Pahalgam massacre could have been avoided if two Kashmiri locals had alerted authorities in timeTwo Kashmiri locals, Parvaiz Ahmad and Bashir Ahmad Jothad, have been charged for allegedly sheltering Pakistani terrorists before the dead...
22 Apr, 2026, 02.26 PM IST
Who is Meenu Batra? The 53-year-old Indian-origin interpreter detained by ICE after 35 years in the USMeenu Batra, a 53-year-old Indian-origin legal interpreter, was detained by ICE in Texas while traveling for a legal case. Despite having v...
16 Apr, 2026, 12.02 PM IST
Punjab govt mandates Punjabi as compulsory subject in all schools amid CBSE language inclusion controversyThe Punjab government, led by CM Bhagwant Mann, mandates all schools to teach Punjabi as a compulsory subject. After criticism, CBSE clarif...
26 Feb, 2025, 06.52 PM IST
CBSE says Punjabi language will be added next year as regional language in two boards exams schemeThe Punjabi language will be added to the CBSE's twice-a-year board exam scheme next year, as per a senior official's clarification. This f...
26 Feb, 2025, 01.54 PM IST
Delhi's signages to display information in Hindi, English, Punjabi, Urdu for linguistic diversityDelhi's road signs and nameplates are getting a multilingual makeover. Hindi, English, Punjabi, and Urdu will soon grace public spaces and ...
19 Dec, 2024, 12.37 PM IST
MCD councillors take oath in Hindi, English, Urdu, Punjabi, SanskritWhile a majority of councillors took oath in Hindi, some took the same in English and a few others chose to read the text in Punjabi, Urdu,...
24 Jan, 2023, 06.27 PM IST
HP TET 2022 Exam begins today, check what’s allowed and what’s notThe TGT Medical TET Exam will commence in the afternoon shift – from 2 pm to 4.30 pm. Candidates who will appear for the TGT Punjabi and TG...
07 Aug, 2022, 01.25 PM IST
Lok Sabha passes Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Bill, 2020Introducing the Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Bill, 2020, Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said it was a demand of the peop...
23 Sep, 2020, 08.17 AM IST
Facebook introduces fact checking in more local Indian languages, provides additional funding to partnersThe newest languages are Urdu and Punjabi. Before that it was Tamil and Gujarati. So Facebook now has 10 languages in which fact-checking h...
27 Apr, 2019, 08.26 AM IST
All India Radio to revitalise Punjabi service to augment reach in India, PakistanAIR currently broadcasts programmes in Punjabi language from its Jalandhar station in short and medium wave transmitters, which do not air ...
09 Jul, 2017, 02.28 PM IST
BSNL, Data Xgen launch email service with 100GB spaceDatamail is linguistic email service that offers creation of email address in Hindi, Gujarati, Urdu, Punjabi, Tamil, Telegu, Bengali and Ma...
08 Mar, 2017, 11.24 PM IST
Urdu, Punjabi diplomacy at work during Sushma Swaraj's Pakistan visitSushma Swaraj visited Nawaz Sharif’s home in Islamabad, met his mother and the two ladies communicated in Urdu and Punjabi.
22 Dec, 2015, 01.10 AM IST
US launches anti-bullying campaign in Hindi, Punjabi and UrduBullying is considered as a major problem in US schools. Latest figures show that one in five students report being bullied during the scho...
16 Oct, 2015, 09.28 AM IST
Over 300,000 fled violence-hit Balochistan: Pakistan rights bodyThose fleeing the militancy-plagued region include minorities like Shias and Hindus as well as ethnic Hazaras, Punjabis and Urdu-speaking p...
15 Oct, 2014, 08.25 PM IST
Rs 2482 crore earmarked for education sector in Delhi budgetTo spruce up the educational infra, Rs 2,482 cr was today allocated to the Education sector in the Delhi budget, which is 14.8% of the plan...
18 Jul, 2014, 05.08 PM IST
- Pakistan Movies: Waar, the film on real-life terror strike raises hopes for another revival
Every now and then the now dead-and-done-with Pakistani film industry (cheekily called Lollywood) threatens to revive itself with the appea...
27 Feb, 2012, 03.07 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