In a significant policy shift, the Rajasthan Education Department has reportedly directed government schools to replace Urdu ...

The state education department in Jaipur has instructed a government school to suspend Urdu classes and introduce Sanskrit ...

The National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language under the Ministry of Education, Government of India, is offering a one-year Urdu language diploma course for starters. The correspondence course ...

Urdu is a hybrid language that is based on the spoken languages of Northern India with a generous overlay of Arabic and Persian words. ‘Urdu’ is a Turkish word, which means a camp. When Muslims from ...

The Jashn-e-Rekhta festival celebrated Urdu's cultural heritage with performances by artists from India and Pakistan. Highlights included Piyush Mishra's rendition of 'Dilli Se Lahore Tak', Imran ...

The Hindi/Urdu program in the Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations offers Hindi/Urdu language courses, as well as courses taught in English about South Asian culture and literature. The ...

“The inclusion of Urdu aligns with the guidelines of the Indian Roads Congress (IRC:67), which emphasize the importance of bilingual or multilingual road signs for improved safety. By adding Urdu, BRO ...