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Threats stifled free speech: Rushdie
With his much talked about appearance at the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) via video conferencing getting cancelled over protests, British Indian writer Salman Rushdie on Tuesday rued that threats by Muslim groups 'stifled free speech'."JLF Threat of violence by Muslim groups stifled free speech today. In a true democracy all get to speak, not just the ones making threats," Rushdie tweeted on Tuesday. The

Cops in mufti, three-tier security at Jaipur lit fest
Jaipur: Over 60,000 people, including 260 authors from across the globe, are expected to gather at the Jaipur Literature Festival starting Friday. But among them also will be cops in plainclothes as

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Newsmaker: Salman Rushdie

They seek him here, they seek him there, those Frenchies seek him everywhere. Is he in heaven or is he in hell? That damned elusive Pimpernel wrote Baroness Emma Orczy about Sir Percy

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Calif. GOP congressman won't seek re-election
U.S. Rep. Elton Gallegly, who has represented California's Ventura County for 25 years, said Saturday he won't seek re-election and will retire at the end of the current Congress.

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Joint ventures in terrorism

This book marks a major contribution towards understanding the real story of the Indian Mujahideen as a determined group of terrorist practitioners in India. Its value lies in the fact that author

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Gujarat police to send team to Mumbai to study blast: DGP

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Director General of police (DGP) Chitranjan Singh on Thursday said that he would be sending a team to Mumbai to study the serial blasts that left 18 persons dead and 131

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