted Malayalam-English poet, novelist and script-writer T P Rajeevan died at a private hospital here late Wednesday.
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Key Aide Of Nitish Kumar Livid Over Remarks Against Ashoka The Great
A key aide of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday inveighed against Sahitya Akademi Award winner Daya Prasad Sinha for likening Ashoka the Great to Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb.
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Sahitya Akademi Announces Winners Of Yuva Puraskar, Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2021
The Sahitya Akademi on Thursday announced a list of 22 winners each of the Yuva Puraskar and the Bal Sahitya Puraskar for 2021.
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Congress Leader Veerappa Moily, Arundhathi Subramaniam Win Sahitya Akademi Award
Politician-writer M Veerappa Moily and poet Arundhathi Subramaniam were among the 20 authors who received the Sahitya Akademi Award for 2020 at a ceremony in Delhi on Saturday.
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Congress Leader Veerappa Moily Among Writers To Receive Sahitya Akademi Award
Politician-writer M Veerappa Moily, poet Arundhathi Subramaniam are among 20 writers who will be bestowed with the Sahitya Akademi Award 2020.
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Vice President Condoles Death Of Rajya Sabha Member MP Veerendra Kumar
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday condoled the death of Rajya Sabha member and managing director of leading Malayalam daily Mathrubhumi M P Veerendra Kumar, saying he made an invaluable contribution to media and journalism.
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AMU Professor Recieves Sahitya Akademi Award
Professor Shafey Kidwai has received the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award (2019) for his seminal Urdu work "Sawanah-e-Sir Syed - Ek Bazdeed" last week.
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Sahitya Akademi Awardee G Nanjundan Found Dead At His House In Bengaluru
Sahitya Akademi award winner G Nanjundan was found dead at his residence in Bengaluru today, the police said. The body, found in a decomposed state, has been sent for postmortem, they said.
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Shashi Tharoor Among Writers To Receive Sahitya Akademi Award 2019
Shashi Tharoor and playwright Nand Kishore Acharya are among 23 writers who will be awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award 2019. The National Academy of Letters announced the names of the winners on Wednesday.
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"Not As Happy As I Should Be": Novelist Jayashree Goswami Mahanta on Sahitya Akademi Award
Novelist and former AGP Rajya Sabha member Jayashree Goswami Mahanta on Wednesday said "I am not as happy as I should be" with the news of winning the Sahitya Akademi award and promised to distribute the prize money among the families of those killed during anti-citizenship law protests in Assam.
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Artiste Raghunandana Protests "Lynching", Rejects Sahitya Akademi Award
Eminent theatre personality from Karnataka, S Raghunandana on Thursday declined to accept the Sangeet Natak Akademi award in protest against incidents of "mob lynching and violence in the name of God and religion" and attempts to throttle voices of activists.
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Railways Ticket Inspector Conferred Sahitya Akademi Award
Shyam Sundar Besra, Chief Inspector of Ticket, working in Asansol Division of Eastern Railway of Indian Railways has been conferred the coveted Sahitya Akademi Award.
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Sahitya Akademi Award Presented To 23 Authors
Sahitya Akademi, the National Academy of Letters, on Monday presented its annual awards to 23 eminent authors writing in as many Indian languages.
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MM Kalburgi's Wife Wants SIT Probe, Supreme Court's Notice To Centre, State
Professor Kalburgi's wife wants a Special Investigation Team to probe the murder of her husband. The Sahitya Akademi award winner writer and rationalist's wife Uma Devi has petitioned the Supreme Court seeking a special probe. The top court has issued a notice to Karnataka, Centre and the National Investigative Agency on setting up a Special Invest...
