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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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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Instructs CID To Fast Track Kulburgi Murder Probe
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has instructed CID officials to fast track the probe into the killing of rationalist and Kannada writer MM Kalburgi at Dharwad in August 2015.
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Government Ready to Discuss 'Intolerance' Issue in Parliament: Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu
Government is ready to discuss any issue in Parliament including "intolerance", if opposition shows "tolerance" and allows the House to function, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said today, asserting that Bihar poll result should not be construed as a "verdict to obstruct Parliament".
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Fringe Elements Must Be Eliminated From Society: Venkaiah Naidu
Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu today said there have been attempts to divide the country in the name of caste and religion in recent days and fringe elements must be eliminated and isolated from the society.
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'Don't Understand' Why Artists Were Returning Awards, Musician Zubin Mehta Says
Mumbai-born music maestro Zubin Mehta today said he failed to understand why artists, writers, filmmakers and other intellectuals were returning their state awards, while suggesting that those protesting against the government should engage in a "dialogue" with it.
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People Returning Awards, Part of 'Malicious Campaign': Venkaiah Naidu
Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today hit out at those returning their awards citing intolerance in the country, saying they are "misleading" people as part of a "systematic, orchestrated and malicious campaign" by BJP's political opponents.
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Jaitley's Comments on Akademi Row Show Government is Rattled: Nayantara Sahgal
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's comments on writers, historians, scientists and filmmakers returning awards to protest the climate of intolerance in the country show that the Narendra Modi government is rattled by the public outcry, noted writer Nayantara Sahgal said today.
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Police Find Unidentified Body Resembling Writer Kalburgi's Killer
An unidentified body with two bullet injuries has been found at a village in Belagavi district and police were verifying if it resembled the sketch of one of the two killers of writer MM Kalburgi, who was gunned down at Dharwad in August.
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Writers Hold Protest March in Delhi Ahead of Crucial Sahitya Akademi Meeting
With black gags and arm bands, writers and their supporters held a solidarity march in New Delhi ahead of the Sahitya Akademi emergency meeting to discuss the returning of awards by eminent authors in protest against "rising intolerance" in the backdrop MM Kalburgi's killing.
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Cried A Lot When Kalburgi Was Killed, Says 17-Year-Old Returning Award
For 17 year-old Ria Vithasha, who has authored five novels, the killing of senior Kannada writer MM Kalburgi distressed her enough to take the decision to return her Karnataka Sahitya Academy award.
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Bengal Intellectuals Seek President's Intervention in Cases of Attacks on Rationalists
A group of more than 90 writers and intellectuals from West Bengal have written to President Pranab Mukherjee seeking his intervention in ensuring justice in the Dadri mob killing and attack on rationalists.
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Kannada Writer Returns Akademi Award in Protest Over Kalburgi Killing
Joining the bandwagon of writers and poets protesting against the growing intolerance, Kannada writer and professor, Rahamat Tarikeri has returned his Sahitya Akademi award in protest against the killing of scholar MM Kalburgi and rationalists Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare.
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Union Culture Minister Questions 'Motive' of Writers Returning Akademi Awards
As more writers and poets decided to return their Sahita Akademi Awards in protest against "rising intolerance" in the country, Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma today said he suspected their motives for such "not called for" action.
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More Authors Return Sahitya Akademi Awards Over Kalburgi Killing
Six more authors have decided to return their Sahitya Akademi awards as a mark of protest against rising intolerance and communal atmosphere after the death of rationalist MM Kalburgi, taking the number of such authors returning the literary honour to 16.
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Writers Step Up Protest, 6 More Return Sahitya Akademi Awards
Gujarat-based writer Ganesh Devy, 'Yuva Puraskar'-winning author Aman Sethi and four other eminent writers from Punjab returned their Sahitya Akademi awards on Sunday. Kannada writer Aravind Malagatti resigned from the body's general council, joining the growing protest by writers over "rising intolerance" and "communal" atmosphere.
