The newspaper began its journey in Lahore in 1919, just two weeks before the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, originally as an Urdu publication.

The National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL) has published a book featuring Urdu translations of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day speeches.

ONE balmy morning in March 2011, I chanced upon Dharmendra Singh Deol at a guest house in Lonavala. Dharmendra had a sprawling farmhouse at Lonavala, which had a huge gymnasium. He often came out and ...

The Aligarh Urdu Book Fair, a nine-day event, concluded with remarkable success, selling books worth Rs 70 lakh. Organized by NCPUL, the fair saw immense enthusiasm from the AMU community, fostering ...

Independent Urdu reports from Rajasthan’s mining belt, where entire villages have been devastated by silicosis ...

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Ambadas Danve on Friday criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party for its “double standards” over a candidate using Urdu campaign material for the coming civic polls. He was not ...

Jessica Kumar, who has lived in India for nearly 20 years, uses her linguistic talents to coach others through her podcast, social media posts and online conversational courses.

Following the Delhi blast, police detained a maulana and teacher in Haryana for questioning about their connection to bomber Umar, who frequented a Sohna mosque.

NCPUL director says ‘all important policy decisions for the country’s development were first announced during these speeches ...

Rajnath Singh, speaking at an event on Sunday, said that borders might change and that Sindh might return to India someday.

Born to a government school teacher in rural Punjab, Dharmendra, who went by his mononym, starred in some of Hindi cinema’s most memorable films including ‘Sholay’ ...

For an extremely culturally diverse country like India with so many different languages, customs, taboos pervading its citizens, one common factor that remains consistent in the literature of the ...