BBC News Urdu content is now available on social media platform TikTok. The BBC News Urdu feed (@bbcurdu) provides videos offering perspective and insights into news stories and issues of relevance to ...

Karachi’s literature aficionados look forward to the winter months when the sun shines a little less harshly and the city ...

ONE balmy morning in March 2011, I chanced upon Dharmendra Singh Deol at a guest house in Lonavala. Dharmendra had a sprawling farmhouse at Lonavala, which had a huge gymnasium. He often came out and ...

Rekhta, the festival that connects the world to Urdu and brings the new generation closer to its beauty, is once again set to welcome Urdu lovers from December 5 to 7 at Baansera Park, Delhi.

Pakistani star Sajal Aly, who is also one of the leads in Shekhar Kapur’s “What’s Love Got to Do with It?,” will lead a series adaptation of Urdu-language novel “Umrao Jaan Ada.” A classic of Urdu ...

The development comes after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation recently scrapped an Urdu Learning Centre project in Byculla, Mumbai, following large-scale protests from the BJP.

The National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL) has published a book featuring Urdu translations of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day speeches.

Meta has rolled out an Urdu version of its artificial intelligence platform, Meta AI, for users in Pakistan, aimed at promoting digital inclusivity. The launch took place during the event “Future in ...

Mumbai: Mumbai-based Urdu Markaz, an organisation working for the promotion of Urdu language and literature, wrote to the Speaker of Lok Sabha expressing resentment for neglecting Urdu language in the ...

A BJP legislator has demanded the removal of Urdu script from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar railway station boards, citing a government notification that omitted the language. He alleged it was an attempt ...