Rushdie is granted visa

New Delhi - India confirmed yesterday that the British author Salman Rushdie had been granted a visa to visit the country of …

New Delhi - India confirmed yesterday that the British author Salman Rushdie had been granted a visa to visit the country of his birth for the first time since it banned his book, The Satanic Verses. Mr Rushdie was given the visa on Wednesday night by the High Commission in London, said a spokesman for India's Ministry of External Affairs.