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Natwar Singh defends Rajiv Gandhi government's decision to ban "The Satanic Verses", cites law & order scenarioWith focus back on Rushdie's book in the wake of the attack on him in New York, Singh, who was the minister of state for external affairs w...
Ajmer dargah dewan denounces ‘Padmavati’, likens Bhansali to Rushdie and NasreenThis is the first time the dargah dewan has spoken on a controversial matter. Earlier, he had limited himself to condemning terrorism and P...
Frankfurt book fair opens in controversy as Salman Rushdie sparks Iran boycottThe world's biggest book fair opens with Iran boycotting the exhibition because the author has been invited to speak.
Controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen says will return to IndiaTaslima Nasreen, the 52-year-old writer has been living in exile since 1994 in the wake of death threats by Muslim fundamentalist outfits.
Taslima Nasreen moves to US after death threats from radicalsNasreen has been relocated to the US from India after death threats by Islamists radicals from her country where three secular bloggers wer...
Salman Rushdie, Amitav Ghosh appeal to Bangladesh government over bloggers' killingMore than 150 writers from around the world, including Mumbai-born Rushdie - whose work has angered Muslims around the world, have expresse...
Taslima Nasreen gets one-year visa, till August 2015The 51-year-old writer was last month given two months temporary visa after the Home Ministry decided to initiate a verification process of...
Taslima meets Rajnath, assured of visa extensionNasreen said so long as the Mamata Banerjee govt in the state continues to accede to the whims of religious fanatics, her return to Kokkata...
FIR against author Taslima Nasreen on cleric's complaintAn FIR has been lodged against controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.
- Salman Rushdie in Delhi, attends function
Two months after he was forced to skip a literary fest in Jaipur, controversial writer Salman Rushdie tonight attended a function here amid...
- Salman Rushdie row: After shame, drama at Jaipur Literary Festival
Indian authorities on Friday told controversial Indian-origin author Salman Rushdie that paid assassins were on the prowl, baying for his b...
- Taslima returns to India, seeks visa extension
Controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, who was dramatically bundled out of West Bengal in November 2007 in the wake of protests ...
- Taslima gives in to pressure, says will leave India
In a development that has the potential to dent India’s image as a ``secular’’ society and, at the same time, would mean a victory for Musl...
- Taslima should be allowed to stay in India: M M Joshi
Controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, whose visa is set to expire on February 17, should be allowed to stay in India, senior BJ...
- Taslima's visa extended by six months
Controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, under virtual house arrest after being shifted out of here in controversial circumstances.
- Taslima shifted to undisclosed location
Controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen was taken away by sleuths of central security agencies late on Monday night to an undisclo...
- Tight security for Taslima in the capital
Controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, who was virtually hounded out of Kolkata, has been kept under tight security after arrivi...
- Taslima to get appropriate security in India: Home Ministry
The Centre on Friday dismissed reports that it had asked the West Bengal government to move controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasree...
- Taslima Nasreen moved to Rajasthan
Controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen was on Thursday brought to Rajasthan from West Bengal, a day after outbreak of large-scale...
- No intention to leave India: Tasleema
Controversial Bangladeshi writer Tasleema Nasreen tonight said she was "shocked" by the attack on her in Hyderabad by a Muslim group but ha...