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Watch: Noor Nagar fire update Noor Nagar morning fire was doused with fire brigade reaching the spot on time, according to residents. A resident said the fire most probably started after a short circuit with alert resident rushing to douse it. Also, fire brigade was informed which reached on time and the fire was extinguish. No casualties were reported from the spot, said a resident. The incident took place near Abdul Razzaq Sahab School, Noor Nagar. https://youtu.be/c4AegRC3rZM The main cause of fire is still not known as investigation is on. Syed Fouzul Azeem said the residents were lucky that nothing…

Jamia mourns passing away of its employee Usman Jamia Millia Islamia mourned the passing away of its employee Md Usman. An employee of Jamia’s finance department, Usma died on Tuesday on way to a hospital, said his relative. Mohd Rahman, an employee of the university placement cell, Usman, 56, on Tuesday morning complained of discomfort in his heart and he was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. He was born in Amroha in UP. “He was a healthy man suffering from diabetes and was taking medicine. On Monday night he was fine as he hit the…

Meet Jamia’s budding star Harshita Shukla, a 4th semester student of MSc Development Extension, Department of Adult and Continuing Education and Extension (DACEE), Jamia Millia Islamia has bagged a Silver Medal in 1500 m race at the 82nd Delhi State Annual Athletics Championship 2022 held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi. Last year too, on 3rd October 2021, Harshita had brought laurels for the Department and University as she bagged a Silver Medal at the 2nd Elite Women’s Haryana State Boxing Championships 2021-22 organised by the Haryana Boxing Sangh in the Fly Weight 54kg-57kg category. Harshita excels academically too and between her…

Watch: Man caught on CCTV stealing scooty from Ashiana parking A man has been caught on CCTV stealing aviator from a parking in Abul Fazal Enclave. https://youtu.be/ZvUNk6q2VQo Sharing information about the incident, Advocate Azhar Alam wrote this on his timeline two days ago: “Residents of Abul Fazal and Shaheen Bagh are informed that theft of bikes, cars and cycles in our area… Today morning at about 6.50 am my Scooty Honda Aviator vide Reg. No.DL3SDV2651 was stolen by some unknown person from my parking at Ashiana Complex, thokar number-4, Abul fazal Enclave, Okhla…Residents are requested to be vigilant about their…

MCD anti-encroachment drive: Will you demolish 80% of Delhi, asks Kejriwal urging his MLAs to stand by people Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal lashed out at the BJP on Modnay for driving Delhi towards a day of unprecedented debacle and destruction. https://youtu.be/caHdFf__JZ0 The Delhi CM called out the BJP for playing dirty politics that aims to snatch away the shelter of millions of innocent residents of the national capital.  Kejriwal stated: “BJP is scripting the biggest catastrophe ever seen in Indian history by bulldozing the homes and shops of 63 lakh Delhiites. 50 lakh Delhiites live in unauthorised colonies; 10 lakh…

Lawyer, activist Anwar slips during wazu in river, dies. An Okhla resident aware of the development said Mohammad Anwar, a resident  of Abul Fazal Enclave, had gone to Kashmir to attend a seminar with his relative and after which he went to a river and he stopped for wazu and after which he stood and slipped and drown in Nallah Sindh in Gagangeer area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Monday afternoon, according to a family friend. https://youtu.be/zLOlxlkoaVQ https://twitter.com/theokhlatimes/status/1526218782242488323 The strong water of the river swept him and his body could be fetched from one kilometer, said his relative who…

One injured in Zakir Nagar stabbing incident One person got hurt in a stabbing incident which took place in Zakir Nagar a few minutes ago on Monday, said a resident on the condition of anonymity. One youth was caught by the residents and handed over to the police, said the resident. An eyewitness to the incident, he said initially it was not known what led to the fight but some three or four youngsters mostly teenagers were seen arguing with the person, who was a driver and had parked his car on the road and was sitting there waiting for…

Watch: Amanatullah speaks after meeting called by Kejriwal with AAP MLAs over MCD’s bulldozer over Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan, who was arrested from Madanpur Khadar, for protesting against bulldozer and then released on bail, interacts with the media after meeting called by Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal on Monday with AAP MLAs over MCD’s bulldozer ended. The meeting, which took place at 11 am was initially scheduled for May 14 but it was cancelled due to the massive building fire in Mundka the previous day which claimed the lives of 27 people. Khan turned up late. He shared on his timeline…

With an aim to provide excellent education with advanced infrastructure and to inculcate a habit of reading among the children enrolled in its 539 primary schools, South Delhi Municipal Corporation said it has been making all efforts in this direction. In the New Education Policy 2020, developing the interest of reading books has been considered an integral important step for the development of various basic skills among children. In this series, South DMC, in association with the NGOs, has brought improvements in the infrastructure of the libraries already existing in their schools and has started making them equipped with more…

Jamia revises entrance test schedule Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) on Saturday issued a revised schedule the dates of entrance tests for its undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in view of the extension in the last date of filling CUET form and the ongoing regular examination of CBSE. Exams will be commencing from the second week of June. “The vice-chancellor (Najma Akhtar) has very kindly approved to reschedule the dates of entrance tests… In view of the extension in the last date of filling CUET form and the ongoing regular examination of CBSE,” the university said. Also, it posted the notification along…