Salman Rushdie
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Mamata blocked my arrival, police incited protests: Rushdie
National | Feb 01, 2013, 01:54 PM ISTKolkata, Feb 1: Controversial author Salman Rushdie today said he was forced to cancel his trip to Kolkata as he was told that he would be bundled out in the next flight by the police
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Kolkata organizers paid for Salman Rushdie's flight ticket: Deepa Mehta
India | Jan 31, 2013, 05:59 PM ISTKolkata, Jan 31 : Film maker Deepa Mehta has claimed the organisers of the Kolkata Literary Meet (KLM) had invited the controversial author Salman Rushdie who was forced to cancel his Kolkata trip at the
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Rushdie's Kolkata visit cancelled due to security reasons
India | Jan 30, 2013, 04:05 PM ISTKolkata, Jan 30: Controversial author Salman Rushdie's visit to Kolkata to promote Deepa Mehta's film ‘Midnight's Children', based on his novel, has been cancelled due to security issues.A source close to the film said they
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Salman Rushdie says, he didn't write Satanic Verses for the mullahs
World | Jun 04, 2012, 04:28 PM ISTLondon, Jun 4 : Over two decades after ‘Satanic Verses' sparked a never-ending controversy and provoked a ‘fatwa' for his head, author Salman Rushdie has only one thing to say to his detractors: ‘I did
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Salman Rushdie To Speak In Delhi Despite Muslim Anger
India | Mar 17, 2012, 08:10 AM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 17: British author Salman Rushdie will speak at a conference in India on Saturday, organisers have confirmed, two months after protests by Islamic activists forced him to cancel a trip to the
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Rushdie Is A Poor, Sub-Standard Writer, Opines Retd Justice Katju
India | Jan 25, 2012, 04:33 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 25: Salman Rushdie is a “poor” and “sub-standard writer” who would have remained largely unknown but for his controversial book ‘Satanic Verses', according to Markandey Katju, till recently a judge of the
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Rushdie Is Welcome In Delhi, Says Sheila Dikshit
India | Jan 24, 2012, 04:22 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 24: Amid protests by Muslim groups against hosting Salman Rushdie in Jaipur, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today said one may have differences with what he writes but the “very, very eminent”
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Fearing Violence, Rushdie's Video Address At Lit Fest Cancelled
India | Jan 24, 2012, 05:53 PM ISTJaipur, Jan 24: The much-anticipated video address by controversial writer Salman Rushdie was cancelled at the last moment today because of fears of violence as Muslim organisations staged protests.The decision to call off the video
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Rajasthan Govt Says No To Video Conferencing With Rushdie
India | Jan 23, 2012, 03:39 PM ISTJaipur, Jan 23: In a new twist to the Salman Rushdie controversy, Rajasthan government today said it would not allow the controversial author's proposed video link address to the Jaipur Literature Festival without prior permission.
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IB Shared Info on Threat to Rushdie's Life, Says Rajasthan Govt
India | Jan 23, 2012, 10:01 AM ISTJaipur, Jan 23 : The Rajasthan government on Sunday night said the Intelligence Bureau had shared information on threats to Salman Rushdie's life with the organisers of the Jaipur Literature Festival, rejecting the author's charges
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Rushdie Steals Oprah Thunder On Day 3
India | Jan 22, 2012, 07:07 PM ISTJaipur, Jan 22: Even in absence, author Salman Rushdie continued to cast his shadow on the Jaipur Literature Festival despite the presence of crowdpuller TV mogul Oprah Winfrey.While Winfrey was addressing a session, high drama
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Rushdie Claims Rajasthan Police Invented Plot To Keep Him Away
India | Jan 22, 2012, 01:44 PM ISTNew York, Jan 22: Two days after he scrapped his plans to attend the Jaipur Literature Festival citing threats to his life, an “angry” Salman Rushdie today charged that he was lied to by the
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Don't Make Heroes Out Of Banned Writers, Says Chetan Bhagat
India | Jan 21, 2012, 08:51 PM ISTJaipur, Jan 21: Best-selling Indian writer Chetan Bhagat on Saturday criticised the support leant to authors whose books are banned for offending religious communities, a day after Salman Rushdie cancelled his trip to Jaipur citing
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No Info Of Threat To Rushdie's Life, Says Maharashtra Police
India | Jan 21, 2012, 05:57 PM ISTMumbai, Jan 21: A day after Salman Rushdie cancelled his India visit citing intelligence inputs that "paid assassins" from Mumbai were out to eliminate him, Maharashtra police on Saturday said they had no such information
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Rushdie Cancels Visit, Angry Authors Read Satanic Verses
India | Jan 20, 2012, 09:32 PM ISTJaipur, Jan 20: The banned Satanic Verses cast its shadow at the Jaipur Literature Festival today with its controversial author Salman Rushdie citing death threats pulling out of the event where some outraged authors read
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Rushdie Breaks Silence On Twitter But No Comment On India Trip
India | Jan 19, 2012, 09:48 PM ISTNew York, Jan 19: After days of silence, India-born author Salman Rushdie is back on Twitter but has not tweeted a single word on his appearance at the Jaipur Literature Festival which remains in limbo.In
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I Don't Need Visa To Visit India, Says Salman Rushdie
India | Jan 10, 2012, 05:44 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 10: Controversial author Salman Rushdie has brushed aside opposition to his India trip by top Islamic Seminary Darul Uloom Deoband, saying he does not need a visa to visit the country.“Regarding my
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Salman Rushdie To Attend Jaipur Literature Fest
India | Jan 03, 2012, 09:01 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 3: Indian-origin author Salman Rushdie is all set to attend the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) at the end of this month, the second time he is visiting the literary extravaganza in the
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Wedding Bells For Salman Rushdie Again : Report
Hollywood | Dec 11, 2011, 07:06 PM ISTNew York, Dec 11: Indian-British novelist Salman Rushdie has reportedly proposed to his ex-girlfriend Michelle Barish, just two days after she split with billionaire Steve Tisch. The 64-year-old, whose dating and dumping of socialite Devorah
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Wooed And Dumped Online, Socialite Calls Rushdie Unchivalrous
Hollywood | Dec 03, 2011, 08:21 AM ISTLondon, Dec 03: A New York-based socialite has accused India-born British novelist Salman Rushdie of showing " unchivalrous behaviour" after he reportedly wooed, and then abruptly dumped her on Facebook. Salman Rushdie is believed to