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Watch: Released on bail, Amanatullah gets rapturous welcome Released on bail, Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan gets rapturous welcome with his supporters and fans reaching Tihar to receive him. As he stepped outside the jail, sloganeering started in his support and he was hugged and lifted, said Khan’s close aide Firoz who was at the jail. Khan was arrested on Thursday at Kanchan Kunj where he had gone to lodge protest against the SDMC’s anti-encroachment drive. https://youtu.be/GHIHt3R_UR8 A Delhi court on Friday granted bail to Khan in a case of alleged rioting and obstructing public servants from discharging their duty. Delhi…

Watch: AAP bigwigs’ silence over MLA Amanatullah’s arrest draws flak, local markets shut Though celebrations have begun in Okhla after reports surfaced of MLA Amanatullah Khan, arrested on Thursday from Kanchan Kunj, being granted bail by the court on Friday, markets in several areas of the area remained shut after Khan’s wife had appealed to Okhlaliites to keep shops closed from 9 am to 5 pm in solidarity with the arrested MLA. https://youtu.be/ZZHLs8r39go Khan was arrested by the Delhi police on charges of “rioting and obstructing public servants from discharging their duty” after he went on the spot to express…

Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan gets bail, according to his close aide. Firoz told the OT over phone that the MLA, who was presented in the court today, got bail a few minutes ago. When asked when he will be released, he said it might be after 8 pm after all papers are cleared. More details on the bail is awaited as the OT gets it will be updated in the story. After his arrest from the anti-encroachment drive in Madanpur Khadar where he had gone to expressed his displeasure about the drive, Khan’s wife had appealed Okhla shopkeepers to keep…

Watch: The OT busts disinformation about Shaheen Bagh The OT busts disinformation about Shaheen Bagh days after a video by one YouTuber going viral with 19 million views on social media. https://youtu.be/YQeGxlBXhpQ The OT was first to carry a story on May 10. You can read it here: https://www.theokhlatimes.com/shaheen-bagh-video/ In the video, the YouTuber is interviewing people coming out of a mosque in Shaheen Bagh most probably after Friday prayer and just asking them one question: Are you Bangladeshi? Many people said yes. The video went viral and fits in to some elements’ narrative that Bangladeshis and Rohingyas reside in…

Amanatullaha’s arrest unconstitutional, says MLA’s wife, calls for Okhla bandh The arrest of Ammanatullah Khan on Thursday from Kanchan Kunj is unsconstitutional, according to the MLA’s wife Shafia. In a social media post shared on Khan’s official timeline she wrote in Hindi: “He has been sent behind the bars for raising the voice of public. I request Okhla residents to keep their shops closed from 9 am to 5 pm to protest his arrest…” “अमानुतल्लाह खान की गिरफ्तारी असंवैधानिक है, जनता की आवाज़ बुलंद करने पर उन्हें सलाखों के पीछे भेजा गया है। ओखला की आवाम से मेरी गुज़ारिश है…

Action against 4 illegally constructed buildings in Madanpur Khadar: SDMC, anti-encroachment drive in other areas held The SDMC said its anti-encroachment team took action on four illegally constructed buildings in Madanpur Khadar area of Central Zone. https://youtu.be/uqrcctdBA8Q It was here that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Amanatullah Khan, who was among those agitating against the drive, has been detained along with others, the Delhi police said, as per PTI. However, the AAP leader claimed he has been arrested by the Delhi police. “Delhi Police has arrested me. Can imprison me, not my spirits,” Khan said in a tweet in Hindi.…

Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan detained a few minutes ago from Kanchan Kunj where he had gone with his supporters after coming to know about anti-encroachment drive on Thursday. UPDATE: According to ANI report a few minutes ago, in the encroachment removal drive in the area of Madanpur khadar of PS Kalindi Kunj, Amanatullah Khan, along with 5 other supporters, was arrested in Case FIR No. 246/2022 U/s 186/333/353/147/148/149/153 for rioting & obstructing public servants in discharge of duty: Delhi Police.” https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1524791643773476865 https://youtu.be/uqrcctdBA8Q https://youtu.be/6TyKXcKoEaI In a video uploaded by a news agency it can be seen that Amanatullah is being taken into…

Bulldozers role in Kanchan Kunj, very close to Shaheen Bagh on Thursday with the media crowd missing from the spot. Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan reached spot as anti-encroachment drive continued amid heavy security. Congress leaders active in Shaheen Bagh went missing till the filing of the report as AIMIM Delhi president Kaleem-ul-Hafeez and Councillor Wajid Khan were present on the spot, said sources. https://youtu.be/6TyKXcKoEaI Khan objected the anti-encroachment drive and sat on the road for a few minutes with his associates. Many residents cried foul over the development. Khan objected the anti-encroachment drive and sat on the road for a…

SDMC continues anti-encroachments drive, know where bulldozers rolled today The South Delhi Municipal Corporation, while continuing its drive to remove illegal encroachment, today carried out removal of illegal encroachments on a massive level on government land from roads, pavements and footpaths in all four zones. https://youtu.be/u6cp_Uhp94Q The civic agency said it undertook action in Madhuvihar, Chaukhandi, Janakpuri, Chhatarpur and Meherchand market in Lodi Road area where illegal encroachment on roads and footpaths was removed. The SDMC, during today’s action, demolished the structures built illegally on government land, especially outside shops and illegal hoardings were removed. In Najafgarh Zone’s Madhuvihar area,…

MP’s Urdu topper, Stuti, given rapturous welcome in Okhla Forum for Intellectual Discourse arranged a reception to welcome Stuti Agarwal, who has secured 95 percent marks in Urdu in Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education examination, being among the subject toppers in the State, inspiring those who take Urdu as a subject, writes Manzar Imam. In an effortless chaste Urdu, Stuti said: “I had left convent because there was no Urdu.” Prof Tasneem Fatma had told me: “If you wish to study Urdu, study it so passionately that one day you become like Gopi Chand Narang.” The event was held…