Hyderabad: The Union Ministry of Higher Education has appointed senior journalist M.A. Sattar as a member of the new body for the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL). M.A. Sattar, the Chief Editor of the Hyderabad-based Urdu daily Desh Ka Sahara, is the sole representative from South India. His appointment is for a tenure […]
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Hyderabad: The Telangana Urdu Working Journalists’ Federation (TUWJF) hailed the appointments of both Aamir Ali Khan, Editor of Siasat Urdu Daily as MLC and former minister Mohammed Ali Shabbir as Advisor to Government on SC, ST, BC and Minorities issues. The Urdu journalists extended heartfelt felicitations to Aamir Ali Khan, the Editor of Siasat Urdu Daily, […]
Hyderabad: Senior journalist and editor CHM MV Krishna Rao passed away on Thursday at the age of 75. He was suffering from age-related ailments. Krishna Rao was born in 1948 in Karimnagar district of Telangana. He started his journalism career in 1975 as a stringer for the Telugu daily Eenadu. He later worked for several other […]
Hyderabad: The Telangana Urdu Working Journalists’ Federation (TUWJF) complained of discrimination and deprivation of rights against Urdu journalists in the Telangana state. Addressing a press conference, TUWJF President M.A. Majid highlighted that Urdu journalism plays a crucial role in shaping public opinion and providing information to the Urdu-speaking population. However, he highlighted the alarming situation where […]
Hyderabad: The Telangana Urdu Working Journalists Federation (TUWJF) is gearing up to hold its first national conference on May 28 at Khaja Mansion, Masab Tank, Hyderabad. The conference aims to shed light on the challenges faced by Urdu journalists and advocate for their demands to be incorporated into political and governmental decision-making processes. Registration for the […]
Hyderabad: Finance Minister Harish Rao said that the role of journalists was crucial in the Telangana Movement. Journalism is a profession that works for the welfare of society, he lauded. He said that if there are 12,000 accredited journalists in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana had 21,295 accreditations. He said that Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao had sanctioned […]
Hyderabad: Telangana Media Academy Chairman Allam Narayana said that the Academy works with journalists’ welfare as a mission. He was speaking at the inaugural of a two-day special training class conducted by Telangana Media Academy for the journalists of the Bhupalpally district on Saturday. He said that special training classes were very useful for enhancing the […]
Hyderabad: To celebrate 200 years of Urdu Journalism this year, the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) is organising a series of events under the name “Karwaan-e-Urdu Sahafat”. The celebration coincides with the ‘Silver Jubilee Celebrations’ of the Urdu varsity. According to Prof. Ehtesham Ahmed Khan, Dean, School of Mass Communication and […]
Hyderabad: Veteran journalist Nimmakayala Sriranganath (“Ranganath”) breathed his last late Monday night. He was 80. He was briefly hospitalised for the last week, where he passed away. In his long, illustrious career, Sriranganath worked as a correspondent with the Telugu dailies Udayam and Vaartha, and headed the bureau at AP Times, a Hyderabad-based English daily. His […]
Hyderabad: The Telangana Urdu Working Journalists Federation (TUWJF) is organizing its 2nd annual award function on Friday, 10th December at Urdu Maskan Hall, Khilwat in Hyderabad. The TUWJF, established in 2016, had instituted three awards named after eminent Urdu journalists Faiz Mohd Asghar, Anwar Adeeb and Tabassum Fareedi. The award comprises Rs. 10,000 cash and a citation. […]