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 ...

Urdu poetry is often described as the language of the heart--a deeply expressive medium through which love, longing, and loss are delicately explored. It blends elegance and intensity, articulating ...

Javed Akhtar's invitation as chief guest for a mushaira in Kolkata has led to protests from Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind and Wahyahin ...

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 ...

Urdu Academy Chairman Taher Bin Hamdan announced that the state government has agreed to provide 100 computers to Urdu journalists through the Backward Classes and Minority Welfare Department, headed ...

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, ...

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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 ...