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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…
AAP MLA Amanatullah declared history-sheeter, bad character: Delhi Police; move to defame him, Khan’s lawyer The Delhi Police has opened a history-sheet on AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan to “keep his activities under surveillance as prosecutions failed to keep him in check”, reported the TOI. The Delhi Police declared Okhla’s AAP MLA Khan as “Bad Character” (BC) of Jamia Nagar area. “AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan declared history-sheeter & bad character on March 30. 18 FIRs registered against him till now: Delhi Police He was arrested by Delhi Police at Madanpur Khadar y’day, where SDMC conducted an anti-encroachment drive; later, he was…
Kejriwal visits Mundka fire site, announces Rs 10 lakh to kin of deceased Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal visited Mundka fire tragedy site to oversee rescue operations today. The CM met with families of the deceased as well as the injured victims. He assured full support to everyone affected during the visit and said no culprit will be spared. About 30 people could be dead from the inferno that tore through a building in Mundka and 29 are missing, officials said on Saturday. The fire was reported on Friday. “The building had a single escape route which is why there were…
Activist Sharib’s father Sirajul Hassan loses battle to cancer Okhla residents are mourning the death of activist Sharib’s father Sirajul Hassan. Sharib’s father, who was unwell for days and undergoing treatment at a Delhi hospital, passed away a few hours ago, said a family friend Md Jabir. Sharib shared the information about his father’s death on the social media soliciting hundreds of condolence messages. Jabir said Sirajul Hassan, 67, is to be laid to rest at Shaheen Bagh graveyard most probably at 9.30 pm today. On January 12, Sharib had informed the OT that his father had tested Covid positive…
Khadar-Jaitpur road accident: Residents turn good Samaritans Residents turned good Samaritans in Jaipur as they rushed to help a man who sustained injuries after his scooty was hit by a vehicle, said Anas. He told the OT over phone that residents rushed to help the man and picked him at night and stopped an auto so that he could be taken to hospital. The accident happened on Khadar-Jaitpur road, he said, adding that the man received minor injuries on his head and face. He said the vehicle which hit left the place and hence the man was found on the…
JMI extends last date of online filling of Application Forms In view of the extension in the last date of CUET Admission form, the Vice-Chancellor, JMI has very kindly approved the extension in the last date of the filling of online application form for all JMI Post Graduate/Under Graduate /PG Diploma/Advanced Diploma/Diploma programmes and Foreign Nationals/NRI wards except Ph.D. programmes for the Academic Session 2022-2023 from 13th May, 2022 to 25th May, 2022. The applicants who have applied for JMI programmes under CUET are also required to fill the JMI registration form at the university examinations website till 25.05.2022.