Notification banning Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses 'untraceable'The Indian government was unable to locate a 1988 notification banning the import of Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses'. The Delhi High ...
07 Nov, 2024, 11.48 PM IST
The tale of a Salman Rushdie book and the restriction it faced in India for 36 yearsIndia lifted a long-standing restriction on Salman Rushdie's controversial novel, "The Satanic Verses," which was originally banned in 1988...
07 Nov, 2024, 11.27 PM IST
Delhi HC closes plea against ban on Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses'The Delhi High Court closed proceedings on a petition challenging the 1988 ban on Salman Rushdie's novel 'The Satanic Verses'. The court sa...
07 Nov, 2024, 09.45 PM IST
The Satanic VersesSrinivas, a toy merchant, threatened his wife and children to become sanyasi, wandering with a begging bowl and stick. Mrs. Srinivas treate...
22 Jul, 2024, 11.05 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
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...
13 Aug, 2022, 01.43 PM IST
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29 May, 2016, 11.33 AM IST
Natwar Singh justifies ban on Satanic Verses by Rajiv Gandhi governmentNatwar Singh worked as minister of state for external affairs under Rajiv Gandhi when the Satanic Verses was banned in 1989.
03 Dec, 2015, 12.45 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
How many years to correct the mistake, asks Salman RushdieRushdie's remarks was prompted by Chidambaram's admission that the Rajiv Gandhi government's decision to ban the controversial novel was a ...
29 Nov, 2015, 12.45 AM IST
- Sensationalism in Satanic Verses has hurt Muslims: Katju
Justice Katju, who had last week termed Rushdie as a 'sub-standard and poor writer', also questioned the Booker Prize awarded to the author...
30 Jan, 2012, 05.00 PM IST
Salman Rushdie is 'poor', 'sub-standard' writer: KatjuSalman Rushdie is a "poor" and "sub-standard writer" who would have remained largely unknown but for his controversial book 'Satanic Verses...
28 Jan, 2012, 11.38 AM IST
- Authors protest cancellation of Rushdie video address
Some Muslim groups insisted that Rushdie should apologise to the nation for his alleged blasphemous content in his book 'Satanic verses', s...
24 Jan, 2012, 07.19 PM IST
- Salman Rushdie video may be nice way to end row on Jaipur Literature Festival
Festival producer Sanjoy Roy said police permission was awaited for the 'video session' that was scheduled at 3:45pm on Tuesday.
24 Jan, 2012, 01.03 PM IST
- The Congress is repeating old mistakes by exploiting the Rushdie issue for electoral purposes
Salman Rushdie's absence from the Jaipur Literature Festival and the parallel and related Congress courtship of the Muslim vote in Uttar Pr...
23 Jan, 2012, 10.28 AM IST
- Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses read at Jaipur Literature Festival
Two prominent authors today read out portions from Salman Rushdie's banned "Satanic Verses" at the Jaipur Literature Festival as a mark of ...
21 Jan, 2012, 02.59 PM IST
- 'Very sad' not to be in Jaipur, tweets Salman Rushdie
After cancelling his visit to India citing threats to his life, author Salman Rushdie today said he was "very sad" not to be in Jaipur for ...
21 Jan, 2012, 11.57 AM IST