Muslims would do better to think about whether the public performance of religion strengthens or weakens secularism—the idea ...

The ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB) on Sunday dismissed media reports that claimed Hindi television news channels had been served notices for using “too many Urdu words” in their ...

Mumbai: On Saturday, September 20, news reports claimed that the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued notices to Hindi TV News Channels over excess use of Urdu words in their reporting.

The State-run West Bengal Urdu Academy, which was all set to hold a four-day festival to celebrate Urdu in Hindi cinema, has put off the event following opposition from some Islamic organisations to ...

Once the lingua franca of North India, spoken in marketplaces, courts, and homes across caste and creed, Urdu today is too often boxed into a single identity — the language of Indian Muslims. But ...

The body of a man missing for 28 years has been found in a melting glacier in Pakistan's remote and mountainous Kohistan region. A shepherd stumbled upon the body, which was remarkably well-preserved, ...

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 ...

Badaun (Uttar Pradesh), June 29: A video has surfaced on social media in which a man is seen offering Namaz inside the premises of a Hindu Temple in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun. The video of the incident ...

The Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) has asked the Punjab Police Chief to stop the Ahmadiyya community from performing Islamic rituals during Eid al-Adha, also known as Bakrid or Bakra Eid.

Eid-ul-Adha 2025: Eid al-Adha, also known as Bakrid, is one of the most sacred festivals in Islam, commemorating the spirit of sacrifice and unwavering faith. Celebrated with devotion and gratitude, ...

Sudha Pai in 2002 stated, “If a language is not characterised by political neutrality, it too often becomes the tool by which this language group seeks to extend its domination over the minority ...

Abstract: In today’s digital world, social media platforms generate a plethora of unstructured information. However, for low-resource languages like Urdu, there is a scarcity of well-structured data ...