After the Central Administrative Tribunal’s order staying the requirement of basic Urdu knowledge for the naib tehsildar exam in Jammu and Kashmir, Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on ...

Rahat Kazmi may have been known for his effortless portrayal of characters in television dramas, such as Dhoop Kinare and Parchaiyan, but these days, his role as a teacher in real life is what poses a ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of viewing Urdu through a communal lens after the BJP launched a campaign to remove Urdu as a mandatory ...

HYDERABAD: About three years ago, the Maulana Azad National Urdu University (Manuu) in Hyderabad rolled out a six-month certificate course in basic Urdu. One would imagine that it is targeted at ...

The actor will be portraying the role of Awais Sheikh, a Pakistani lawyer. The hardworking actor who hails from a Jat family had never spoken authentic Urdu but for the perfection of the role, the ...

The two learned men to whom Urdu owes most of its popularity in Japan are Prof Gamou Reiichi and Prof Suzuki Takeshi and both are rightly called 'Japan's Baba-i-Urdu'. If Prof Reiichi and Prof Takeshi ...