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Rushdie ancestral house dispute: SC refuses to modify order


Supreme Court has refused to modify its order on the ancestral house of renowned author Salman Rushd...

Rushdie remembers Thatcher`s `great life`


Salman Rushdie is remembering Margaret Thatcher with the same complicated feelings he had for while ...

Salman Rushdie in al Qaeda’s ‘most-wanted list`


Indian-origin British author Salman Rushdie has been named in the ‘most-wanted list of Islam critics...

Bengal govt should come out clean on Rushdie issue: Yechury


CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury asked West Bengal government to come clean on the Salman Rushdie issue.

Left should focus on issues of poorest of the poor: Amartya


Nobel laureate Amartya Sen urged the Left parties to raise the issue of sanitation and other basic n...

Real issues faced by Muslims taking back seat: Amartya Sen


Issues like fundamentalists` protest against Salman Rushdie made real concerns of poverty faced by M...

Ashish Nandy, Kamal Haasan rows suggest society becoming intolerant: Tharoor


The events over the last week which also saw writer Salman Rushdie being denied entry into Kolkata "...

Sourav Ganguly takes a dig at Salman Rushdie`s visit cancellation


Former India captain Sourav Ganguly took a dig at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the...

Trinamool MP calls Salman Rushdie `satan`


Trinamool Congress MP Sultan Ahmed Friday called Salman Rushdie a "satan" and said West Bengal Chief...

Cleric’s message prompted Mamata to act against Salman Rushdie


A Muslim cleric claimed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had ordered Kolkata police to blo...

Netaji`s daughter terms Rushdie affair as unfortunate


She said that the country should learn from Netaji`s Indian National Army how to co-exist as differe...

Salman Rushdie, family lose legal battle over bungalow in SC


Renowned author Salman Rushdie and his family have lost a three-decade-old legal battle to retain th...

Being denied Indian visa was a deep wound: Rushdie


Controversial India-born writer Salman Rushdie says that being denied a visa and Indian embassies ab...

Open letter to Rajiv in 1988 was `arrogant`: Rushdie


India-born controversial author Salman Rushdie now admits that his reaction was "arrogant", "angry" ...

Rushdie condemns anti-Islam film as `malicious`


India-born author Salman Rushdie has termed as "malicious" the attempt by an American to produce a f...

Salman Rushdie feels hurt by rebuffs by India


Salman Rushdie feels "hurt" by the "rebuffs" given to him by India where his books are rejected for ...

Iran foundation ups bounty on Salman Rushdie


The reward of the 15 Khordad Foundation was increased by $500,000, the ISNA news agency reported Sun...

Rushdie fatwa turned into Iranian ‘video game’


The Iranian computer game aims to educate the younger generation about the ‘sin’ committed by Salman...

Satanic Verses not written for mullahs: Rushdie


The India-born controversial writer who has lived for years under the shadow of his 1988 book, now l...

Pak students to protest Rushdie books` inclusion


The proposed inclusion of two famous works of author Salman Rushdie at the University of Peshawar ha...

Permission to research on Rushdie`s book condemned


The Society, in a letter to PM, said the book contained objectionable references to the holy Quran a...

Inclusion of Rushdie books spark protests at Pak uni


A Pakistani university included Salman Rushdie`s two famous books `Midnight`s Children` and `Shame` ...

Venkaiah targets Cong over Rushdie


A day after controversial author Salman Rushdie hit out at Congress and Rahul Gandhi, BJP leader M ...

Digvijay rebuts Rushdie`s charge


Digvijay Singh dismissed Salman Rushdie`s charge that his presence at the Jaipur Literary Festival w...

We don’t need your approval: BJP to Rushdie


BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Sunday said that Indian politicians and political parties were not...

Salman Rushdie in Delhi, targets Congress


Two months after he was forced to skip a literary fest in Jaipur, controversial writer Salman Rush...

Now Pranab, Omar drop out of conclave


The organisers did not cite any reason for the cancellation, but their dropping out is said to be ov...

Freedom comes with reasonable restrictions: Katju


In the backdrop of controversy involving author Salman Rushdie, PCI Chairman Justice Markandey Katju...

Nobody prevented Rushdie to visit India: Govt


No one prevented Rushdie from coming to India, P Chidambaram said.

Religion being misused: Vikram Seth on Rushdie row


Novelist Vikram Seth on Thursday said the Vikram seth affair was whipped up because of "power", "pol...

‘UPA behind disruption of Rushdie`s address’


BJP leader Arun Jaitley accused the Congress-led UPA of being behind the last-minute disruption of a...

‘Rushdie episode exposed Cong`s communal politics’


BJP said the entire Salman Rushdie pisode had exposed the "worst communal vote-bank politics" of Co...

Rushdie is welcome in Delhi: Dikshit


Rushdie had to cancel his visit to the Jaipur Literature Festival after Muslim organisations protes...

Rushdie should have been allowed to come: Jaitley


Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley said author Salman Rushdie should have been all...

Had inputs of SIMI threat to Rushdie: Raj govt


The Rajasthan government said it had received intelligence inputs that the banned SIMI was planning ...

SAHMAT extends invitation to Rushdie


Artist-activist group Sahmat extended an invitation to the controversial writer Salman Rushdie to a...

Rushdie row `match-fixing` by IB, jehadis: BJP


BJP on Monday accused the Congress of using it to gain political mileage in poll-bound Uttar Prades...

You can`t hurt feelings in India: Bhagat on Rushdi


The popular author said the Booker Prize winner was a hero to him as well but he should respect reli...

Rajasthan police invented plot to keep me away: Rushdie


An "angry" Salman Rushdie claimed the intelligence provided to him by Rajasthan police about threat ...

Police unaware of underworld threat to Rushdie


Author Salman Rushdie called off his visit to the Jaipur Literature Festival citing threat to his li...

Rushdie won’t come to India, govt denies role


Congress on Friday said it was Rushdie`s "individual" decision as there was no restriction on his co...

Muslim body slams Salman Rushdie`s visit


A Jammu and Kashmir-based Muslim body said that writer Salman Rushdie is an "apostate" and liable t...

Second `fatwa` issued against Rushdie visit


With controversy mounting over author Salman Rushdie`s proposed visit to India, another Muslim sec...

Jamaat-e-Islami criticises Omar comments on Rushdie


Omar had said yesterday issuing visa to Rushdie is not an election issue for Muslims as they are mor...

Ban Salman Rushdie for life: Deoband


Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband said there should be a life ban on Salman Rushdie`s entry into ...

Khurshid challenges detractors of Rushdie’s visit


Salman Khurshid said anybody having objections to the provision of PIO not requiring visa to visit t...

BJP slams Congress over Rushdie row


BJP on Tuesday said the row over granting of visa to controversial author Salman Rushdie was the cre...

Rushdie visit: Govt rules out ban; author unfazed


Controversial author Salman Rushdie has brushed aside opposition to his India trip by top Islamic Se...

Don`t allow Rushdie in India: Deoband VC


Rushdie should not be allowed to visit India. If he visits it would be adding salt to the injuries o...

Rushdie wins `battle of name` with Facebook


Salman Rushdie has reportedly won a conflict with Facebook, which deactivated his account over a co...