Man who attacked author Salman Rushdie charged with supporting terrorist groupHadi Matar, who brutally attacked author Salman Rushdie in New York, now faces terrorism charges including attempting to support Hezbollah,...
24 Jul, 2024, 10.27 PM IST
Trial of Salman Rushdie's assailant to be postponed till author's memoir hits bookshelvesHadi Matar, the man charged with repeatedly stabbing Rushdie as the author was being introduced for a lecture, is entitled to the manuscrip...
03 Jan, 2024, 08.51 PM IST
Novelist Salman Rushdie set to publish memoir 'Knife' about being stabbed in 2022Indian-born novelist Salman Rushdie will publish a memoir titled 'Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder' in April 2024. The memoir w...
12 Oct, 2023, 08.09 AM IST
Salman Rushdie attends PEN America gala, first in-person appearance since stabbingRushdie was in hiding for years after Iran's Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa in 1989 calling for his death.
19 May, 2023, 03.10 PM IST
Iranian foundation offers land to Salman Rushdie's attacker: State mediaAn Iranian foundation has praised the man who attacked novelist Salman Rushdie last year, leaving him severely injured, and said it will re...
21 Feb, 2023, 01.33 PM IST
Salman Rushdie lives, but loses use of eye and handRushdie, 75, spent years in hiding after Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a 1989 edict, a fatwa, calling for his death after publi...
24 Oct, 2022, 12.25 AM IST
Writers, friends gather in support of Salman Rushdie, read from his works at solidarity event in New YorkAuthors, writers, artists and members from the literary community, including Tina Brown, Kiran Desai, Aasif Mandvi and Reginald Dwayne Bett...
20 Aug, 2022, 12.30 PM IST
Salman Rushdie attack suspect pleads not guilty to attempted murder, assaultHadi Matar, 24, is accused of wounding Rushdie, 75, on Friday just before the "The Satanic Verses" author was to deliver a lecture on stage...
19 Aug, 2022, 11.54 AM IST
Salman Rushdie's attacker says he acted aloneHadi Matar, of Fairview in New Jersey, was arrested last week and charged with second-degree attempted murder and assault after he stabbed ...
18 Aug, 2022, 02.11 PM IST
Iran denies being involved in attack on Salman RushdieNasser Kanaani, the spokesman of Iran's Foreign Ministry, made the remarks in a briefing to journalists. "We, in the incident of the attack...
15 Aug, 2022, 01.23 PM IST
Salman Rushdie's 'feisty and defiant' humour remains intact, says sonThe family expressed gratitude to the audience members who bravely leapt to Rushdie's defence and administered first-aid after he was stabb...
15 Aug, 2022, 10.20 AM IST
Salman Rushdie is 'pulling through' after stabbing 'nightmare', says his former wife Padma LakshmiRushdie, who faced Islamist death threats for years after writing "The Satanic Verses", was stabbed by a 24-year-old New Jersey resident id...
14 Aug, 2022, 10.46 PM IST
Salman Rushdie off ventilator and condition improving, agent saysRushdie, 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...
14 Aug, 2022, 07.45 PM IST
J K Rowling receives death threat over her tweet on Salman Rushdie attackRowling, who has previously been criticised for her comments on transgender people, had on Friday shared a tweet expressing horror at the a...
14 Aug, 2022, 03.22 PM IST
Salman Rushdie off ventilator and talking, day after attack: Agent Andrew WylieRushdie remained hospitalised with serious injuries, but fellow author Aatish Taseer tweeted in the evening that he was "off the ventilator...
14 Aug, 2022, 12.55 PM IST
Man suspected of attacking Salman Rushdie charged with attempted murder, assault"The individual responsible for the attack yesterday, Hadi Mattar, has now been formally charged with Attempted Murder in the Second Degree...
13 Aug, 2022, 08.53 PM IST
Congress distances itself from P Chidambaram's Salman Rushdie book remarkDescribing Chidambaram' remark as his personal view, senior Congress leader Kamal Nath today said, "No question of a single person puncturi...
30 Nov, 2015, 03.00 PM IST