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On Int Mother Language Day, Minu Bakshi shares her love for Punjabi & Urdu

Author, poet, and singer Minu Bakshi

Updated 144 days ago

Actors Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub and Raj Babbar get candid at Jashn-e-Rekhta in Delhi

Actors Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub and Raj Babbar during the session on the final day of the language fest held in Delhi.

Published 218 days ago

HT City Delhi Junction: Catch It Live on 14 November 2025

Gram it: Bharat Mandapam, at Pragati Maidan, is lit up and ready to welcome visitors as it opens India International Trade Fair in the Capital. The annual event usually draws thousands of visitors, every year.

Published 243 days ago

Zohran Mamdani now has an Urdu anthem, with a Pakistani connection | Video

Democratic candidate for New York City Mayor, Zohran Mamdani, shakes the hand of a cab driver while campaigning in Manhattan's Upper East Side neighborhood during early voting, in New York City, on October 27, 2025.

Updated 260 days ago

Romani gypsy language’s similarity to Hindi and Urdu stuns internet

A viral video reveals striking similarities between Hindi and Romani gypsy language.

Published 266 days ago

Urdu being viewed via communal lens a dangerous trend: PDP

PDP leader Waheed ur Rehman Para (File)

Published 364 days ago

‘Green snakes’: BJP leader Nitesh Rane's controversial remark amid language row

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Nitesh Narayan Rane

Updated 369 days ago

DU calls 'Muslim' as language a clerical error after outrage over Urdu omission

The clarification came after screenshots of the application portal began circulating online, showing "Muslim" in the list of languages under the 'mother tongue' section, while Urdu -- a constitutionally recognised language under the Eighth Schedule -- was missing.

Updated 387 days ago

Exclusive | Int'l Booker Prize winner Banu: No one should politicise language

Banu Mushtaq, author of Heart Lamp, is the first Kannada writer to have won the International Booker Prize in London.

Published 416 days ago

‘Misconception that Urdu is…’: Apex court on its use in signboard | Top quotes

The Supreme Court said Urdu and Marathi have the same status under the Constitution, rejecting the claims that only Marathi should be used.

Updated 455 days ago

Drawing Room: Why Narayan Chandra Biswas loves Zarina Hashmi’s art

In Zarina’s 2001 work, Dividing Line, the Indo-Pak border symbolises both a fracture and a scar. (ZARINA HASHMI)

Updated 467 days ago

Review: Vampire by Mirza Azeem Baig Chughtai

Violence lurking in the shadows (Shutterstock)

Updated 578 days ago

HT City Delhi Junction: Catch It Live on 18 October 2024

Catch It Live on 18 October 2024

Published 636 days ago

Sara Rai's Raw Umber makes you crave the forgotten languages of your life

Sara Rai

Published 794 days ago

Delhiwale: A ‘risala’ walla

Abu Noman is the editor-publisher of the literary minded Rehnuma-e-Taleem Jadeed. (HT Photo)

Updated 799 days ago

Ramadan 2024: Schools Karnataka, AP modify timings, new timings here

Schools in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh change school timings on occasion of Ramadan. (File image) (Photo by Kunal Patil/ Hindustan Times)

Published 855 days ago

The re-verse of love: Urdu poetry gets a 2024 update

India has over 67 million Urdu speakers. That audience has surged with the rise of Instagram poetry. (Azad Mohan Panwar)

Updated 859 days ago

Giving voice to the voiceless

HT Image

Updated 871 days ago

‘I am happy the Jnanpith came to me for my work in Urdu’: Gulzar

Gulzar at an event in Mumbai. (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT PHOTO)

Updated 878 days ago

IIMC PG admission 2024 notice released, apply till Jan 24

Application process is ongoing, deadline to submit application form is January 24

Published 922 days ago

BJP invokes 'Urdu' move to attack KCR, alleges 'appeasement'

Narayanpet: BJP president JP Nadda addresses a public meeting ahead of Telangana Assembly elections.

Published 969 days ago

Fresh faces continue the legacy, PU’s Ramlila with Urdu dialogues

As per the director Rajan Sharma, who also plays the role of Lord Ram. (HT Photo)

Updated 998 days ago

Review: Sawaneh-i Dehli by Mirza Gorgani, translated by Ather Farouqui

An engraved portrait of Bahadur Shah Zafar. Created by Marc after Schoefft, published on L’Illustration, Journal Universel, Paris, 1858. (Marzolino/Shutterstock)

Updated 1048 days ago

UP police STF arrests man with alleged Pakistan links

Kaleem Ahmed was arrested on Thursday for allegedly having links with Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI. (ANI/Twitter)

Updated 1062 days ago

US students arrive in LU to learn Urdu, Persian

US students met V-C Prof AK Rai during their visit to LU on Tuesday (HT Photo)

Updated 1121 days ago

Review: Urdu Adab’s special issue called Shahjahanabad

View of Old Delhi and Chandni Chowk from Jama Masjid (Ajay Aggarwal)

Updated 1152 days ago

Essay: Telugu, by heart

Study hour at a primary school in Hyderabad. (Bharath Sai)

Updated 1182 days ago

UP: Over 200 Lucknow University Arts faculty PG final students crack UGC NET/JRF

Vice chancellor of Lucknow University Prof Alok Kumar Rai congratulated the successful students. (For Representation)

Updated 1186 days ago

MHA decides to conduct CAPF constable exams in 13 regional languages as well

The home ministry has termed it a ‘landmark’ decision. (File Photo)

Updated 1187 days ago

Roundabout: A Tryst with Translation

TELLING TALES: Translators Arunava Sinha, Baran Farooqi and novelist Khalid Javed. (HT Photos)

Updated 1193 days ago

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