Saudi money helping spread of harsher Islam: Rushdie
September 17th, 2012 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) Well-known writer Salman Rushdie Monday said that a harsher version of Islam was spreading with the help of Saudi Arabia's oil money."What has developed now ... Read more...
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Honoured to be part of ‘Midnight’s Children’: Ritu Kumar (With Images)
September 13th, 2012 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) India's ace designer Ritu Kumar, who has designed the costumes for wedding sequences in Deepa Mehta's much-in news film "Midnight's Children", has used Kashmiri influences ... Read more...
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Soha misses school days, envies school-going children
July 16th, 2012 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) Student life is the best and actress Soha Ali Khan too agrees with it. She says she misses her school days and wishes she ... Read more...
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Gear up for Shriya’s item number
June 13th, 2012 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) Everybody is doing item song in Bollyhwood these days and the latest to join the list is Shriya Saran. The actress will groove to ... Read more...
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Kareena, Bhandarkar at the New York Indian Film Festival
May 8th, 2012 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Actress Kareena Kapoor and filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar are among the celebrities expected to walk the red carpet of the 12th edition of New York ... Read more...
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Zohra 100 years young, says Salman Rushdie
April 27th, 2012 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Internationally acclaimed author Salman Rushdie has sent out birthday wishes to Indian theatre doyenne Zohra Sehgal, who turned a century old Friday. Rushdie says ... Read more...
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British Muslim faces war crimes charges in Bangladesh
April 16th, 2012 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 16 (IANS) A top Muslim activist in Britain -- a former Bangladeshi citizen -- has been accused of involvement in the abduction and murder of intellectuals during Bangladesh's ... Read more...
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Doting father Ranvir’s woes (Movie Snippets)
March 19th, 2012 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 19 (IANS) Ranvir Shorey loves his work, but the actor finds it tough to leave his baby boy home."Nowadays the toughest thing going to work is leaving ... Read more...
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Rushdie slams Imran Khan at India Today conclave
March 18th, 2012 - 12:05 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Writer Salman Rushdie, the author of the controversial "The Satanic Verses", Saturday evening hit out at Pakistan politician Imran Khan describing him as a ... Read more...
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Now Pranab, Omar drop out of conclave
March 17th, 2012 - 11:54 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday cancelled their participation at the India Today Conclave that is to ... Read more...
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Rushdie session postponed (Lead)
March 16th, 2012 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Author Salman Rushdie's literary session at the India Today Conclave has been postponed by a day to Saturday following a sudden change in schedule, the ... Read more...
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Tight security for Rushdie’s arrival
March 16th, 2012 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Tight security arrangements are in place here to prevent any trouble during the visit of Salman Rushdie, the controversial author of "The Satanic Verses", police ... Read more...
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Akhilesh drops out of India Today conclave
March 15th, 2012 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh's new Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Thursday dropped out of the India Today conclave 2012 because of official engagements."Akhilesh Yadav is now not attending ... Read more...
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Rushdie factor: Imran Khan won’t attend India Today conclave (Lead)
March 14th, 2012 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has refused to attend the India Today conclave this week because of the presence of "The Satanic Verses" author Salman ... Read more...
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Rushdie factor: Imran Khan stays away from India Today conclave
March 14th, 2012 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan would not be attending the two-day India Today conclave because of the presence of "The Satanic Veres" author Salman Rushdie, the ... Read more...
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Rushdie likely in India this weekend for India Today conclave
March 13th, 2012 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) After his aborted visit to the Jaipur Literature Festival, controversial Booker Prize winning author Salman Rushdie is expected to be in India this weekend to ... Read more...
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Islam doesn’t allow killing of mankind: Pakistani scholar
February 29th, 2012 - 11:45 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The message of peace and moderation sets former Pakistan-based politician, activist and motivational speaker Shaykh-ul-Islam Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri apart from other Islamic scholars. He says Islam ... Read more...
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Congress indulging in communal politics in UP: Jaitley
February 12th, 2012 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 12 (IANS) Attacking Law Minister Salman Khurshid over his defiant stand on a quota for backward Muslims in Uttar Pradesh, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley ... Read more...
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First Rushdie, now Taslima - end of cultural tolerance? (West Bengal Newsletter)
February 5th, 2012 - 2:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IANS) The cancellation of the release of controversial author Taslima Nasreen's autobiography at the famed Kolkata Book Fair has thrown the spotlight on the destructive clout ... Read more...
