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"His loss cannot be filled": Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai pays tribute t
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai paid tribute to Padma Shri awardee and noted poet-satirist Dr Surendra Dubey, who passed away on Thursday, calling it an irreparable loss for the state and the literary world, and the void left behind cannot be filled.
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Singer-songwriter Kinky Friedman passes away at 79
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
American Singer-songwriter, novelist and satirist Kinky Friedman has passed away at the age of 79. His death was confirmed on his official social media handle, reported People.
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"Detrimental to democracy"; CPI MP Binoy Viswam condemns raids on NewsClic
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
CPI leader and Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Viswam on Tuesday condemned the raids on journalists associated with the online portal NewsClick office, claiming that Delhi Police raided the residences of several journalists, activists, authors, and satirists and carried out a search and seizure of book
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CPI MP Binoy Viswam condemns Delhi Police raids on NewsClick
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The Communist Party of India (CPI) Rajya Sabha MP on Tuesday condemned the raids on the Newsclick office and staff residence by Delhi Police and claimed that the Delhi Police raided the residences of several journalists, activists, authors, and satirists and engaged in searches and seizures
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'Bremner, Bird And Fortune' star and satirist John Bird passes away at 86
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
British actor satirist John Bird, best known for his role in 'The Bremner, Bird and Fortune' has died at the age of 86.
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Mort Sahl, trailblazing stand-up comic, dies at 94
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 27 (ANI): Mort Sahl, a political satirist whose biting wit and uncompromising intellect broadened the world of conventional standup comedy, died on Tuesday in California.
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Chinese satirist jailed over critical comments against Communist Party
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Henan [China], April 7 (ANI): A local court in China's Henan province has handed a jail term of over a year to an online influencer after he posted several critical comments about life under the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on Twitter.
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Not Shocking, says Kunal Kamra on fly ban
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 29 (ANI): Stand-up comedian-satirist Kunal Kamra, who has been banned by four airlines for accosting a TV channel editor on an IndiGo flight, on Wednesday said the imposition of the fly ban was "not shocking" for him.
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Our democracy is being shattered: Noted Urdu writer Mujtaba Hussain
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Dec 18 (ANI): Famous Urdu author and satirist Mujtaba Hussain on Wednesday questioned the state of affairs in the country saying that democracy is being shattered.
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Cho Ramaswamy posthumously honoured with Padma Bhushan
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 25 (ANI): Amongst the long list of people who will be conferred with the Padma awards, Cho Ramaswamy, actor, political satirist and founder-editor of Tamil magazine Thuglak, was on Wednesday posthumously awarded with the Padma Bhushan award for Literature and Educatio
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Chennai: Noted journalist, political analyst Cho Ramaswamy passes away in
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai [India], Dec. 7 (ANI): Political satirist and founder editor of Thuglak magazine, Srinivasa Iyer Ramaswamy popularly known as Cho Ramaswamy passed away due to cardiac arrest in a Chennai hospital early this morning.
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