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'Beyond conflict, new Kashmir reads': Chinar Book Festival sees massive turnout

The third edition of the Chinar Book Festival opened on July 18 at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC) in Srinagar

Updated 9 days ago

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

Author, poet, and singer Minu Bakshi

Updated 165 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 238 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 264 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 280 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 287 days ago

Urdu being viewed via communal lens a dangerous trend: PDP

PDP leader Waheed ur Rehman Para (File)

Published 385 days ago

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

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Nitesh Narayan Rane

Updated 389 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 408 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 437 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 476 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 487 days ago

Review: Vampire by Mirza Azeem Baig Chughtai

Violence lurking in the shadows (Shutterstock)

Updated 599 days ago

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

Catch It Live on 18 October 2024

Published 656 days ago

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

Sara Rai

Published 815 days ago

Delhiwale: A ‘risala’ walla

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

Updated 819 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 876 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 879 days ago

Giving voice to the voiceless

HT Image

Updated 892 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 899 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 942 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 989 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 1019 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 1068 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 1082 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 1141 days ago

Review: Urdu Adab’s special issue called Shahjahanabad

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

Updated 1173 days ago

Essay: Telugu, by heart

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

Updated 1202 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 1207 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 1207 days ago

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