Author: theokhlatimes

Submit plan to raze 3 garbage mountains at Ghazipur, Bhalaswa and Okhla: L-G to officials The Lt Governor of Delhi, VK Saxena, visited the sanitary landfill site at Ghazipur and issued categorical instructions to officers to submit a plan of action within the next three days for complete razing of all three garbage mountains situated at Ghazipur, Bhalaswa and Okhla. He also instructed that a dedicated team of officers be constituted to draw out the plan of action mentioning a fixed date of completion. He suggested adopting the reverse engineering model so as to ensure that the deadlines are met…

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MANUU UG admissions through CUET, date extended The portal for submission of online applications for admission into undergraduate courses through Common University Entrance Test (CUET) by National Testing Agency (NTA) for all the central universities including Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) is reopened and will be available till May 31, 2022 by 9:00 p.m.  The NTA has reopened the portal in view of representations received from the candidates. MANUU is offering admissions into undergraduate regular courses B.A., BA Hons (Journalism & Mass Communication), B.Com., B.Sc. (MPC, MPCS, ZBC), B.Voc. (Medical Imaging Technology & Medical Laboratory Technology), B.Tech. Computer Science…

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RWA Abul Fazal Enclave to guide CUCET aspirants: All you need to know RWA Abul Fazal Enclave is providing “free” offline coaching classes to aspirants who are preparing for entrance exams of CUCET/Jamia Millia Islamia/AMU/ DU/ IPU. Limited seats first come first serve, said the RWA representative. Registration charge only Rs 500 (no other fee), said the RWA. “Muslim Education Foundation with RWA (A-D block) Abul Fazal Enclave offers free coaching classes for upcoming CUCET /JMI/AMU/DU entrance exams for Admission in: BA (Political science/Sociology/Psychology/Geography), BA programme, BA (Economics), BBA/B Com, BEd (General/Special/Nursery), DElEd (ETE). Last date to apply is May…

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Another feather in Jamia Prof Naved’s cap The University of Melbourne, Australia has extended an invitation to Prof Naved Iqbal, Department of Psychology, Jamia Millia Islamia, to be an Honorary Principal Fellow for three years. Prof Iqbal has accepted the invitation and under this role, he will be involved with the research and teaching at the Centre for Wellbeing Science in Melbourne Graduate School of Education, the University of Melbourne. According to the QS World University Rankings 2022, the University of Melbourne is at the second place among the top universities in Australia and 37th position in the world. Earlier,…

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Rare sighting of Buff Striped Keelback snake With mercury levels continuing to rise across Delhi-NCR, snakes are coming out of their burrows and pits to take shelter in places such as gardens, kitchens and even hostels. Among many, Wildlife SOS rescued a rare Buff Striped Keelback snake from a residential society in Motibagh. A few days ago, the Wildlife SOS team had rescued a three-feet-long Monitor Lizard at DMRC Apartments, Sarita Vihar. The reptile was initially seen crawling along the window sill but ended up trapped between the window panes. Residents of a South Motibagh complex, near Sadhu Vaswani International…

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NDTV journalist Munne Bharti, a resident of Okhla, has been bereaved. A few minutes ago he wrote on his timeline that his father passed away today. The body will be taken to Vaishali in Bihar at 3 pm, he wrote on his timeline. A resident of Shaheen Bagh, Munne Bharti is also chairman of Okhla Press Club which he floated a few months ago with his friends. He said his father suffered heart attack a few hours ago on Thursday morning. He was in ICU for the last few days and it was on Wednesday that we got him to…

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MCD Commissioner meets newly appointed Delhi L-G MCD Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti paid courtesy visit to newly appointed Lieutenant Governor (L-G) of Delhi Vinai Kumar Saxena and greeted him. On the occasion, the Commissioner informed the L-G about the works related to unification of erstwhile three MCDs and also apprised him of steps being taken by the corporation to provide better and improved civic amenities to the citizens of Delhi. Bharti said he looks forward for the L-G’s guidance and support so as to impart best civic amenities to the citizens of Delhi. The MCD Commissioner informed the L-G that despite…

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‘Media must be messenger of peace’ Media has a huge responsibility of nation building as a fourth pillar of democracy and without peace this can’t be achieved. Peace among the communities and society is the responsibility of media and for this dissemination of information should be based on fact not on truth. Truth can be varied from person to person as per their point of view, but fact will remain same. Prof. K G Suresh, Vice-Chancellor, Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism & Communication, Bhopal expressed these views today while describing media as bridge between society and the government in an…

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Travel free in e-buses till May 26, 150 electric buses hit Delhi’s roads The Delhi Government has taken a landmark step in its fight against pollution today. 150 electric buses hit Delhi’s roads after being flagged off by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The CM travelled in Delhi’s new e-bus fleet from IP Depot to Rajghat Depot on this occasion. Notably, Delhiites can enjoy free travel in all e-buses till May 26th. Kejriwal stated: “150 more electric buses to be added by next month; Delhi to boast of 2,000 new e-buses and 600-700 CNG buses by next year. Huge leap in…

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Badre Alam felicitated for Covid vaccination drive AAJMI post bearer Badre Alam was honoured for his work for vaccination programme implementation in Delhi and Okhla a few days ago. Vaccine cold chain manager South East Delhi, Alam, who is also an alumnus of Jamia Millia Islamia, said he was honoured for his work. “A few glimpses of review meeting held at Holiday Inn for three days and appreciation for input in Covid vaccination programme implementation. I am really glad to be a part of this project. Special thanks to… Amit Singla IAS (secretary H&FW), Dr Monika Rana (director DFW), Dr…

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