'Ab kya hoga, ye rab jane': Tharoor takes dig at failed US-Iran talks in PakistanUnited States and Iran peace talks in Pakistan have concluded without a deal. Both nations blamed each other for the breakdown. The outcome...
13 Apr, 2026, 09.23 PM IST
UP madrasa shocker: Teachers brutally beat 10 year-old as he begs for mercy, one holds the child as another beats him with stickTwo madrassa teachers were arrested in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur for allegedly beating up a 10-year-old student with a stick, police said....
06 Apr, 2026, 01.40 PM IST
Lok Sabha Speaker announces extension of translation services to 6 new languages in ParliamentLok Sabha Speaker Om Birla announced the inclusion of six new languages, including Bodo, Dogri, Maithili, Manipuri, Urdu, and Sanskrit, in ...
11 Feb, 2025, 01.55 PM IST
JNU professor Mazhar Asif appointed Jamia Millia Islamia vice chancellorPresident Droupadi Murmu appointed Mazhar Asif as vice chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia. Asif, a JNU professor who contributed to the Nat...
24 Oct, 2024, 09.11 PM IST
Javed Akhtar takes a dig at new generation of Bollywood stars, says their grasp on Hindi language is pitifulThe 79-year-old poet was speaking at a session titled 'Hindi & Urdu: Siamese Twins', held on Thursday evening at the India International Ce...
12 Jan, 2024, 11.40 PM IST
Here's your chance to enjoy Urdu writer Fehmi Badayuni's soulful poemsThe upcoming event is scheduled to be held at the India International Centre in Delhi.
29 Dec, 2022, 08.40 AM IST
Rare Buddha statue vandalised in Pakistan nearly 1,700-year old, belonged to GandharasFour persons were arrested on Saturday for vandalising the statue. The arrests were made after a video went viral on social media showing a...
19 Jul, 2020, 10.42 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee resorts to literary skills, writes three poems protesting against NRCIn one of these three poems, that is titled as 'Untouchable', Banerjee has also subtly mentioned the series of cancellation of programmes w...
07 Aug, 2018, 06.20 PM IST
Suspicious signals coded in Bengali and Urdu languages at Indo-Bangladesh borderAlarmed over the incident, the operators informed the Centre following which they were called to an international monitoring centre and ask...
13 Jul, 2018, 10.54 PM IST
Nine books by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee released in Kolkata Book FairBanerjee has also written a book on intolerance. Her books in Bengal include a book written on her flagship scheme –Kanyashree, a scheme fo...
30 Jan, 2018, 09.08 PM IST
Romancing Urdu: From China, with loveThe couplets he recited at the 17th annual Jashn-e-Bahaar mushaira here on Friday evinced much interest among those present at the event.
05 Apr, 2015, 11.00 AM IST
US student wins scholarship to study Urdu in LucknowA US student, curious to know the the political history between India and Pakistan, has won a scholarship to study Urdu in Lucknow.
10 May, 2013, 10.36 AM IST
- Net gets a desi flavour with Web names in Indian languages
agine accessing Internet in your mother tongue. It is possible now with the international body, which manages domain names allowing use of ...
02 Nov, 2009, 08.02 PM IST
- Kasab's lawyer asks for one month to study chargesheet
Ajmal Amir Kasab’s lawyer, Abbas Kazmi, refused to open his arguments on Tuesday asking the court for a month’s time to read the 1,000-page...
22 Apr, 2009, 07.36 AM IST
- Cong readies blitzkrieg on N-deal, Sachar ahead of polls
Congress president Sonia Gandhi went about signaling her party’s preparedness to face elections and hit out at the Left for opposing the In...
08 Oct, 2007, 01.38 AM IST
- Penguin India targets to cross Rs 100 cr business
Penguin India, a leading publishing house, is targetting to cross Rs 100 crore business this year, that also marks 20 years of its operatio...
06 Sep, 2007, 05.50 PM IST
- NRIs interested in promoting Indo-Saudi ties
Expressing optimism about the increasing warmth in relations with Saudi Arabia, Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh said he has...
03 Jun, 2006, 09.10 AM IST