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Jnanpith Awardee Hindi Author Vinod Kumar Shukla Dies At 89
Eminent Chhattisgarh-based Hindi writer and Jnanpith Award recipient Vinod Kumar Shukla died on Tuesday evening due to age-related ailments at a government hospital here, his family members said.
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Gulzar, Sanskrit Scholar Rambhadracharya Chosen For Jnanpith Award
Renowned Urdu poet Gulzar and Sanskrit scholar Jagadguru Rambhadracharya have been named the recipients of the 58th Jnanpith Award, the Jnanpith selection committee announced on Saturday.
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Rehman Rahi Dies: 5 Facts About Kashmir's First Jnanpith Awardee
"Rahi breathed his last in the early hours at his residence in the Nowshera area of the city," an official said.
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Primary Education Should Be In Marathi, Says Maharashtra Governor On Language Day
`Marathi Bhasha Din' is celebrated every year on February 27, the birth anniversary of poet and Jnanpith awardee late V V Shirwadkar.
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Police Case Against Writer Girish Karnad For "Urban Naxal" Sign At Event
A lawyer Friday lodged a complaint against noted playwright and Jnanpith awardee Girish Karnad for holding a placard 'Me Too Urban Naxal' during an event organised to mark the first death anniversary of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh on September 5 in the city.
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Noted Telugu Poet C Narayana Reddy, Jnanpith and Padma Bhusan Awardee, Passes Away
Telugu poet, lyricist and writer Cingireddy Narayana Reddy passed away on Monday, reported news agency ANI. An authority on Telugu literature, he won the Jnanpith Award in 1988. Dr C Narayana Reddy was also a play-wright, orator, educationist and communicator. Besides Jnanpith, the poet was also the recipient of the Padma Shri in 1977 and Sahitya A...
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Death Threats Against Girish Karnad Amounts to 'Terror': Sitaram Yechury
Death threats against Jnanpith awardee Girish Karnad over his remarks about naming Bengaluru international airport after Tipu Sultan amounts to "terror", CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said today.
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Tipu Sultan Would Have Enjoyed Status of Shivaji if he Was a Hindu: Girish Karnad
Jnanpith awardee Girish Karnad today said 18th century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan would have enjoyed the same status as of Maratha king Chhatrapathi Shivaji, if he was a Hindu and not a Muslim.
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Prime Minister Modi Condoles Death of Writer UR Ananthamurthy
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today condoled the death of Jnanpith awardee writer U R Ananthamurthy, saying it is a loss to Kannada literature.
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Veteran Kannada Writer UR Ananthamurthy Dies at 82
Jnanpith awardee and renowned Kannada writer UR Ananthamurthy today died at a hospital in Bangalore, where he was undergoing treatment for kidney failure.
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Jnanpith Awardee Hindi Author Vinod Kumar Shukla Dies At 89
Eminent Chhattisgarh-based Hindi writer and Jnanpith Award recipient Vinod Kumar Shukla died on Tuesday evening due to age-related ailments at a government hospital here, his family members said.
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Gulzar, Sanskrit Scholar Rambhadracharya Chosen For Jnanpith Award
Renowned Urdu poet Gulzar and Sanskrit scholar Jagadguru Rambhadracharya have been named the recipients of the 58th Jnanpith Award, the Jnanpith selection committee announced on Saturday.
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Rehman Rahi Dies: 5 Facts About Kashmir's First Jnanpith Awardee
"Rahi breathed his last in the early hours at his residence in the Nowshera area of the city," an official said.
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Primary Education Should Be In Marathi, Says Maharashtra Governor On Language Day
`Marathi Bhasha Din' is celebrated every year on February 27, the birth anniversary of poet and Jnanpith awardee late V V Shirwadkar.
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Police Case Against Writer Girish Karnad For "Urban Naxal" Sign At Event
A lawyer Friday lodged a complaint against noted playwright and Jnanpith awardee Girish Karnad for holding a placard 'Me Too Urban Naxal' during an event organised to mark the first death anniversary of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh on September 5 in the city.
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Noted Telugu Poet C Narayana Reddy, Jnanpith and Padma Bhusan Awardee, Passes Away
Telugu poet, lyricist and writer Cingireddy Narayana Reddy passed away on Monday, reported news agency ANI. An authority on Telugu literature, he won the Jnanpith Award in 1988. Dr C Narayana Reddy was also a play-wright, orator, educationist and communicator. Besides Jnanpith, the poet was also the recipient of the Padma Shri in 1977 and Sahitya A...
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Death Threats Against Girish Karnad Amounts to 'Terror': Sitaram Yechury
Death threats against Jnanpith awardee Girish Karnad over his remarks about naming Bengaluru international airport after Tipu Sultan amounts to "terror", CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said today.
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Tipu Sultan Would Have Enjoyed Status of Shivaji if he Was a Hindu: Girish Karnad
Jnanpith awardee Girish Karnad today said 18th century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan would have enjoyed the same status as of Maratha king Chhatrapathi Shivaji, if he was a Hindu and not a Muslim.
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Prime Minister Modi Condoles Death of Writer UR Ananthamurthy
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today condoled the death of Jnanpith awardee writer U R Ananthamurthy, saying it is a loss to Kannada literature.
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Veteran Kannada Writer UR Ananthamurthy Dies at 82
Jnanpith awardee and renowned Kannada writer UR Ananthamurthy today died at a hospital in Bangalore, where he was undergoing treatment for kidney failure.
