Salman Rushdie Paid Assassins

• Mumbai Police denies Rushdie's death threat claims, Rajasthan government says inputs came from Centre

  A day after Salman Rushdie skipped the Jaipur Literature Festival alleging death threats, security agencies from Mumbai and Rajasthan have come up with different reports on the matter. The Rajasthan Home Secretary reportedly had written to the organisers of the festival detailing inputs from the Centre about threats to author Salman Rushdie. But th...

• Mumbai Police sources deny Salman Rushdie's claim, say there was no input about 'paid assassins'

  Salman Rushdie declared in a statement yesterday that he would not attend the Jaipur Literature Festival because he has been informed by intelligence sources in Maharashtra and Rajasthan that "paid assassins from Mumbai underworld might be on their way to eliminate" him. But sources in Mumbai Police have now told NDTV that they gave no inputs about...

• Salman Rushdie skips Jaipur Litfest, says 'paid assassins were out to kill me'

  As Jaipur gets set to stage the annual Literature Festival from today, the suspense over Salman Rushdie's participation continues to dominate the show. Jaipur's literature festival is billed as Asia's finest and over 200 of the world's best authors will be here over the next five days of the festival. But the buzz is all about Mr Rushdie, whose nam...