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Took action against illegal dairy mafia, impounded 211 stray cattle, demolished temporary sheds: SDMC Following the High Court’s order, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation said it has taken major action against illegal dairies running beneath Baba Banda Singh Bahadur bridge in Kotla Mubarakpur and has demolished the temporary construction set up by the dairy owners in past few days. The SDMC said it took strict action against illegal dairy mafia, impounded 211 stray cattle and demolished all temporary sheds & sealed the premises. The civic agency said it carried out the operation with the help of the police force. “During…

5-lakh Rohingyas, Bangladeshis residing illegally in city, tell us about them: BJP leader urges Delhiites Delhiites have been asked to inform BJP about Rohingyas and Bangladeshis living illegally here. This was announced by Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta on Saturday. He claimed that around five lakh Rohingyas and Bangladeshis live in the city. “Delhi people will have to come forward to deal with the problem of illegal Rohingyas and Bangladeshis living in Delhi. We appeal to the people of Delhi to tell us about the illegal Rohingyas and Bangladeshis settled near their area. The municipal corporations will take action against…

Watch: Al-Bake’s owner talking about Friday incident After months of hiatus, food critic Javed Khan resumes food reviews. In the first one after Ramzan, he visited Al-Bake in New Friends’ Community Centre on Saturday to cover the terrace collapse incident from ground zero. After interacting with the Al-Bake’s owner Saquib Beg, Khan walks through the shop’s other part where business as usual was going with food lovers relishing Al-Bake’s shawarma. https://youtu.be/UP44HSydmzE The incident, which got wide attention in the locality, took place on Friday night. Luckily, no major incident happened as Saquib said a few delivery boys who had sustained…

Cooking gas cylinders’ price hiked The price of domestic cooking gas was hiked by ₹ 50 per cylinder on Saturday, according to media reports. This is the second increase in two months. With the latest increase, now a 14.2-kg non-subsidised cooking gas cylinder, also known as LPG cylinder, will now cost ₹ 999.50 in Delhi. The last hike in domestic LPG prices took place on March 22, when the price was increased by ₹ 50. There was no increase in the price of this cylinder in the month of April, reported NDTV. A 19-kg commercial LPG cylinder now cost ₹…

Watch: Update on Shawarma King Al-Bake incident A video of the collapse of a concrete terrace at Shawarma King Al-Bake surfaced on Friday night. In the video it is seen that a terrace has collapsed leading to people shouting and some even making videos from their mobile phones. Within minutes the video started doing the rounds in the social media. https://youtu.be/hizAl_5nQIg The OT spoke with Al-Bake owner who said the incident took place at around 7 pm on Friday and all was fine with one delivery boy sustaining minor injuries. Al-Bake Okhla franchise owner Adam, who shared a few photos and…

Watch: Amanatullah breaks silence, visits anti-encroachment site at Shaheen Bagh Okhla AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan’s silence over the proposed anti-encroachment drive at Shaheen Bagh by the SMDC has been talk of Okhla until the MLA turned up at the site on Friday at 5 pm. https://youtu.be/Rm6eJqW-ZeE According to sources, the MLA with his some associates was seen interacting with the shopkeepers. A video of which surfaced on social media in which the MLA and his one associate are seen convincing shopkeepers to not keep their items on road and stay in their boundary.’ After the news surfaced on Wednesday that…

Patriotic fervour: 115-feet high Tricolour unfurled in Shaheen Bagh 115-feet high National Flag was unfurled in two places in Shaheen Bagh and at Okhla Head today by local AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan, said residents. Khan with some of his associates was seen at his Shaheen Bagh office and Kalindi Kunj unfurling the flag. To celebrate the 75th anniversary of India’s independence, the Delhi Government had announced months ago about its plan to hoist 115-foot national flags at 75 locations across the city on January 27. The installation of the high-mast national flags is being done by the Public Works Department…

Illuminating the brain: Researchers from JMI and NIH, USA jointly develops optogenetic tool for neurological disorders Researchers at the Multidisciplinary Centre for Advanced Research and Studies (MCARS), Jamia Millia Islamia(JMI), in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA have developed an optogenetic reporter to study molecular trafficking in neurons. The tool was developed by the lead author of the study, Dr. Tanveer Ahmad who did his postdoctoral training at NIH, before joining MCARS, JMI as Assistant Professor. Leveraging the potential of phototropic receptors known as Light-oxygen- voltage sensing domains derived from the plant Avena sativa (used to derive…

Watch: Media sensationalising Shaheen Bagh anti-encroachment drive, says ex-Okhla Cong MLA Asif Media is sensationalising Shaheen Bagh anti-encroachment drive, according to former Okhla Congress MLA Asif Md Khan. https://youtu.be/4eUwZJ502hM He said he is not against anti-encroachment drive but the way media is raising the issue. “Today a journalist came to interview me and she tried to provoke me by making senseless claims, which is shameless as it is only media which can do justice by highlighting the issue in the right way,” he said. Since reports surfaced days ago in the media about the SDMC’s plan to start anti-encroachment drive…

Shaheen Bagh diary: Major developments in locality on Thursday After the news surfaced on Wednesday that the SDMC’s anti-encroachment drives will take place in Shaheen Bagh all eyes were on Thursday with residents talking about media reports. https://youtu.be/X-GwaK4BTN8 The media started coming to Okhla early morning to cover the demolition with some even giving colourful headlines. An auto driver said media vans started coming at 9 pm most probably to cover the development. Some reporters were seen outside the shops pointing out to the new look with owners preferring to shift their items from roads to stay safe and not…