(HT_PRINT) The Supreme Court on April 15 upheld the use of Urdu on the signboards of a municipal council in Maharashtra, saying that Urdu and Marathi have the same status under the Constitution.

New Delhi: Language is not religion and to consider Urdu as a language of Muslims is a "pitiable digression" from reality and unity in diversity, the Supreme Court has said while rejecting a ...

Johnny Tillotson, the singer behind Sixties hits “Poetry in Motion” and “It Keeps Right on A-Hurtin’,” has died at the age of 86. Tillotson’s wife, Nancy, confirmed the news in a ...

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The quintessential accessory of the 1990s, the fanny pack has made a stylish comeback. Today, this small yet mighty bag is a travel necessity for stashing essentials while keeping your hands free ...

The 76th death anniversary of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founding father of Pakistan, was commemorated at the National Press Club in Dhaka with Urdu songs and poetry on Wednesday. Speakers on the ...

Poet and activist Amanda Gorman recited an original poem on the third night of the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, in a follow-up to the historic recitation of her original “The ...

Fanny Vandegrift Osbourne was 36, 11 years older than Louis, an American, a wife, and a mother. Originally from Indiana, she had married at 17, quickly had a baby, and followed Sam Osbourne, her ...

A top-notch cardiac surgeon by profession, who has his own hospital in Patna, he is also passionately interested in all the arts, especially classical music and Urdu poetry. His knowledge is ...

As a scholar and translator of Urdu poetry, I was moved by the ways in which the poem described the state’s violence against peaceful protesters. I went on to translate the poem, and I’m ...