Salman Rushdie's Death Threat Doubted; What Obama's Been Reading

Today in books and literature: The plot to kill Salman Rushdie may not have existed, The Telegraph takes a look at what President Obama's read since taking office, and Oxford finally has a Quidditch team to call its own. 

Queen’s Diamond Jubilee poised to outdo Royal Wedding’s pomp

As her 60th year on the throne begins, the 85-year-old monarch has planned extravagant festivities that mix ancient pageantry with modern media

Maldives test for India-Pakistan relations?

NEW DELHI: Has the current political crisis in the Maldives come as a test for the familiar India-Pakistan rivalry for influence in the region, or is it an opportunity for them to face a potentially serious challenge together?

Freedom and fa-yaah

Writing is a solitary act, if it’s not in a creative writing workshop. Reading is a solitary act too. In between is the Calcutta Literary Meet, held in association with The Telegraph .

Travellers' tales and 'Sir Bhagat'

But nothing succeeds like success. The pandemonium at the Imran Khan talk on January 30 was a pointer. Chetan Bhagat had the previous day conjured almost as big an audience. As the crowd dispersed after the talk, a young man congratulated his friend on being able to put a question through to Bhagat "Sir". "It didn't matter what you asked. So many journalists from so many established papers were ...

Salesforce's happy workforce

It took a Reuben sandwich and Dr. Brown's Cream Soda to close the deal. Nobody's as good at salesmanship in the world of high tech as Marc Benioff, the nimble and gregarious 6-foot-5, 290-pound co-founder and CEO of Salesforce.com. A few months ago, his burgeoning company -- the San Francisco-based powerhouse in cloud computing for businesses -- was looking to buy Rypple, a startup in Toronto ...