Hadi Matar, 24, is accused of wounding Rushdie, 75, on Friday just before the "The Satanic Verses" author was to deliver a lecture on stage...

The family expressed gratitude to the audience members who bravely leapt to Rushdie's defence and administered first-aid after he was stabb...

Rushdie, 75, was set to deliver a lecture on artistic freedom at Chautauqua Institution in western New York when police say a 24-year-old m...

The author is currently on a ventilator with a damaged liver and may lose one of his eyes.

The New York Times (NYT) reported that according to Rushdie's agent, Andrew Wylie, the Mumbai-born controversial author was on a ventilator...

On Monday, newsfeed choked on two deaths. First was Günter Grass. The next day I got a a message of another death of a writer "Vilas Sarang...

Some of Thackeray’s contradictory stands were tactical — he relished keeping people on the edge.

Within days of protests against controversial film 'Innocence of Muslims' turning violent, US consulate in Chennai has suspended visa proce...

The proposed session with Rushdie at the festival via video link on Jan 24 ran into trouble with Rajasthan govt coming up with "intimidatin...