Javed Akhtar shared a cryptic couplet on faith and identity after a Kolkata mushaira featuring him was postponed following ...

Allama Iqbal Open University(AIOU) on the blessed occasion of Ashra Rehmat-ul-Lil Aalameen has  hosted a dignified and faith-inspiring ...

The West Bengal Urdu Academy has postponed a four-day mushaira in Kolkata featuring lyricist Javed Akhtar after protests from some Muslim groups. Organisers cited “compelling reasons” for the delay, ...

At the event ‘Urdu in Hindi Cinema’, Akhtar was invited as the chief guest to preside over a mushaira (poetry recital ...

The West Bengal Urdu Academy has indefinitely postponed a mushaira in Kolkata featuring Javed Akhtar after protests from Muslim groups over his religious comments. Left student bodies condemned the ...

The BJP today criticised the West Bengal government over the cancellation of the ‘National Mushaira’ programme organised by the West Bengal Urdu Academy under the Minority Affairs and Madrasa ...

The West Bengal Urdu Academy postponed a poetry symposium featuring Javed Akhtar after religious groups protested his invitation, citing that his comm ...

West Bengal Urdu Academy delays Javed Akhtar`s mushaira following protests from Muslim groups over his recent comments ...

I believe as long as both [Hindu and Muslim fundamentalists] are abusing me, I am doing something right. My name, Javed Akhtar, has nothing to do with Islam, says the poet.

The West Bengal Urdu Academy has postponed a 'mushaira' featuring Javed Akhtar following protests by some Muslim groups who claim his comments hurt religious sentiments. Left student organizations ...

Javed Akhtar, renowned poet and lyricist, has responded to the cancellation of a Kolkata literary event featuring him, citing hostility from both Hindu and Muslim hardliners.