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Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra had last month announced to replace the words from other languages which are not in use with Hindi in the police proceedings.

British authorities have confirmed that a hostage-taking suspect who was shot dead after holding four people hostage at a Texas synagogue was a British citizen, media outlets in the UK reported on Sunday. The US media, meanwhile, claimed that the FBI has identified the suspect as Malik Faisal Akram, a 44-year-old British citizen. Fox News said that FBI Dallas Field Office confirmed the identity in an email to Fox News Digital. “At this time, there is no indication that other individuals are in...

Since much of the region's past revenue records are in Urdu, this change could also lead to an administrative nightmare.

The banned Islamist group Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) says it is investigating the killing of its former spokesman, who was previously among the central leaders of the group.

Three prominent journalists say the ban on them by Independent Urdu is another blow to freedom of expression in Pakistan

Much more than a tale of two enigmatic individuals past their prime and beyond the underlying recital of love, honour and treachery, what his book Between Clay and Dust, shortlisted for The Man Asian Literary Prize 2012 and longlisted for the 2013 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, stood out for were the silences it evoked long after the last page had been turned.

Ishrat Afreen remarkably and uniquely combines the classicism of her predecessors and the more conscious feminists. She remains forgotten in her own country, Pakistan, but her poetic legacy is secure, writes Raza Naeem.

Colin Powell served America at its highest levels. Joint Chiefs Chairman. Secretary of State. A man both celebrated and tarnished by war. We look back on his life and legacy with his former chief of staff.

Colin Powell served America at its highest levels. Joint Chiefs Chairman. Secretary of State. A man both celebrated and tarnished by war. We look back on his life and legacy with his former chief of staff.

Shamsur Rahman Faruqi’s daughter writes about how his library came to be, and keeps his memories alive a year after his passing.