After the Wharton snub, Gujarat Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Narendra Modi addressed the Indian diaspora in the US via video conference. Modi addressed the Indian diaspora in Edison, New Jersey, Chicago and Illinois on March 9 at 8.00 pm (local time in US). Modi in a his charming manner stated that Gujarat has become a symbol of development. ...
07:16 AM, Mar 10, 2013
United Nations: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Thursday accused the US of playing dual politics - supporting a revolution in the Middle East, while at the same time, gagging his whistleblower organisation. "It must have come as a surprise to the Egyptian teenagers who washed American teargas out of their eyes (during the Arab Spring) to hear that the US supported change in the Middle East," Assange said. "It's time...
10:52 AM, Sep 27, 2012
However, Barack Obama has defended his government's move to continue giving Islamabad millions in aid. ...
08:46 AM, Jan 31, 2012
Lawyer Akhil Sibal, AIMPLB member-lawyer Zafaryab Jilani and social activist Shabnam Hashmi discuss the Salman Rushdie video conference row. ...
10:04 PM, Jan 24, 2012
Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said on Tuesday that the media was losing a sense of proportion and balance in the Salman Rushdie video conference issue. "We are losing a sense of proportion and balance in this issue. It is not such a great issue for us to exercise over minds over. The government of India never banned his (Rushdie's) visit. Video-link was stopped by the organisers of the festival." ...
09:21 PM, Jan 24, 2012
In the ongoing Rushdie row at the Jaipur Literature Festival, actor Rahul Bose drew attention to the limitations in the Constitution concerning freedom of expression in the country. "We need to take a look at 'Freedom of Speech' under the Constitution of India. We need to campaign for change," he said. ...
08:52 PM, Jan 24, 2012
Jaipur: Jaipur Police Commissioner BL Soni on Tuesday said that Salman Rushdie's live video conference at the Jaipur Literature Festival has been cancelled despite Rajasthan Police's assurance to the organisers to provide security. "Protestors were not in agreement with the organisers, and the organisers realised that there was quite a resistance to the video conference. The organisers didn't want any harm to the visitors," said Soni. Assuring that a large...
05:07 PM, Jan 24, 2012
Jaipur: Noted author and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie will not break any law with his video address at the Jaipur Literature Festival, organisers said on Tuesday. Jaipur Literature Festival organiser Sanjoy Roy said that they will go ahead with the video link with Salman Rushdie at 3:45 pm on Tuesday and will continue for one hour. Roy said that the video link will be according to the law and...
11:53 AM, Jan 24, 2012
The Rushdie controversy continues to cloud Jaipur's Literature Festival. The author is unlikely to be given permission to mark his presence through video conferencing at the festival tomorrow. According to sources, the police may reject the organisers' request for Rushdie's video conference session citing law and order concerns. A police complaint was, meanwhile, filed against organisers and the 4 authors who read from the banned book Satanic Verses. ...
10:29 PM, Jan 23, 2012
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
Pakistan's anti terror court had requested for statements from Indian officers investigating the 26/11 case. ...
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