Hyderabad: Can an awardee be part of the selection committee? The impropriety of it is glaring. But that seems to be the case with the Makhdoom award announced recently by the Telangana State Urdu ...

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 ...

Mahmood Ali Afsar, president of the Telangana Urdu Academy Computer Centres and Libraries Employees Welfare Association, said that although funds were allocated in the 2025‑26 Budget, salaries ...

New Delhi [India], Sept 17 (ANI): Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has said that Urdu Academy should start providing coaching to the IAS aspirants in Urdu. He said that study material in ...

It was April 20, 1975. Excitement filled Durbar Hall at Raj Bhavan, the governor's majestic, sea-facing residence in South Mumbai. A galaxy of stars from the city's literary firmament descended to ...

Mumbai: The three-day Golden Jubilee celebration of the Maharashtra Urdu Sahitya Kala Academy began with grandeur at the Worli Dome, inaugurated by Minister for Minority Development and Waqf, Adv.

Around 150 contract employees working at computer centres and libraries under the Telangana State Urdu Academy have not received salaries for nine months. Their association has urged the government to ...

BENGALURU : Muslim scholars are upset with the budget allocation of Rs 1 lakh for the maintenance of the Urdu Academy and Karnataka Minorities Commission. Syed Ashraf, former political adviser to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Raipur: The Chhattisgarh high court, while dismissing the state government order, stated that the chairman of the State Urdu Academy cannot be terminated from his post unless he completes the ...

NEW DELHI: There is good news for Urdu lovers who want to learn the language. The Urdu Academy is planning to launch online courses after the pandemic forced suspension of the physical classes being ...