Urdu is associated only with Muslims, whereas the same language was spoken and written by former PM IK Gujral and former Karnataka CM Dharam Singh. BENGALURU : Muslim scholars are upset with the ...

Amid a sea of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled states, West Bengal in eastern India, which is under a Trinamool Congress (TMC) government, is regarded as a bastion of liberal thought and free speech ...

Muslim Members of the Legislative Assembly from different political parties came together to ask the government to support the Urdu Sahitya Academy's plans to hold its golden jubilee later this year.

Renowned Mumbai-based photojournalist and journalist Imtiaz Shaikh has been conferred with the Special Journalism Award by ...

The West Bengal Urdu Academy's invitation to renowned poet, film writer, and lyricist Javed Akhtar for an upcoming event has been converted into a controversy by Islamist outfits. The Kolkata unit of ...

At the event ‘Urdu in Hindi Cinema’, Akhtar was invited as the chief guest to preside over a mushaira (poetry recital gathering) recently Veteran actress Aparna Sen, on Saturday, condemned the West ...

Poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar on Monday asserted that he believed he was “doing something right as long as both” Hindu and Muslim fundamentalists were abusing him, his comments coming against the ...

The reason is that the academy has been transferred from the culture to the minorities department, and the present premises belong to the former. The academy has asked for an alternate space from the ...

Jaipur: Rajasthan Urdu Academy, located in Jhalana area, has been inoperative for the past two months following the retirement of its sole employee, senior clerk Sajid Khan, on June 30. Khan was ...