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Rahul Bose’s worst Valentine’s Day!
February 3rd, 2012 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 3 (IANS) Valentine's Day is approaching, and Rahul Bose is sad and says this will be his worst Valentine's ever, thanks to his single status."The worst Valentine is ... Read more...
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Rushdie was lied to, but I won’t face trouble: Deepa Mehta (Interview)
February 2nd, 2012 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 2 (IANS) Canada-based Indian filmmaker Deepa Mehta, who is making a film on Salman Rushdie's bestseller "Midnight's Children", says the author was lied to and discouraged from attending ... Read more...
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Organisers cancel launch of Taslima’s book at scheduled venue
February 1st, 2012 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 1 (IANS) Close on the heels of the Salman Rushdie controversy at the Jaipur Literary Meet, the seventh volume of controversial author Taslima Nasreen's autobiography was not ... Read more...
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Rushdie’s writings painful: Imran Khan
January 31st, 2012 - 12:40 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 30 (IANS) Describing the writings of Salman Rushdie as "painful" for the Muslim community, Pakistani politician and former cricket captain Imran Khan Monday said no one had a ... Read more...
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Rahul Bose turns baddie, says he’s excited
January 30th, 2012 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 30 (IANS) Rahul Bose was last seen in a villainous role in "Thakshak" in 1999 and after 13 years he is once again set to play a negative ... Read more...
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Sentiments vs freedom: Rushdie issue festers
January 29th, 2012 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) Days after Salman Rushdie was not allowed to speak at the Jaipur Literature Festival, the issue continues to touch a raw nerve among Muslim ... Read more...
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Bizarre case of India versus the Internet (Comment)
January 29th, 2012 - 1:01 pm ICT by IANS
It isn't just one angry Indian against Google and Facebook. Internet freedom is on trial in India! The ham-handed, state-backed censorship of Salman Rushdie at the Jaipur Literary Festival earlier ... Read more...
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Vikram Seth attacks government, terms Rushdie affair madness
January 26th, 2012 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 26 (IANS) Novelist Vikram Seth Thursday accused the government of "knuckling under" an "enforced disgrace because of power and politics" and "misusing" religion ahead of assembly polls over ... Read more...
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Congress refutes Rushdie remarks
January 26th, 2012 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) The Congress Wednesday refuted remarks by Salman Rushdie that the party's desire to garner Muslim votes in Uttar Pradesh elections was the reason for
his not ... Read more...
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Rushdie is poor, sub-standard writer: Katju
January 25th, 2012 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) A day after Salman Rushdie's video conference at Jaipur Literature Festival was cancelled, Press Council of India chairman Markandey Katju Wednesday said the author is ... Read more...
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Rushdie show: Chronicle of a gag foretold
January 25th, 2012 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 25 (IANS) It was Tuesday, another sunny winter morning in Jaipur. Sanjoy Roy, an organiser of the Jaipur Literature Festival, came to a terrace of the sprawling Diggi ... Read more...
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‘Black farce’ says Rushdie as shut out of Jaipur even via videolink (Intro Roundup)
January 25th, 2012 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 24 (IANS) Twenty-four years after "The Satanic Verses" was banned, its India-born author Salman Rushdie was again under attack Tuesday and forced to cancel his address via videolink ... Read more...
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Visit controversy a black farce, says shocked Rushdie (Lead)
January 25th, 2012 - 12:11 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Author Salman Rushdie Tuesday said he was shocked that even his video-conference address at the Jaipur Literature Festival was unacceptable and termed the entire ... Read more...
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Convenient for Congress I didn’t come: Rushdie
January 25th, 2012 - 12:10 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Salman Rushdie Tuesday said "it was very convenient for everyone in the Congress that he did not come to India just before the Uttar Pradesh ... Read more...
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Congress defends Rajasthan on calling off Rushdie address
January 24th, 2012 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) The Congress Tuesday sought to play down the decision of the party-led Rajasthan government against allowing Salman Rushdie to address the Jaipur Literature Festival ... Read more...
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Rushdie & god: Jaipur Lit Fest ends on sombre note
January 24th, 2012 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) God came to the rescue of the DSC Jaipur Literature Festival Tuesday evening. The spirits were marginally lifting during a lively debate about man and ... Read more...
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