08-19-2007, 12:09 AM
<b>Taslima's visa extended for 6 months</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The visa of controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, who was attacked by activists of Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen in Hyderabad earlier this month, has been extended for six months from Saturday.
A decision to extend her visa for stay in India till February 17, 2008, has been taken by the government, a senior Home Ministry official said.
Though the exiled author had applied for a permanent resident permit, the Centre preferred to extend it for six months.
The Bangladeshi author has been living in exile for 12 years and her Bangladeshi passport stands invalid.
She holds a European Union passport issued by the Swedish government.
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Though she was "shocked" by the attack on her by the Muslim group, Nasreen has said she has no intention of leaving India, which she described as her "second home" and "a good place to live in."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
A decision to extend her visa for stay in India till February 17, 2008, has been taken by the government, a senior Home Ministry official said.
Though the exiled author had applied for a permanent resident permit, the Centre preferred to extend it for six months.
The Bangladeshi author has been living in exile for 12 years and her Bangladeshi passport stands invalid.
She holds a European Union passport issued by the Swedish government.
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Though she was "shocked" by the attack on her by the Muslim group, Nasreen has said she has no intention of leaving India, which she described as her "second home" and "a good place to live in."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->