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Salman Rushdie on ventilator after stabbing in New York, liver damaged, arm nerve severed; attacker identified

The 75-year-old author was stabbed in the neck and abdomen at a literary event. Rushdie was immediately airlifted to the hospital.

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The Indian-origin author Salman Rushdie is on a ventilator after being attacked on the stage at the Chautauqua Institute in western New York on Friday. The 75-year-old author was stabbed in the neck and abdomen at a literary event. Rushdie was immediately airlifted to the hospital.

Andrew Wylie, the author’s agent, told the media that Rushdie suffered nerve damage in one arm and damage to his liver. The reports state that he is likely to lose one eye. He is currently undergoing treatment at the hospital.

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Eyewitnesses said the incident occurred soon after Rushdie took his seat on the stage and was about to be introduced. The attacker rushed to the stage and stabbed the author multiple times.

Salman Rushdie has been receiving death threats for over a decade. Here’s why:

The Booker Prize winner was on the radar for over a decade after he launched his novel The Satanic Verses. This was Rushdie’s fourth novel, which was published in 1988. The book was banned in Iran, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and other countries as they found the novel disrespectful to the Prophet Mohammed.

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the supreme leader of Iran, set up a reward for his assassination. He remained untraceable for almost ten years, frequently changing residences, and unable to reveal his residence to his children. Rushdie began to emerge from his life on the run after the Iranian government in 1998 said it won’t enforce that fatwa or edict.

Who attacked Salman Rushdie?

The attacker has been identified as Hadi Matar, a 24-year-old from New Jersey. The alleged attacker is currently in custody. He had a pass to be on the grounds of Chautauqua Institution’s lecture. He has not been formally charged. The charges will depend on Rushdie’s condition, said New York State Police.

New York State Police further said What we experienced at Chautauqua today is an incident unlike anything in our nearly 150 years of history. Our job right now is to continue to be a resource for Salman Rushdie’s family. We are working with the FBI to understand the motto of this attack, they added.

The authorities said that they are at a very early stage of the investigation. We are in the process of obtaining search warrants, they said.

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Video of US couple feeding alligator grilled sandwich in Florida goes viral, users in splits | Watch

After feeding it, the man goes on to pick another piece of the grilled sandwich as he waits for the alligator to come back. The woman in the video can also be seen in an unfazed state as she continues to snack on the grilled sandwich that is left.

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A bizarre video has come to light from the USA’s Florida where a couple can be seen feeding an alligator a grilled sandwich. The video was uploaded by a page named Onlyinfloridaa which usually shares videos of incidents that happen in Florida.

In the video, a man can be seen sitting in a stream with his partner as he goes on to offer a piece of grilled sandwich to an alligator, unfazed by the thought of getting eaten by the feral animal. The man can be seen feeding the alligator with the sandwich and then petting it as well.

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After feeding it, the man goes on to pick another piece of the grilled sandwich as he waits for the alligator to come back. The woman in the video can also be seen in an unfazed state as she continues to snack on the grilled sandwich that is left.

User’s reaction

After the video of the incident went viral, many users came forward to add their take on the incident as one user wrote and question if the woman was eating grilled cheese, implying that the Aligator might have spared the couple because of the grilled cheese sandwich they offered.

One user wrote and said that everyone believes that alligators associate people with food and further facetiously wrote that alligators must have thought that the couple is food and have come with appetizers.
One user wrote and said that they watched the whole video in hopes that they would see the alligator grip the couple and do the death roll that the feral animal is famous for.

One user wrote and said that their partner was asking to go out for a date and after watching this video, they know where to take their partner on the date. The user further termed the date to be very unique.

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Pakistan cannot afford bananas during Ramzan

Pakistan’s economic crisis is worsening with each passing day with prices of basic vegetables and fruits rising up continuously.

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The world is aware of Pakistan’s economic crisis and it seems bananas can now only be eaten by affluent households in the country. The Banana Republic of Pakistan! Yes. This is how internet users named the country after bananas’ price skyrocketed to Rs 500 per dozen during Ramzan.

Pakistani journalist Naila Inayat took to Twitter to share a post that read that prices of bananas shoot to Rs.500/Dozen in Pakistan.

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Apart from bananas, prices of other fruits including grapes have also increased during the Islamic festival celebrated across the world.

Pakistan’s economic crisis is worsening with each passing day with prices of basic vegetables and fruits rising up continuously. The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics said the inflation based on sensitive price indicators was recorded at 47 per cent year on year on March 22.

A report in Mint said the prices of onions in the country increased by 228.28 per cent, wheat flour by 120.66 per cent, cigarettes by 165.88 per cent, gas charges for Q1 by 108.38 per cent, and Lipton tea by 94.60 per cent. Bananas’ prices have spiked by 89.84 per cent, diesel by 102.84 per cent, eggs by 79.56 per cent, and petrol by 81.17 per cent.

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Pakistan is currently going through a massive lack of foreign currency to maintain its balance of payments as a result of the ongoing economic crisis and the holdup in IMF loans.

Meanwhile, Muslims across the globe will observe their Day 4 of Ramzan today. During the month, people have only two meals in a day called Sheri and Iftar.

Sehri and Iftar timings for March 27 In Delhi

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Sehri and Iftar timings for March 27 In Lucknow

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Pakistan Minister says either Imran Khan or us will get murdered

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Pakistan Minister says either Imran Khan or us will get murdered

Pakistan Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Sunday courted controversy with his remarks on former Prime Minister Imran Khan saying that the PTI chief has taken the country’s politics to a point where “he (Imran Khan) will get murdered or us.”

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Pakistan Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Sunday courted controversy with his remarks on former Prime Minister Imran Khan saying that the PTI chief has taken the country’s politics to a point where “he (Imran Khan) will get murdered or us.”

Rana Sanaullah, a close aide of former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif and a senior leader of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) told private TV channels in an interview on Sunday that Imran Khan has taken Pakistan’s to a point where only one of the two can remain—PTI or PMLN. He claimed that Khan has turned politics into animosity and now he is “our enemy” and will be treated like that.

The senior Minister said that Imran khan has put the entire existence of PMLN in jeopardy and its has come to a point where either “he (Khan) or us” will get murdered, adding that the PMLN will “go to any extent” to settle a score with the ousted Pakistan Prime Minister.

Asked if such remarks could result in anarchy in Pakistan, Sanaullah said that anarchy already prevails in the country.

Sanaullah’s comments triggered outcry among the country’s political circles, especially Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) who have termed it as an open threat to Khan’s life and urged the country’s Supreme Court to take notice.

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Responding to the minister’s comments, former federal information minister and PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry termed the remarks as a “direct threat” to Imran Khan’s life from the PMLN-led coalition regime.

Chaudhry asked: “Is Sanaullah running a gang or government? Adding that the Supreme Court had rightly declared Sharifs-led PMLN a Sicilian mafia and Sanaullah’s statement is proof.

Another senior PTI leader Shireen Mazari said the comments are proof of Rana Sanaullah’s murderous intent towards Imran Khan, while urging the judiciary to take note of the threats issued against Khan.

The PTI said it has never witnessed in the past that a ruling party openly declared eliminating a popular leader of Pakistan.

In November last year, Imran Khan, 70, after surviving an assassination bid during a rally in Wazirabad in Pakistan’s Punjab, had named Rana Sanaullah behind the attempt on him.

Khan in his application to the police had also named Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and a senior ISI officer for their alleged role in the bid on his life.

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