Two groups protest outside Sahitya Akademi
Two groups are protesting outside Sahitya Akademi: one against the laureates' act of returning the award and the other supporting their action.
Oct 23, 2015, 11:47 AM IST
Returning awards amounts to dishonouring recognition: Tharoor
Former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor has taken a contrary stand on return of Sahitiya Akademi awards by eminent writers.
Oct 15, 2015, 17:34 PM IST
Gujarat cops knock at writer Ganesh Devy's doors after he returns Sahitya Akademi Award
Gujarat-based writer Ganesh Devy, who last week returned his Sahitya Akademi Award, has claimed that he is now being hounded by police.
Oct 15, 2015, 12:57 PM IST
DNA: Analysis of world's most dangerous train system
Indian Railways is the state-owned railway company of India, which owns and operates most of the country's rail transport .
Oct 14, 2015, 12:14 PM IST
Ideological inclinations of writers should be checked: BJP
Facing heat over a long list of writers who have returned Sahitya Akademi awards or resigned from their posts in the literary body, BJP on Tuesday denied that it was being soft on the issue of "intolerance" and said the ideological inclinations of the writers should be looked into.
Oct 13, 2015, 20:35 PM IST
Salman Rushdie supports writers who have returned Sahitya Akademi Awards
Salman Rushdie supports writers returning their Sahitya Akademi Awards, tweets about his views on the same.
Oct 12, 2015, 16:22 PM IST
Writers step up protest, six more return Akademi award
Gujarat-based writer Ganesh Devy and five other eminent writers on Saturday decided to return their Sahitya Akademi awards.
Oct 11, 2015, 21:53 PM IST