Organisers, Muslims hold meet
The organisers of the Jaipur Literature Festival held a meeting with Muslim organisations on Monday. The Jamaat-e-Islami said it has no objection if someone linked any author through video.
Rajasthan refutes Rushdie claim
The Rajasthan government strongly refuted the charges made by author Salman Rushdie against the state police and said the government received messages related to threat perception to him.
Rushdie reading complaints filed
While the Jaipur Literature Festival organisers were busy discussing the pros and cons of linking writer Salman Rushdie to the festival audience via video more than six criminal complaints were filed in different courts in Jaipur and Ajmer against Rushdie, and against other authors for reading out from his book The Satanic Verses, which is banned in India. Highly-placed sources, meanwhile, said the government received six threat messages against the author.
Rajasthan gag on Salman Rushdie video talk
While the Jaipur Literature Festival organisers were busy discussing the pros and cons of linking writer Salman Rushdie to the festival audience via video, more than six criminal complaints were filed
Rushdie to address lit fest via videolink
Salman Rushdie would be addressing the Jaipur Literature Festival via videolink on Tuesday afternoon, festival organiser Sanjoy Roy announced as speculation swirled on whether the controversial author
Fresh shadow on Rushdie's address after protests
The flip-flop continues. A much awaited video address by controversial author Salman Rushdie at the Jaipur Literature Festival on Tuesday afternoon came under a cloud again following protests by Musli
Rushdie’s video address at Jaipur LitFest cancelled
The video address by The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie at the DSC Jaipur Literary Festival on Tuesday has been cancelled, a police official said.
Hordes throng litfest, Oprah delights
Sunday was Sant Kabir’s lucky day.
Rushdie: Threat ‘invented’
The Salman Rushdie row refused to blow over on Sunday with the celebrated writer attacking the Rajas-than police for “inventing” a threat to his life to keep him out of the Jaipur Literature Festival.
No Rushdie video conference without prior permission: Raj govt
In a new twist to the Salman Rushdie controversy, Rajasthan government on Monday said it would not allow the controversial author's proposed video link address to the Jaipur Literature Festival withou