Mumbai: Adding a new twist to the controversy over Salman Rushdie's participation in the Jaipur Literature Festival, sources in Mumbai Police denied giving any inputs about paid assassins. The sources countered the Booker-winning author's claim that paid assassins were out to get him. The sources told CNN-IBN there were no intelligence inputs about a threat to Rushdie and that they gave no inputs regarding paid assassins eyeing Rushdie. BJP Leader...
12:23 PM, Jan 21, 2012
Jaipur: Outrage and resentment were the dominant emotions on the first day of the Jaipur Literature Festival on Friday as writers, intellectuals and fans cried foul over Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie calling off his visit in view of threat to his life following protests by Islamic groups opposed to his visit. Pakistan-based writer Mohammed Hanif, the author of "The Case of Exploding Mangoes" and "The Lady of Alice Bhatti",...
02:51 AM, Jan 21, 2012
The Jaipur Police Commissioner says they've made all possible security arrangements. ...
02:25 PM, Jan 19, 2012
New York: Even as uncertainty looms over Salman Rushdie's appearance at the Jaipur Literature Festival, the India-born author himself is not giving any hints about his plans to visit India and has maintained a stoic silence on Twitter where he has been a regular commentator. The 'Midnight's Children' author has logged on to the microblogging site Twitter regularly and commented on various issues, occasionally tweeting several times a day. However...
11:15 AM, Jan 19, 2012
New Delhi: According to different reports, author Salman Rushdie may not actually be asked to stay away from India during the Jaipur Literature Festival. Although the Rajasthan government has raised concerns over security in the wake of the Darul Uloom Deobands demand that Rushdie be banned from India as he had hurt sentiments of Muslims in the past, the Central Government may not be inclined towards making an actual request...
10:43 AM, Jan 18, 2012
The Darul Uloom Deoband reiterated that there must be a ban on celebrated novelist Salman Rushdie from coming to India. ...
11:52 PM, Jan 17, 2012
Jaipur: Will Salman Rushdie make it to the Jaipur's Literature festival despite the raging controversy and threats of fierce protests? Amidst growing threats of protests, the organisers have taken the initially published schedule from their website, but they still maintain that his visit hasn't been called off as yet. "Every liberal person in India should stand up and be heard on this," said festival producer Sanjoy Roy. The controversy around...
09:39 PM, Jan 17, 2012
New Delhi: The Darul Uloom Deoband on Tuesday reiterated that there must be a ban on celebrated novelist Salman Rushdie from coming to India. Abul Qasim Nomani, the vice chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband, said that as Rushdie had not yet apologised, a move to ban him in India was a welcome step. "If Rushide apologises, then only we can decide whether he can be allowed to come to India,"...
05:41 PM, Jan 17, 2012
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has expressed security concerns over Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie's visit to the Jaipur Literature festival from January 20 to 24. Gehlot met Home Minister P Chidambaram over the issue and acknowledges that there are security implications, saying they hope to come to an understanding with the festival organisers. Gehlot told the Home Minister that the people of Rajasthan "do not want" Rushdie to...
01:00 AM, Jan 17, 2012
New Delhi: Salman Rushdie's proposed visit to Jaipur for the Literary Festival has come under a cloud as Darul Uloom Deoband, the Islamic Seminary, wants the government to cancel Rushdie's visa for hurting the sentiments of Muslims in the past. "Indian government should cancel his visa as Rushdie had annoyed the religious sentiments of Muslims in the past," Maulana Abul Qasim Nomani, the Vice Chancellor of Darul Uloom, said in...
07:47 AM, Jan 10, 2012
Muzaffarnagar: Opposing controversial author Salman Rushdie's visit to India, Islamic Seminary Darul Uloom Deoband today said the government should cancel his visa as he had hurt religious sentiments of Muslims in the past. 65-year-old Rushdie, who had earned the wrath of Muslims worldwide due to his novel 'The Satanic Verses', is set to attend the Jaipur Literature Festival this month end. "Indian government should cancel his visa as Rushdie had...
05:05 PM, Jan 09, 2012
New Delhi: Sacked Vice chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband University Ghulam Vastanvi has expressed disappointment reiterating that he never praised Narendra Modi's work in Gujarat. CNN-IBN: Your reaction to the fact that you have been sacked. Ghulam Vastanvi: Sincerely speaking, it is sad, no doubt. The intentions of a man holding a high post are always noble and suddenly if a decision goes against him, then it is always disappointing....
07:52 AM, Jul 25, 2011
Deoband: The MBA maulana who dreamt of modernising Darul Uloom Deoband, Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi was removed as the Vice Chancellor of the university by the seminary's governing council. His removal came after he praised Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's developmental works. The enquiry committee which was set up to probe the charges against him failed to reach a consensus so a trust vote followed, the outcome of which was that...
09:37 PM, Jul 24, 2011
New Delhi: Describing the sacking of Darul Uloom Vice Chancellor Ghulam Mohammed Vastanvi as a disappointment for all 'secular forces', the BJP on Sunday said he has been 'tormented and victimised' for speaking the 'truth' about Gujarat's growth under Narendra Modi. "Removal of Vastanvi is a great disappointment for all secular forces. Though this is an internal matter of an organisation, it assumes serious connotations as the action taken is...
07:52 PM, Jul 24, 2011
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