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Zakir Nagar blockade ends, politicians rush to take credit, do FB live If you are regular at social media, then you get an impression that local elections are not far away as politicians and Facebookya activists nursing political ambitions and some others are trying their best to stay in news. The case in point is the Zakir Nagar “blockade”. A few days ago a video had surfaced in which claims were made that Zakir Nagar entry from NFC was blocked for the last many days. And today when it was lifted, many are now making claims that it happened due…

Jamia begins e-admission, introduces 8 new courses, 4 departments: All you need to know Jamia Millia Islamia has launched e-prospectus for the academic session 2021-2022. The prospectus containing information about admission to various Undergraduate, Postgraduate, B.Tech., B.Arch., Diploma, Advanced Diploma, Postgraduate Diploma courses has been uploaded on the university’s website jmi.ac.in and portal of the Controller of Examinations jmicoe.in. The online application form may be submitted up to 30th June, 2021. In case of any mistake while submitting online application, the same may be edited from 1st July to 5th July, 2021 while Admit Card shall be issued from 15th…

Jamia alumna Renuka, who empowered girls and the homeless, has passed away. Timeline posts by her husband, who won the battle against Covid, will leave you emotional, writes NOUSHU ALI Renuka Gupta, an alumna of Jamia Millia Islamia, renowned for dedicating her life to the empowerment of girls and providing shelter to the homeless, has passed away, as confirmed by reliable sources. Md Danish, acquainted with the family, conveyed the heart-wrenching news, revealing that her husband, Indu Prakash Singh, also a Jamia alumnus, informed them of her demise. The philanthropic couple, both of whom tested positive for Covid a few…

Jamia Assistant Prof Nabila Sadiq dies at 38 Nabila Sadiq, who was Assistant Professor at Jamia Millia Islamia’s Sarojini Naidu Centre for Women’s Studies, died on Monday night, said university sources. Jamia Teachers Association (JTA) president Professor Majid Jamil said she was hospitalised. A few days ago we had come to know that her mother had also died. On May 5, the OT ran a post after her student had reached the portal to carry the message that she was in urgent need of A+ plasma. She’s admitted at Al Shifa Hospital in Abul Fazal Enclave, Jamia Nagar, said Jamia…

I also lost my shield. Ammi, Abbu gone within 7 days: Rifat, editor Jantakareporter Editor Jantakareporter Rifat Jawaid shared the news about death of his mother on his FB timeline a few minutes ago. “My Ammi Abeda Khatoon is no more. She left us exactly six days after Abbu’s passing. Ammi went not knowing that she had lost her husband. I’ve now lost two of my huge sources of entering jannah (heaven) within seven days. I also lost my shield. Please make dua for my parents.” Before starting e-daily Jantakareporter, Rifat worked with BBC and other leading publications.

Sohail Razzack passionate about Rafi, cricket, travelling passes away at 58 Former Managing Director of Gandour India Food Processing  Pvt. Ltd, Cherlapally, Hyderabad, Sohail Razzack, passed away in New Delhi on Tuesday 11, 2021 (29 Ramadan 1442 AH) of cardiac arrest, said her sister. Sohail was the only son of late Hakim Mohammed Abdur Razzack (Founder Director, CCRUM) and Tabiba Ummul Fazal. He was 58 years old. Born in a respectable family of Hyderabad, Sohail Razzack grew up in Delhi and did his schooling from St Xavier’s High School. He went on to do MBA from XLRI, Jamshedpur. Well known…

The OT Facebook page hacked, admin removed The highly engaging Facebook page of community portal, the OT, was hacked with the admin removed on Saturday evening. Since then efforts to restore the page has failed. The Facebook has been informed about the development. The message about hacking of the page was posted on the OT twitter account hours after the incident took place seeking help from netizens in getting the issue addressed. The page was operational since 2011 with more than 94 thousand followers.

Lockdown extended, 6,500 cases in 24 hrs: Kejriwal; 337 deaths Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said the Delhi Government has decided to extend the lockdown for another week till next Monday 24 May. He said the number of Covid cases is decreasing in Delhi and recovery has increased but we do not want to lose this gain, therefore, lockdown is extended. He said in the past 24 hours, Delhi has reported around 6,500 cases and the positivity rate has come down to 10 per cent from 11 per cent. Kejriwal visited GTB hospital to review the ongoing work…

Delhi Govt to start free Oxygen Concentrator Bank for Covid +ve in home isolation: Kejriwal Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday announced that the Delhi government is setting up an Oxygen Concentrator Bank (OCB) to provide oxygen concentrators to patients, recovering either under home isolation or who might need oxygen post-recovery. He said 200 oxygen concentrators will be set up in each of the 11 districts, which will be delivered in 2 hours to patients in need. Patients who are not enrolled under the home isolation protocol of the Delhi government may call 1031 and avail of the oxygen concentrator…

Sisodia for walk-in Covid vaccination for 45+ Chairing a review meeting on Delhi’s vaccination drive today, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia issued directives to institute walk-in vaccination for people above 45 years of age in all centres of Delhi. Sisodia said: “After reviewing challenges of citizens with regard to internet accessibility and issues in registering online slots, we have made a decision to allow registration and walk-in vaccination in all vaccination centres of Delhi, for individuals above 45 years of age. Further, we have also taken the decision to shift vaccination centres from hospitals to Delhi Government School centres for…