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

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

Recently, a Pakistani theatre group, Mauj, enacted the Urdu adaptation of the Hindu epic Ramayana at the Arts Council of ...

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