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Jamia School teacher Haris Haq bereaved Jamia School teacher and university alumnus Haris Haq bereaved. According to Jamia School teacher Syed Mohd Kazim, Haris brother Ch Rehanul Haq died and tadfeen to take place on in Batla House graveyard after zohar prayer on Sunday. Haris told the OT over phone that his brother died of heart attack on Saturday 7 pm at his Batla House flat. Rehanul was 62 years old and was associated with Jamia Cooperative Bank. On Saturday night he collapsed on his chair in his flat while one of his sons was pressing his leg, he said,…

Delhi Govt schools intensify preparations for board examinations from April 26 The Directorate of Education (DoE) has intensified the preparations to empower Delhi students for the upcoming board exams. As CBSE has now announced that it will conduct the board examination from April 26, 2022 onwards, schools have started preparing students for the examinations, it said. A meeting regarding the same was conducted by the Director Education on Saturday. The DoE has directed the Heads of Schools (HoSs) to ensure that students of senior secondary sections, class 10 and 12 attend the classes regularly. For next two months, teachers should…

MCD poll: Rat race in Okhla for party ticket The date of MCD elections 2022 in Delhi is yet to be announced but political aspirants have started their campaign to not only win hearts and minds of residents but also to impress their parties’ post-bearers to grab a ticket. The aspirants are in a rate-race particularly in two Muslim dominated wards, Abul Fazal Enclave and Zakir Nagar, which have been reserved for women. Both sitting AAP Councillor Wajid Khan and Congress Councillor Shoaib Danish fighting anti-incumbency, opposition parties are strongly feeling that there is an opportunity to get ticket and…

Bater (quail) meat report top search on OT this winter, readers searching for address Community portal has noticed that this winter many foodies who love bater (quail) meat are searching for its address on the OT. When this portal had ran a report last year on one eatery in Okhla providing bater meat it was a huge hit with many turning up at the shop in Abul Fazal Enclave to relish the meat. And once again the portal has seen readers searching for it and visiting the portal which earlier had carried the address of the outlet. ALSO READ: Bater…

Delhi MCD poll: Majlis begins selection process for candidates The Majlis has become a force in Delhi and Muslims, Dalits and the oppressed are joining the Majlis which is a welcome development, said All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-e-Muslimeen AIMIM Delhi president Kaleem Ul Hafeez. Those who want to participate in the election on the ticket of Majlis should submit their applications as soon as possible, said Hafeez. “We all have increasing responsibilities, we all have the same goal to win as many Majlis corporators as possible and get the opportunity to serve the people of Delhi,” he said. The opposition political parties…

Residents can get C&D waste, debris removed by tweeting grievances: SDMC In view of Swachh Survekshan-2022, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) said it has been carrying out Special Swachhta campaigns to make people aware of composting of wet waste and segregation of waste. In this series, citizens can get C&D waste and debris removed by tweeting their grievances to SDMC’S official Tweeter Handle @OfficialSdmc. The SDMC team will reach the area/spot and will ensure removal of C&D waste and debris. Through this initiative, SDMC has aimed to address such issues/grievances in a speedy manner, it said. In South Zone,…

Some Jamia Millia Islamia students protested again on Friday for the reopening of the campus and resumption of classes physically. A student said some were detained and then released. Jamia Proctor Waseem Ahmed Khan told the OT over phone that some students who were protesting were detained and released later in the day. Earlier in the day students had posted on Instagram about holding protest for reopening of the university even after they were informed that it will be opened in phased manners, said Khan, adding that security was beefed up on the campus. After being released, the students issued…

Gentle, wife detained for holding ‘protest’ without permission in Shaheen Bagh, released; MLA Amanatullah posts in favour Congress leader Gentle Hydatullah, his wife Daniya Afreen and another activist Kaneez Fatima were detained from Shaheen Bagh and then released after a few minutes on Thursday after Maghrib prayer where they had gone to hold protest over hijab row, according to Gentle’s family members. Local YouTubers and digital journalists said they were informed that Gentle was detained as he had not taken permission for holding the protest. The protest was planned a day after AIMIM Okhla organised a peaceful protest march in…

Ex-Okhla MLA Asif’s daughter should contest from Abul Fazal Enclave: Noor Nawaz Khan Former-Congress Okhla MLA Asif Md Khan’s daughter should contest from ward 102S, wrote Noor Nawaz Khan a few minutes ago on the social media. Commenting on a post of one Salman Malik, who appears to be very close to former MLA Khan, Noor Nawaz, who is also director of two coaching institutes based in Okhla and had unsuccessfully contested MCD elections years ago, batted for Khan’s daughter Areeba. Malik shared photo of Khan, his daughter standing with him with a small caption. “Areeba is ex-student of Study…

Neha Rathore’s song ka ba reaches Abul Fazal Enclave, know who tried it in Okhla Neha Singh Rathore’s song ka ba in Bihar earlier and now in UP has now reached Abul Fazal Enclave ward number 101S with Parvez Alam, a photographer-turned politician, trying it to corner his political opponent AAP Councillor Wajid Khan. A video being shared by him and his ardent supporters in the virtual world shows him trying to sing on the line of Rathore UP mein ka ba replacing UP with Abul Fazal mein ka ba. He is seen singing the lines and pointing out the…