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Rain brings relief to residents but leads to traffic jams Rain and gusty winds provided people a respite from hot and humid weather in Okhla on Friday night, bringing the maximum temperature down. But residents coming from Kalindi Kunj said there was traffic jam in the area. DEVELOPING STORY

Jamia Nagar SHO Satish says goodbye Jamia Nagar SHO Satish Kumar has been transferred from Jamia Nagar Police Station, according to sources. https://twitter.com/theokhlatimes/status/1527608216003411968 Sudhar Trust NGO Sagir Abbasi said he has been transferred from Jamia Nagar Police Station after one and a half year’s tenure. Rizwan Khan said it is a routine transfer. Two days ago an event was organised by Sikhar NGO to bid him farewell. During the event, the SHO praised our work of guiding students at the Jamia Nagar Police Public Library.

Azam Khan out on bail: Amanatullah and Okhla netizens’ reactions Okhla is a place where you will find people from across India and when some developments take place across the country, residents to express their views in the virtual world. After reports surfaced of Rampur MLA Azam Khan walking out of jail day after the Supreme Court granted him bail, many netizens in Okhla flooded the social media with messages with some even sharing old photo of him with them. Mohammad Azam Khan, is a Samajwadi Party leader and Rampur MLA and he was in jail for the last two…

RCA, JMI invites application for free IAS(2022-2023) Coaching New Delhi, May 19: The Residential Coaching Academy (RCA), Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) is inviting applications for Free Coaching (with hostel facility) for the preparation of Civil Services (Preliminary-cum-Main) Examination-2022-2023 from Minority, SC, ST, and Women candidates. The last date for the submission of the online application form is 15th June, 2022. The university will conduct entrance examination for the selection of candidates on 2nd July, 2022 at ten centres- Delhi, Srinagar, Jammu, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Lucknow, Guwahati, Patna, Bengaluru and Malappuram (Kerala). Ever since its inception RCA has produced more than 245…

Focus on bold, innovative research ideas, Delhi State universities told The Delhi Government has time and again reinforced  that the development of any nation runs parallel to the amount of research being conducted by its universities for the welfare of society. In view of the same, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday, reviewed the research projects of state universities and urged them to focus on innovative research work. Speaking of the research work being done by state universities in Delhi, Sisodia said: “Over the years, state universities have worked hard to achieve greater heights as institutions. But now they…

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…