West Bengal Urdu Academy postponed its festival on ‘Urdu in Hindi cinema’ after Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind and Wahyain Foundation opposed Javed Akhtar’s invitation.

The Bengal unit of the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind is headed by Trinamool Congress leader and Bengal’s mass education extension and library services minister Siddiqullah Chowdhury.

The Mamata Banerjee Government has led itself into a fresh controversy by postponing an Urdu literary meet featuring “atheist” lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar. The Trinamool Congress allegedly ...

Kolkata, A group of civil society members, many of them belonging to the Muslim community, wrote to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, expressing dismay over the state Urdu academy's decision ...

Kolkata, once the nerve centre of liberal thought, fearless debate, and a natural haven for literature, now buckles under the ...

Chairman K Srinivas Reddy on Sunday said that Urdu journalists should also adopt words from other languages in reporting, just as English and Telugu media do, and assured that the Academy will provide ...

I believe as long as both [Hindu and Muslim fundamentalists] are abusing me, I am doing something right. My name, Javed Akhtar, has nothing to do with Islam, says the poet.

The West Bengal Urdu Academy has postponed a four-day mushaira in Kolkata featuring lyricist Javed Akhtar after protests from some Muslim groups. Organisers cited “compelling reasons” for the delay, ...

The BJP today criticised the West Bengal government over the cancellation of the ‘National Mushaira’ programme organised by the West Bengal Urdu Academy under the Minority Affairs and Madrasa ...

A young Pakistani shop assistant inspects the device. His eyes widen as he reads the message on the screen: 'This phone has ...

The author continued explaining, “But Khilji is shown as Ranveer Singh speaking Urdu, which makes him seem relatable and ...

Kolkata: With an eye on the Assembly polls due next year, the West Bengal government run by Mamata Banerjee has postponed a literary festival following protests by Islamist groups against the presence ...