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Watch: Feisty Aarfa wipes tears of bereaved family who lost daughter, grandkid during delivery When Advocate and Congress leader Aarfa Khanam got a call from a resident about the unfortunate incident unfolding at Shaheen Bagh hospital on Sunday night, she with her husband rushed to the spot to wipe tears of the bereaved family who “lost their daughter and newborn grandchild during delivery in a local hospital”. https://youtu.be/yXr92dIE_fw ALSO READ: Watch: Ruckus at Shaheen Bagh hospital after woman, newborn die during delivery, alleges Aarfa; hospital declines to comment Feisty Aarfa in her own style after consoling the family members did…

Fake international call centre duping US citizens busted, 8 arrested A fake call centre has been busted and ten mobile phones, seven laptops with six keyboards, six computer monitors, four CPUs and one Wi-Fi router with modem were recovered, said the police on Monday. They were accused of allegedly duping foreign nationals by posing as members of the technical support team of Amazon and PayPal, officials said on Monday. Police said a few days ago information was received at Cyber Police Station that a fake international call centre was being operated at Okhla Vihar. Following the development, the police said…

CUET 2022: Jamia advises students to follow university portal for updates After the University Grants Commission (UGC) and National Testing Agency (NTA) announced the Common Universities Entrance Test (CUET) for admission to various Integrated/Under-Graduate, Post Graduate and Research Programmes in 45 Central Universities, State Universities, deemed to be University of India, many universities are getting ready for it. The CUET 2022 application date is between April 2 and April 30. Following the development, Jamia Millia Islamia said on Monday that it will adopt the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) for admitting students in undergraduate programmes for the 2022-23 academic session.…

Watch: Ruckus at Shaheen Bagh hospital after woman, newborn die during delivery, alleges Aarfa; hospital declines to comment Ruckus at Shaheen Bagh hospital after words spread in the locality that a woman and her newborn die during delivery. Advocate and Congress leader Aarfa Khanam in a live FB address informed the netizens about the unfortunate incident, saying a woman and a newborn died during delivery due to negligence of Cribs hospital doctors, a claim that the OT was unable to authenticate independently. However, the cause of deaths of two will only be known after the post-mortem reports, said sources. In…

Watch: 2K files of sanitiser distributed, free eye checkup camp held Free distribution of 2,000 files of sanitiser and hand wash cream, along with mask, was organised by EarthCare Mission from 9.30 to 11 am at Thokar No. 4, Abul Fazal Enclave, according to members of EarthCare Mission. https://youtu.be/RP1FGTag1nQ “Also, free eye check-up camp by the co- operation of Dr Jyoti, eye-specialist was organised at Thoker No. 4, eye-centre and more than 70 patients vailed the benefit of this free check-up camp,” said Er SZI Hashmi. M M Hashmi, Azhar Alam, Athar Alam Advocates, Parwez Ahmad Social Activist and Master…

Najma among 3 ladies in Jamia history who played key roles in progress of Jamia since inception: Jamia Teachers’ body Padma Shri Prof Najma Akhtar is among the three ladies in the history of Jamia Millia Islamia who played key roles in the progress of the institution since its inception, said JTA Secretary Dr Irfan Qureshi while felicitating the Vice Chancellor days ago at Ansari Auditorium after Najma was awarded with Padma Shri. https://youtu.be/Ic-fRkiyKcQ The other two are Bi Amma and Gerda Philisborn, said Qureshi, adding that under the dynamic leadership of Prof Akhtar the university improved its performance at…

Where to pray 7-day Taraweeh in Abul Fazal Enclave With the month of Ramzan starting from April 2 and for the first in two years in post-pandemic, taraweeh will be held across the city. Though many people prefer to read taraweeh for the whole month, the duration of Ramzan, after which Eid is celebrated, there are many places in Jamia Nagar where seven-day taraweeh is also organised. One such poster has surfaced in the locality in which it is written that those who want to attend seven-day taraweeh should join or come to their place. After the OT placed photo…

Admissions in distance programmes of MANUU, all you need to know Admissions are open for distance mode courses of Maulana Azad National Urdu University for 2021-22 January session. The admissions are available for MA Urdu, BCom., Diploma in Teach English, Diploma in Journalism & Mass Communication, Certificate in Proficiency in Urdu through English and Certificate in Functional English. According to Prof. Mohd. Razaullah Khan, Director I/c, Directorate of Distance Education (DDE) the last date for submission of online application form and fee payment is March 31, 2022. The e-prospectus, online application forms, and fee details are available at manuu.edu.in/dde (Admission…

Okhla leaders spend millions of rupees on illegal posters, biryani feasts, but don’t have money to gift wheel-chair to divyang Even when the MCD election date was yet to be announced in Delhi, preparations for the election in Jamia Nagar had started with politicians, including ticket seekers, spending a huge amount on illegal posters by defacing walls and hosting feasts on daily basis, to impress upon their bosses in the party. Every Tom, Dick and Harry with whatever resources at hands frittered away millions of rupees in self-promotion, said an Okhla watcher, adding that a few even went to the…

Rs 10 cr boarding school for homeless children, beggars: Delhi Govt The Delhi government will build Rs 10 crore state-of-the-art school and rehabilitation centre for homeless children and beggars, said Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday while presented the budget in the House. The CM said: “There’s a huge announcement that was made in the budget today regarding the homeless kids of Delhi. There are so many innocent children who have been forced into the act of begging. No government wants to help such children because they aren’t voters. “We have allocated ten crores rupees to build a residential state of the…