New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- Francesca Orsini, noted historian and professor emerita at SOAS, University of London, was reportedly denied entry into India on Monday evening despite having a valid tourist visa, her colleagues and publisher said on Tuesday. Orsini, a scholar of Hindi and Urdu literature, arrived at the Delhi airport from China via Hong Kong. People familiar with the matter said Orsini was on a tourist visa but was violating visa conditions.P9

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