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  Salman Rushdie attacker, who stabbed him on stage in New York, sentenced to 25 years in jail

  World | May 16, 2025 22:05 IST

  Hadi Matar, the man convicted of stabbing author Salman Rushdie on stage in 2022, was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a New York court. Matar, 27, attacked Rushdie during a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution, leaving the author blind in one eye.

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  How many years to correct the mistake, Rushdie asks on Satanic Verses ban

  World | November 29, 2015 23:27 IST

  New Delhi: Hours after former Finance Minister P Chidambaram termed the ban on Salman Rushdie's book "Satanic Verses" as wrong, the author asked how many more years it would take to correct the "mistake".Rushdie's remarks

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  Salman Rushdie is back, after 7 years with his new novel!

  Lifestyle | January 31, 2015 11:52 IST

  British author Salman Rushdie, known worldwide for his contentious inscription, is in news again; this time for his new novel, which is to be released in September this year.Rushdie is back and yes the Indian-born

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  Salman Rushdie, threatened over book, defends free speech

  World | January 15, 2015 7:20 IST

  Vermont: Author Salman Rushdie, who lived for years under a death threat after his 1988 book “The Satanic Verses” drew the wrath of Iranian religious leaders, said Wednesday the right to free speech is absolute

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  At a glance: Books that have been banned in India

  India | December 04, 2014 11:47 IST

  New Delhi: Freedom of speech and expression is an integral part of our constitution but the governments of the day have always taken the stand that this freedom can't be absolute and that one has