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In-camera statements must be given in Urdu, detenue's language

Madhyamam 28 Mar 2025
The Bombay High Court recently quashed a detention order passed against a detenue on the grounds that the prosecution failed to provide him with the statements by witnesses in Urdu, a language he understood, instead of Marathi.
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Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu attends iftar dinner, vows to protect Waqf board properties

The Times of India 28 Mar 2025
VIJAYAWADA ... We made Urdu the second official language, built the Haj House in Hyderabad, and worked to protect Waqf board properties. We established two Urdu universities — one in Hyderabad and another in Kurnool — after bifurcation ... .
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OSSTET Result 2024 out at bseodisha.ac.in, direct link to check scorecard, final answer key here

Hindustan Times 28 Mar 2025
The first paper of OSSTET was for aspiring teachers in Science (PCM/CBZ), Arts, Hindi, and Classical languages (Urdu, Telugu, and Sanskrit) candidates and the second paper was exclusively for Physical Education teachers.
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Andhra CM’s iftar boycotted by Muslim organisations over Waqf Bill

Madhyamam 27 Mar 2025
Recalling the TDP’s close bonding with the minorities since its inception, he said the party was committed to secularism and uplifting minorities in all spheres of life.He pointed out that it was ...
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Waqf Bill row: Minority organisations boycott Andhra Pradesh CM’s iftar

The Siasat Daily 27 Mar 2025
... and the Urdu Academy were present ... He pointed out that it was during the TDP’s rule that Urdu universities were set up in Hyderabad and Kurnool, and Urdu was made the second official language.
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Word on the beat: Junos mark a milestone with language diversity in album of the year

North Shore News 27 Mar 2025
... languages ... This year, the Junos also added a South Asian music award to recognize artists who perform in an array of languages that originated in the region, including Punjabi, Hindi, Tamil and Urdu.
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Taliban leader cites Quran in Eid message calling for unity and reconciliation in Afghanistan

Newsday 27 Mar 2025
Akhundzada’s message was issued in five languages - Arabic, Dari, English, Pashto, and Urdu - and published on the social platform X by the Taliban government’s chief spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid ... Get the latest breaking news as it happens. Sign up.
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Travel: Exploring the forts, flavours and forgotten trails in Kerala’s hidden gem

Khaleejtimes 27 Mar 2025
... after them was ruled by the Ikkeri Nayakas.  It is called the  ‘saptha bhasha sangama bhoomi’, or ‘the land of seven languages’ — Malayalam, Tulu, Kannada, Marathi, Urdu, Konkani and Beary.
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Neither Tamil nor Hindi is keeping pace with the future, says leading linguist Peggy Mohan

Hindustan Times 25 Mar 2025
Four years ago, with the lucidly written Wanderers, Kings, Merchants, Peggy Mohan traced the history of India through the languages its people speak ... How does the Creole model of language mixture apply to the emergence of new languages in South Asia?.
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Pilgrimage to Politics: What Drove Muslim Women to Travel the World

The Times of India 25 Mar 2025
I think as academics, we have a tendency to do fairly literal translations, maybe, which are really focused on capturing the original language and the original style ... case, primarily written in Urdu.
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Bangladesh’s future stuck in an inescapable past

Asiatimes 25 Mar 2025
The defining moment after the Second Partition was Jinnah’s 1948 policy declaring Urdu—the linga franca of minority West Pakistanis—the sole national language, provoking a movement in 1952 for Bangla to be given equal status as a national language.
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literary notes: Prof Mujtaba Husain and his critical works

Dawn 24 Mar 2025
MUJTABA Husain was a prominent Indian humorist of Urdu ... As mentioned in these columns on a couple of occasions, some pieces of online information on Urdu language and literature can be ridiculously incorrect.
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UAE among nations with lowest tuberculosis rates

The Gulf Time 23 Mar 2025
DUBAI/WAM ... As part of these efforts, national landmarks have been lit up in red to mark the occasion, and interactive awareness sessions are being held in multiple languages—Arabic, English, and Urdu—to reach diverse segments of society ... ....
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100 Short Stories, edited by AJ Thomas, offers an insight into the languages, themes and styles practised since the 19th century

Indian Express 22 Mar 2025
\r. It also acknowledges the diverse linguistic and regional representation within the anthology, including stories translated from Tamil, Portuguese, Urdu, and other Indian languages ... .
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NLPD holds one-day seminar in connection with Pakistan Resolution Day

Urdu Point 21 Mar 2025
<p>ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 21st Mar, 2025) National Language Promotion Department (NLPD) Friday held a one-day seminar titled 'Pakistan and Urdu' in connection with ...
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