Salman Rushdie to Visit Delhi Today

Controversial author Salman Rushdie's literary session at the India Today Conclave in New Delhi postponed by a day to Saturday, March 17, 2012 following a sudden change in schedule, the organizers said.

The organizers refused to cite any specific reason for the change and said the session would be open for select invitees only.

Tight security arrangements are in place in Delhi to prevent any trouble during the visit of Salman Rushdie, the controversial author of "The Satanic Verses," police said.

Rushdie participation in the two-day conclave that started on March 16 at a five-star hotel in New Delhi, comes barely two months after he had to cancel his visit to the Jaipur Literature Festival due to threats.

The Man Booker prize winner earlier visited India in 2000 for a Commonwealth writers' forum, and the Jaipur Literature Festival in 2007. In Jaipur, several Muslim groups protested his participation at the literary festival, leading to cancellation of his visit.