Urdu
- Featured News
Easy meanings of the Quran released for Gen Z readers in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: For centuries, the Holy Quran has been translated into English by numerous scholars, leading many to wonder whether there is room for yet another translation. With dozens of versions already available,…
- Telangana
Telangana HC protects Nizamabad school principal from arrest
Hyderabad: Telangana High Court on Wednesday, July 8, restrained the Nizamabad Police from arresting school principal Amer Khan in connection with the Urdu subject row where some Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders…
- Opinions
Hyderabad: When biryani becomes identity, civilisation fades
Failing cultures obsess over food. Thriving cultures conquer. Failing cultures open restaurants. Thriving cultures open institutions. If all a people can talk about is food, they have become detached from their history,…
- Featured News
Zafarul-Islam Khan honoured with Shah Waliullah Award
By Zillur Rahman Haider New Delhi: Renowned Islamic scholar, author, senior journalist and former Chairman of the Delhi Minorities Commission Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan was awarded the prestigious sixth Imam Shah Waliullah Award…
- Hyderabad
Telangana HC directs ECI to consider printing SIR forms in Urdu
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Monday, June 29, directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to consider printing enumeration forms in Urdu, noting a substantial Urdu-speaking population in Hyderabad. ECI’s Special…
- Telangana
Prohibitory orders in Armoor amid bandh call over Urdu row
Hyderabad: The Nizamabad Police imposed prohibitory orders in Armoor town on Monday, June 29, following a bandh call over the controversy at Bharat Chandra High School, where Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders allegedly…
- Telangana
Armoor BJP leader held for assaulting principal for teaching Urdu
Hyderabad: Mandula Balu, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) town president of Armoor, was arrested by Nizamabad Police on Monday, June 29, in connection with the alleged assault of a school principal following a…
- Editorial
Telangana Police directs X to remove Armoor assault video from 41 handles
Hyderabad: As many as 41 handles on X, including Siasat.com, received notices from the Telangana Police through the social media platform to delete the video of a school principal in Nizamabad district’s Armoor allegedly…
- Books
Beyond shayeri: Dr Abid Moiz explores Urdu’s untapped potential
Is Urdu all about poetry, ghazals, mushairas, Ghalib, Iqbal and Faiz? To many people, the answer appears to be an emphatic yes. Urdu is often associated with lyrical verses, romantic couplets and…
- Telangana
Nizamabad bandh called after principal assaulted over Urdu
Hyderabad: Several organisations have called for Nizamabad Bandh on Monday, June 29, following an assault on a school principal in Amroor on Saturday, June 27. These organisations have urged the teachers’ union…
- Telangana
Telangana BJP leaders assault principal for teaching Urdu
Hyderabad: Local leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stormed a private school in Nizamabad’s Armoor on Saturday, June 27, and slapped the school principal for teaching Urdu. The incident occurred at…
- Entertainment
Jaaved Jaaferi explains why Urdu is unlike any other language
Hyderabad: Bollywood actor Jaaved Jaaferi has sparked a fresh conversation around Urdu with a point many people may not have thought about before, in a resurfaced clip. The actor and performer explained…
- Hyderabad
A life of service, a gathering of few: Goodbye to Ghulam Yezdani
Hyderabad: He devoted more than half a century of his life to public causes, educational institutions and community service. Yet, when a condolence meeting was held to mourn his passing barely a…
- Hyderabad
Ghulam Yazdani: The man who kept Hyderabad’s tehzeeb alive
Hyderabad: With the passing away of senior advocate Ghulam Yazdani, Hyderabad has lost not merely a lawyer or social worker, but a living institution who embodied the grace, moderation and composite culture of…
- Hate Crime
MP High Court quashes FIR against man who shared Urdu poem on WhatsApp
Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh High Court quashed a first information report against a Muslim school teacher for sharing a poem written in Urdu on WhatsApp, noting that circulating a poem without an…
