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'Misconception that it is alien to India': SC rejects plea against Urdu signboard in Maharashtra
Maharashtra | April 16, 2025 16:35 ISTThe Supreme Court has upheld the use of Urdu on the signboard of a municipal council building in Maharashtra. In a notable verdict, the bench said it is a 'misconception that Urdu is alien to India.'
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SSC exams: Urdu medium students given wrong English paper at centre in Maharashtra's Latur
Education | March 01, 2025 22:37 ISTSSC exams 2025: The mistake took place due to a new clerk's lack of experience in deciphering the colour codes allotted to question papers, said SA Koyale, chief of the exam centre.
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Bihar: Kishanganj District Official orders private schools to offer Urdu language education
High Schools | December 31, 2024 21:14 ISTKishanganj District has mandated private schools to offer Urdu language education, aiming to promote linguistic diversity and cultural awareness among students.
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BPSC Teacher Result 2023: BPSC releases merit list for PRT in Urdu and General subject, link here
October 19, 2023 13:07 ISTBihar BPSC TRE Results 2023 Online: Bihar Primary Teacher Result 2023 for Urdu and General subjects are available at the official website of Bihar Public Service Commission. Candidates can check roll number-wise BPSC PRT Urdu and General Subject Merit list here.
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Javed says 'Pakistan also came into existence after partition' as he explains the importance of Urdu
Celebrities | March 11, 2023 13:09 ISTExplaining the importance of Urdu language, Javed Akhtar said "Urdu hasn't come from any other place...it is our own language. It isn't spoken outside Hindustan."
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Kashmir University organizes calligraphy competition
News | August 28, 2021 23:20 ISTTo refresh the minds of students and revive developmental activities, a two-week-long calligraphy competition was organized by Kashmir University. The University resumed various cultural activities with the COVID-19 guidelines after two years since it was closed due to the lockdown.
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Poet Munawwar Rana's son arrested for staging attack to frame relatives over property dispute
India | August 25, 2021 22:58 ISTBack in June, Tabrez had claimed that he was attacked by unidentified persons, who opened fire at his SUV car near a petrol pump in the state capital's Tripula area.
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DDC Polls: BJP releases manifesto in Urdu in Kashmir
Elections | November 29, 2020 16:09 ISTThe BJP on Sunday released its election manifesto in Urdu for the ongoing District Development Council (DDC) polls in Kashmir.
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Sanskrit signages for all railway stations in Uttarakhand
India | January 19, 2020 14:19 ISTRailway officials have decided to replace the Urdu language with Sanskrit on all signboards at platforms. The signboards which have names of railway stations written in Hindi, English, and Urdu will now be written in Hindi, English, and Sanskrit.
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Prime Minister's book Exam Warriors to be launched in Urdu translation
Books & Culture | September 14, 2018 18:25 ISTThe Urdu version of the book 'Exam Warriors', penned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will be launched at an event in New Delhi on Saturday.
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Google Doodle celebrates legendary poet Mirza Ghalib’s 220th birth anniversary: Here's all you need to know about him
Trending | December 27, 2017 13:04 ISTWhether you are in love or a poetry enthusiast, Ghalib's Urdu poetry works for most of us.
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Google honours Urdu writer Abdul Qavi Desnavi with a doodle
Trending | November 01, 2017 9:59 ISTGoogle marks 87th birth anniversary of Urdu author Abdul Qavi Desnavi with a beautiful doodle. Desnavi was known for his great contribution to the evolution of Urdu literature.
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On Martyr’s Day, a letter in Urdu from Bhagat Singh to his younger brother
India | March 23, 2017 13:47 ISTExactly 86 years ago, Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru – the three revered figures of the Indian freedom struggle – were hanged on March 31, 1931 in Punjab’s Hussainwala (now in Pakistan).
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SC seeks reply of Centre, MCI on plea to conduct NEET in Urdu
India | March 03, 2017 14:15 ISTThe Supreme Court today issued notices to the Centre and the Medical Council of India (MCI) on a plea seeking an order be passed to conduct National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) 2017 in Urdu language as well.
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Pigeon with Urdu words stamped on its wings spotted in Punjab, claims police
India | September 23, 2016 21:18 ISTA white pigeon, suspected of being Pakistani spy with "some words written in Urdu" has been spotted in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district, police said today. Naresh Kumar, a resident of Motla village in the district,
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Digvijaya Singh slams Centre's clause for Urdu writers
Politics | March 19, 2016 18:09 ISTDigvijaya Singh slams Centre's clause for Urdu writers
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Urdu authors asked to declare their works aren’t anti-national, anti-government
India | March 19, 2016 13:12 ISTIn a latest development in the series of containing anti-national activities, Urdu writers publishing magazines or books have been asked to give an undertaking ensuring that their works are not anti-national and against the government.
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Madrassas should be barred from teaching in Urdu, Arabic: Shiv Sena
Politics | January 20, 2016 13:46 ISTMumbai: Asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take a cue from UK government's warning that migrants on spousal visas who fail to speak English may face deportation, Shiv Sena today said madrassas in India should
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UP govt revokes decision: 'Men with 2 wives can be recruited as Urdu teachers'
India | January 16, 2016 14:35 ISTLucknow: In the wake of objections by a Muslim body, the Uttar Pradesh government late Friday night revoked its decision to bar men having two or move wives from appointment as Urdu teachers. The state
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Rajasthan government transfers 40 Urdu teachers to teach Sanskrit
India | July 01, 2015 19:20 ISTBundi: The Rajasthan government has transferred about 40 Urdu teachers to the post of Sanskrit teachers in its schools, drawing sharp criticism.The Department of Secondary Education, however, has admitted that transfers were made by mistake
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