Urdu has been a requirement for Revenue Dept posts going back to before Partition, as all land records are in the language.

Mehbooba Mufti took to X to express her disagreement over the CAT order. “It is deeply unfortunate that our judiciary appears to be influenced by divisive politics. Urdu, a recognised official ...

PDP and JKPC leaders oppose dropping Urdu as mandatory for Naib-Tehsildar posts in J&K, citing linguistic marginalization.

Peoples Conference President and MLA Handwara Sajad Lone on Wednesday voiced deep concern over the exclusion of Urdu as a ...

Mehbooba Mufti slams CAT's stay on Urdu for Naib Tehsildar posts, calls it politically driven; blames BJP for communalizing ...

A two-member CAT bench has stayed the operation of the relevant provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Revenue (Subordinate) ...

Para expressed concern over the CAT’s (Central Administrative Tribunal) order staying the requirement of basic Urdu knowledge for the naib tehsildar exam, calling it a worrying sign of judicial forums ...

Acting on a petition from job aspirants challenging the condition, the CAT directed the JK Services Selection Recruitment ...

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah expressed optimism on Wednesday about a record turnout for the ongoing ...

A tribunal has held as “discriminatory” a Jammu and Kashmir government notification making Urdu compulsory for naib tehsildar ...

The BJP has praised the Central Administrative Tribunal's decision to suspend a government order requiring Urdu for Naib ...

Urdu's commonly written form, Nastaliq, is often seen as too complex for use online. Developers and designers are trying to change that.