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Women’s Day celebrated in Okhla with great fervour Women’s Day was celebrated in Okhla with great fervour on Wednesday with several events lined up. Several NGOs and activists organised events where women and girls in large number participated. On this occasion, Zakir Nagar-headquartered NGO Khedmat said it organised events where women took part. In some place, women were seen taking part in events. Several events were held in Jamia Millia Islamia also maintaining Covid protocol. A webinar was hosted by Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) Women’s Wing on the eve of Women’s Day. Delivering introductory comments JIH Women’s Wing Secretary Atiya Siddiqua…

MCD polls 2022 schedule announcement deferred As news was splashed earlier in the day about the State Election Commissioner (SEC) of Delhi holding press conference to announce date of MCD polls, ticket seekers and party workers were waiting with bated breath as all parties in Delhi have already started preparations. However, according to latest news, while addressing a press conference, State Election Commissioner (SEC) of Delhi, S K Srivastava, said: “I have received some communication from the Central Government at 4.30 pm, so I am not able to announce the dates right now.” Earlier, he was scheduled to announce the…

Endangered Egyptian vultures roosting on Yamuna bank Ecologist and conservationist TK Roy, a regular visitor at Okhla Bird Sanctuary for years, has been monitoring Egyptian vultures which has flocked the Yamuna River. “It’s good indication that disappeared endangered category of threatened Egyptian Vulture’s (Neophron percnopterus) number is increasing in Delhi. Wildlife Dept of NCT of the Delhi Government should initiate for its habitat development for sustainable conservation,” Roy told the OT over phone. According to available data a flock of 58 Egyptian vultures has been roosting at a sandy island in the mid-point of the river Yamuna near ITO. “The…

Jamia V-C Padma Shri Najma delivers motivational, insightful address on Women’s Day A number of programmes was organised by various departments and centres of Jamia Millia Islamia to celebrate International Women’s Day today. The Department of Adult & Continuing Education & Extension (DACEE), Jamia hosted a national webinar on the theme Women: Literacy and Development. Vice Chancellor Professor Najma Akhtar delivered a very motivational and insightful address at a webinar on ‘Gender Equality today for a Sustainable Tomorrow’ organised by the Central University of Odisha. She said gender equality is the most important and influential issue in sustainable development. In order…

Hamari Shairi and Urdu ghazal: A book review I went through Hamari Shairi by Masood Hasan Rizwi for the second time this year, writes Salman Abdus Samad. For the first time in 2014, I read this book but I was unable to understand the discussion in the book. It is important for teacher and student to read Hamari Shairi as it is to read Muqaddama. It is one of Masood Hassan Rizvi’s most remarkable books. This book was first published in 1927 but I completed the book which was published in 1964. When I started to read it, I did…

We need justice and dignity, say women speakers on eve of Women’s Day Women speakers have advocated that equal is not enough for them, but they need justice, equity, access and dignity as well, in a national webinar hosted by Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) Women’s Wing on the eve of Women’s Day. Delivering introductory comments JIH Women’s Wing Secretary Atiya Siddiqua argued on the need to go beyond equality and towards a paradigm of justice. Women speakers, including Professor Poornima Pattanshetty, Educationalist, Noor Mahvish, Law Student Jaya Dwivedi, Social Activist, Dr Sufiya Fatima, member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board…

Relief for residents! Ashram underpass to open for public use in 15 days Huge relief for residents of Delhi-NCR and those from Okhla, who use this route to travel to their destination daily after it is known that construction work of the ongoing underpass at Ashram Chowk is now in its final stage and will be completed within 15 days. This underpass will be opened for the public from March 22, said Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia who also holds the PWD portfolio along with senior department officials inspected the construction work of the underpass. Along with this, the Deputy…

Shaheen Bagh daughter returns from Ukraine, parents had approached NDTV’s Ravish The attack by Russia on Ukraine on February 22 left many Indians deeply worried as large number of Indian students study medicine there. A family in Shaheen Bagh following development in that country was concerned about the wellbeing of their daughter Taskeen Rizwan, a fifth year student, in Ukraine. Aziz said as news splashed he asked his daughter to leave the country as soon as possible as she was stationed in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, at the centre of onslaught. Besides, he said he sent several messages to…

Okhla-based Jamia alumnus & ex-Indian diplomat Rahman part of team in Ukraine neighbour to evacuate stranded Indians  Dr Hifzur Rahman, Okhla-based resident and alumnus of Jamia Millia Islamia, who was Ambassador of India to the Syrian Arab Republic, is part of a Minister’s team which has gone to Poland to oversee evacuation of stranded Indians in war-hit Ukraine. It was on Monday that the Indian Government made a decision to send four Union Ministers to five neighbouring countries of Ukraine to monitor evacuation of Indians, mostly students, who are stranded there following the Russian invasion of the country. Union Ministers…

Cat missing for seven days during house shifting reunites with owner. A pet lover said she was delighted to find her missing cat after seven days. Actually it was during our shifting from one flat to another that the cat ran away after being scared by labourers, said the owner, adding that following the incident she posted the animal photo on social media, requesting netizen to inform her in case they find the cat. For the last seven days I continued visiting my old house to look for my house and to my surprise I found it sitting on the…