Delhi: Writers, scholars honoured with 'Tahzeeb-e-Urdu' award for service to language

Oct 02, 2022

New Delhi [India], October 2 : Indo Islamic Heritage Center (IIHC) has honoured 16 Urdu writers and scholars with the 'Tahzeeb-e-Urdu' award for their...

Jharkhand Govt orders removal of Urdu words from names of non-Urdu schools

Aug 02, 2022

Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], August 2 : Primary Education Department of Jharkhand ordered to remove Urdu words from such schools which are not notified as...

Pakistan: FUAST teachers lock administration block amid salary issue

Oct 23, 2024

Teacher's protest at the Federal Urdu University of Arts Science and Technology (FUAST), Karachi went beyond the control of the administration as the teachers...

Urdu is native to Hindustan, people should embrace it: Javed Akhtar

Mar 10, 2023

Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi recently launched an Urdu poetry album ''Shayarana - Sartaj'. Speaking at the event, Javed Akhtar emphasised the importance of...

"Made rich contribution to Urdu literature...": PM Modi condoles demise of Urdu poet Munawwar Rana

Jan 15, 2024

Munawwar Rana on Sunday breathed his last at a hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow following a cardiac arrest.

'Urdu prayers' at govt school in Meerut, probe ordered

Nov 24, 2022

It is alleged that prayers were read in Urdu to students at a government-run school.