Urdu can be taught as Second Language in Telugu medium high schools—from Classes VI to X—to these children in place of Hindi. Their First Language would be Telugu and Second Language would be Urdu.

A section of Muslim intellectuals has demanded second official language status for Urdu in Maharashtra, pointing out that the state has the largest number of Urdumedium schools in the country and a ...

ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: During the British rule in India, members of the public found reading a letter in the open were sent to jail since the alien rulers of the time believed that letters were used to ...

KARACHI: The role of Urdu in our social and cultural development and its status were discussed at a seminar held by Halqai-Niaz-o-Nigar at Nipa Auditorium to remember the great writer and visionary ...

A large section of the Urdu-speaking community in West Bengal, while thanking the Chief Minister, Ms Mamata Banerjee, for making Urdu the second State language, would like her to expedite the ...

The Narendra Modi government on Wednesday decided to include Hindi, Kashmiri, Dogri and English as official languages of the Union Territory File picture Urdu is set to lose its 131-year-old status as ...

Muharram – falls on 12th October, 2016. and is one of the four sacred months of the year. The word ‘Muharram’ means forbidden and sinful. Imam Husayn was killed by the army of the Caliph Yazid in 680 ...

A year after the revocation of the special status of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, BBC News Urdu takes a comprehensive look at its consequences and prospects - as well as its legal history.