The ministry cited an ongoing restructuring process of the awards in a note sent to the autonomous literary body, according ...

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The press conference which was slated to take place at 3 pm in Delhi after a meeting of the Executive Board of the literary ...

New Delhi: The Sahitya Akademi on Thursday, December 18, 2025, abruptly cancelled a scheduled press conference to announce its annual literary awards, triggering confusion after the move was linked to ...

The Sahitya Akademi cancelled its annual literary awards press conference due to a directive from the Union Ministry of Culture.

Sahitya Akademi Award is given annually to the writers of outstanding works in one of the twenty-four major Indian languages (22 Scheduled Languages, English and Rajasthani). The award is consists of ...

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 ...

Sahitya Akademi cancelled one of its programmes in Kolkata, in which popular Bengali poet Srijato Bandyopadhyay had initially been invited as a speaker. The organisation cited ‘unavoidable ...

The 2024 Sahitya Akademi Awards have been announced, recognizing 21 writers and poets from various Indian languages. These awards honor exceptional works in categories like novels, poetry, short ...

The Sahitya Akademi has announced a list of 22 recipients of its Bal Sahitya Puraskar and 20 winners of its Yuva Puraskar for this year. The list was declared on Thursday at a meeting of the Executive ...

Mumbai: After a serious health scare, poet-writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar's life has been brightened with some joyful tidings. He has been awarded the Sahitya Akademi award, the country's highest ...

Sahitya Akademi cancels annual awards announcement following Culture Ministry's directive for restructuring in consultation with the Ministry.