Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju described Urdu as "the most beautiful language in the world" and said harmony between Hindus and Muslims is essential for the country's progress and unity.

A BJP legislator has demanded the removal of Urdu script from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar railway station boards, citing a government notification that omitted the language. He alleged it was an attempt ...

Signboards displaying information in Hindi and English in Kashmir have stoked criticism that Urdu, which served as the Valley’s official language for over a century, is being sidelined. Social media ...

Urdu scholar and translator Rakshanda Jalil’s new collection Whose Urdu is it Anyway? is linked by one theme: to challenge the notion that Urdu is the language of Muslim writers alone, especially in a ...

The once-thriving world of Urdu-language media in India is today a shadow of its former self. From icons like Qaumi Awaaz and Roznama Rashtriya Sahara to lesser-known weeklies, many publications that ...

The lights come on at Delhi’s LTG Auditorium, revealing only a white mattress on the stage. Two women, each dressed in white salwar kameez, are seated on it. A number of children in the audience wait ...

Juggun Kazim, a well-known actor and TV host, recently opened up about her struggles with Urdu due to her English-medium upbringing. Speaking on the Ahmed Fozan Podcast, she revealed how growing up in ...

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 ...

The language called Urdu is the life of Hindustan. Prologue: A Flight, a Word, a Realization It was while flying over the Black Sea that I noticed a town on the Turkish coast—Ordu. The name struck me.

Shehzadi Bilqees Saba's family fled sectarian violence in Pakistan, but the mother of five says they face uncertainty over protection visas in Australia. Shehzadi Bilqees Saba, her first husband ...

Renowned Urdu scholar, author and translator CM Naim died at age 89 on Wednesday in Chicago, his family has told the press. Naim’s love for Urdu literature was evident in the nearly 60 years he ...

The Law Society is working with the Solicitors Regulation Authority and insurers to agree a ‘plain language’ definition of unbundled services that will ensure the cost of insuring firms that offer ...