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Saga of Saeeda Bano, India’s first woman newsreader and doyenne of Urdu broadcasting
Sometimes we come across stories of ordinary men and women who overcome great adversity to achieve success. One such tale is that of Saeeda Bano a lady from Bhopal who overcame many societal pressures to…
- India
Delhi: Cops told not to use complex Urdu, Persian words in FIR
New Delhi: Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora has issued an order directing the police staff not to use complex Urdu and Persian words while registering FIRs, diaries or chargesheets. A list of…
- Telangana
Telangana: Owaisi launches Urdu Journalists’ Federation diary 2023
Hyderabad: All India Majlis E Ittehad ul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president and Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday launched the 2023 Telangana Urdu Working Journalists’ Federation (TUWJF) diary. He promised to address…
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Watch: PM of Scotland Humza Yousaf’s oath in Urdu as MP in 2016
Pakistani-origin, Humza Yousaf took his oath in Urdu after he was officially elected as Scotland’s sixth First Minister. Yousaf, 37, is the first Muslim, and the youngest ever to hold the post…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: BR Ambedkar Open Univ organises webinar on Urdu
Hyderabad: Dr BR Ambedkar Open University (BRAOU), Department of Arts on Friday organised a language and literature forum webinar on “Mother Tongue and Importance of Urdu” at the university campus. Prof Aziz…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: MANUU to hold city’s first Urdu film festival
Hyderabad: Maulana Azad National Urdu University’s (MANUU) Instructional Media Centre (IMC) is set to organise the first-ever Urdu film festival from March 17 to March 19. A documentary showcasing the contribution of…
- World
New Zealand: Urdu Hindi Cultural Association organizes Ghazal night
The Urdu Hindi Cultural Association of New Zealand (UHCANZ) successfully organized a Ghazal Night on 11th March 2023, at the Fickling Convention Centre in Three Kings, Auckland. The event was well-organised and…
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Lamakaan, a space for thought, speech and activity should be encouraged to function
Ham ko yaaN dar dar phiraya yaar ne/La-makaaN meiN ghar banaya yaar ne This Urdu couplet defines what La-makaaN means. It is place without boundaries or the place where God lives. It…
- NRIs Corner
New Zealand: Urdu Hindi Cultural Association to organize Ghazal night on March 11
A great annual Ghazal night (Mehfil-E-Ghazal New Zealand 2023) will be organized by the Urdu Hindi Cultural Association of New Zealand at 6:30 pm on March 11, 2023, at Fickling Convention Centre…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Urdu medium students allege discrimination at exam centres
Hyderabad: In a letter addressed to the vice chancellor of the Dr B R Ambedkar Open University, BA Urdu medium students alleged they were provided their question papers 40 minutes late and…
- Opinions
Doctor’s dilemma: To practice or write
Hyderabad: The general perception about doctors is that their writing skills are confined to just scrawling illegible prescriptions. That’s true to a large part. However, the more enthusiastic among them indulge in…
- India
UP: Pigeon brings blood-stained message in Urdu; people left guessing
Kanpur: In an interesting incident, a pigeon carrying a letter was found in Kathara village of Bidhnu in Kanpur. The pigeon with a piece of paper around its neck, with some Urdu…
- Hyderabad
Obit: Remembering Bohini Kamalakar, a true-blue Hyderabadi
By Anand Kamalakar Hyderabad: Bohini Kamalakar was born on March 2 nd 1932 in Gowliguda, in the erstwhile Hyderabad state of the Nizams. Born on the auspicious day of Holi into a…
- India
‘Shairon ka shahr’: Poets who made Lucknow a hub of Urdu ghazal
Any discussion of Urdu ghazals, between connoisseurs, may bring up rival merits of “Dabistan-e-Dehli” and “Dabistan-e-Lakhnau”, or the Delhi and Lucknow schools of poetry, each with an array of accomplished master poets…