The Sahitya Akademi on Thursday was forced to cancel a press conference it had organised to announce its annual literary awards after receiving a directive from the Union Ministry of Culture, The ...

Writers from different languages converged for the silent march carrying huge banners from Sri Ram Centre at Safdar Hashmi Marg to the Sahitya Akademi building in New Delhi. New Delhi: Breaking its ...

A decision by the Sahitya Akademi to defer the announcement of its annual prestigious awards on Thursday sparked a controversy with the Opposition alleging interference by the government and the Union ...

The Sahitya Akademi on Monday (March 16, 2026) announced its annual awards for 2025 in the 24 languages recognised by it, nearly three months after the process was abruptly put on hold following ...

Sahitya Akademi is India's leading literary institution. Sahitya Akademi, an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, is currently accepting applications for various ...

The Sahitya Akademi on Wednesday (June 18, 2025) announced the names of 23 writers for its ‘Yuva Puraskar’ and 24 for ‘Bal Puraskar’ awards. Sahitya Akademi, India’s National Academy of Letters, is ...

NEW DELHI: Sahitya Akademi was forced to cancel a press conference called by it on Thursday to announce its annual literary awards following a directive from the Union Ministry of Culture. The ...

NEW DELHI: Following the resignation of the noted Malayalam writer C Radhakrishnan on Monday, the Sahitya Akademi said that information in his resignation letter is ‘misleading’. Radhakrishnan ...

After Independence, one of the early and visionary steps taken by the Union govt was the creation of national academies to promote literature, visual arts and performing arts. Accordingly, Sahitya ...

The first northeast poet to win Sahitya Akademi's Bhasha Samman, Chandra Kanta Murasingh passed away on March 27, 2023, following a cardiac arrest. Sahitya Akademi award winner, noted poet Chandra ...