In a first, UN chief has issued his New Year’s message for the year 2026 in Hindi, among other languages, calling on world leaders today to invest in development, not destruction. Antonio Guterres’ ...

Virginia’s New LG & Hyderabad Born Ghazala Hashmi On Speaking Urdu In The US Hyderabad-born Ghazala Hashmi created history when she became the first Muslim woman and first South Asian American to win ...

New York City, the US: Swinging around a tree mimicking the signature open-arm lean of Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan, Zohran Mamdani asks, “Hey! Have you ever voted before?” An enthusiastic group of ...

GONE are the days when Urdu’s literary works had an initial print run of 1,000 or 1,100 copies. Now the number has gone unbelievably down. Back in the 1960s and 1970s, literacy rate was low but people ...

Contrary to the current perception that Urdu is the language of Muslims alone, reality tells a different story. Some of the greatest non-Muslim writers, like Munshi Premchand, wrote in both Hindi and ...

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 ...

Rajasthan Minister Jawahar Singh Bedham on Friday (June 13, 2025) wrote a letter to the Director General of Police (DGP), suggesting that the police department simplify its language by replacing Urdu ...

Patna: Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday inaugurated the newly constructed building of the Govt Urdu Library on Ashok Rajpath. Considering the abundance of books in the library and the ...

TULITA, NT, June 6, 2025 /CNW/ - The Government of Canada is committed to creating economic opportunities and benefits for Indigenous communities and protecting naturally and culturally treasured ...

in the late 1960’s. Izhar-ul-Haq was deeply moved by Aftab Ahmad Shah’s wondrous intelligence, his mercurial temperament, and his imperviousness to worldliness. He proceeds to review the latter’s ...

Hyderabad's youth are reviving Urdu through poetry readings and workshops in heritage sites. Platforms like Anjuman-e-Fannan and Heart for Art Hyderabad are fostering community and encouraging new ...