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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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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Instructs CID To Fast Track Kulburgi Murder Probe
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has instructed CID officials to fast track the probe into the killing of rationalist and Kannada writer MM Kalburgi at Dharwad in August 2015.
-
Government Ready to Discuss 'Intolerance' Issue in Parliament: Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu
Government is ready to discuss any issue in Parliament including "intolerance", if opposition shows "tolerance" and allows the House to function, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said today, asserting that Bihar poll result should not be construed as a "verdict to obstruct Parliament".
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Fringe Elements Must Be Eliminated From Society: Venkaiah Naidu
Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu today said there have been attempts to divide the country in the name of caste and religion in recent days and fringe elements must be eliminated and isolated from the society.
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'Don't Understand' Why Artists Were Returning Awards, Musician Zubin Mehta Says
Mumbai-born music maestro Zubin Mehta today said he failed to understand why artists, writers, filmmakers and other intellectuals were returning their state awards, while suggesting that those protesting against the government should engage in a "dialogue" with it.
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People Returning Awards, Part of 'Malicious Campaign': Venkaiah Naidu
Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today hit out at those returning their awards citing intolerance in the country, saying they are "misleading" people as part of a "systematic, orchestrated and malicious campaign" by BJP's political opponents.
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Jaitley's Comments on Akademi Row Show Government is Rattled: Nayantara Sahgal
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's comments on writers, historians, scientists and filmmakers returning awards to protest the climate of intolerance in the country show that the Narendra Modi government is rattled by the public outcry, noted writer Nayantara Sahgal said today.
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Police Find Unidentified Body Resembling Writer Kalburgi's Killer
An unidentified body with two bullet injuries has been found at a village in Belagavi district and police were verifying if it resembled the sketch of one of the two killers of writer MM Kalburgi, who was gunned down at Dharwad in August.
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Writers Hold Protest March in Delhi Ahead of Crucial Sahitya Akademi Meeting
With black gags and arm bands, writers and their supporters held a solidarity march in New Delhi ahead of the Sahitya Akademi emergency meeting to discuss the returning of awards by eminent authors in protest against "rising intolerance" in the backdrop MM Kalburgi's killing.
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Cried A Lot When Kalburgi Was Killed, Says 17-Year-Old Returning Award
For 17 year-old Ria Vithasha, who has authored five novels, the killing of senior Kannada writer MM Kalburgi distressed her enough to take the decision to return her Karnataka Sahitya Academy award.
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Bengal Intellectuals Seek President's Intervention in Cases of Attacks on Rationalists
A group of more than 90 writers and intellectuals from West Bengal have written to President Pranab Mukherjee seeking his intervention in ensuring justice in the Dadri mob killing and attack on rationalists.
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Kannada Writer Returns Akademi Award in Protest Over Kalburgi Killing
Joining the bandwagon of writers and poets protesting against the growing intolerance, Kannada writer and professor, Rahamat Tarikeri has returned his Sahitya Akademi award in protest against the killing of scholar MM Kalburgi and rationalists Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare.
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Union Culture Minister Questions 'Motive' of Writers Returning Akademi Awards
As more writers and poets decided to return their Sahita Akademi Awards in protest against "rising intolerance" in the country, Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma today said he suspected their motives for such "not called for" action.
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More Authors Return Sahitya Akademi Awards Over Kalburgi Killing
Six more authors have decided to return their Sahitya Akademi awards as a mark of protest against rising intolerance and communal atmosphere after the death of rationalist MM Kalburgi, taking the number of such authors returning the literary honour to 16.
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Writers Step Up Protest, 6 More Return Sahitya Akademi Awards
Gujarat-based writer Ganesh Devy, 'Yuva Puraskar'-winning author Aman Sethi and four other eminent writers from Punjab returned their Sahitya Akademi awards on Sunday. Kannada writer Aravind Malagatti resigned from the body's general council, joining the growing protest by writers over "rising intolerance" and "communal" atmosphere.
