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Watch: This Okhla’s mosque to open its isolation centre to Covid patients of all faiths Okhla-based Islah Masjid is to start Covid isolation centre, with the mosque Imam telling the OT that the facility will be open to Covid patients of all faith. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SURVIVE. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY https://youtu.be/h7tMfJd2fVc The isolation facility by the mosque will be operational from the premises of a school in the neighbourhood at Nafees road. SPONSORED: 2 Batla House–based entrepreneurs launch alkhadim app so that you can shop from…

‘JIH spent huge amount on mosque but did little to expand Al-Shifa,’ writes scribe after ‘death of woman denied admission in hospital’; Al-Shifa responds A post is doing the rounds in the virtual world in Okhla of a journalist in which he has criticised Jamaat-e-Islami (Hindi) for failing to add more beds in Al-Shifa hospital and spending huge amount for extension of its Ishat-e-Islam mosque building. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SURVIVE. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY Tarique Anwar wrote this after he said a woman patient known to him…

Islah Masjid to open Covid isolation centre, first mosque in Okhla to do so Four days after Delhi Waqf Board chairman and Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan in a video message had urged mosques to set up isolation centres and oxygen beds for Covid patients, the OT has come to know that Zakir Nagar-based Islah Masjid is getting ready to open one. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SURVIVE. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY https://youtu.be/h7tMfJd2fVc The isolation facility by the mosque will be operational from the premises of a school in the…

Reason behind delay in opening of Noor Nagar Covid facility revealed Four days ago when Delhi Waqf Board chairman and Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan in a video message had announced that he is planning to add 30 oxygen beds at Noor Nagar school, many were looking forward. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SURVIVE. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY However, the opening has been delayed. On Monday, the OT spoke with MLA Khan to know about the development. He said: “It will be operational in two days. Other things are in…

Radha Soami Satsang Beas to have 200 bed ICU facility: Kejriwal Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said we are also trying to increase O2 beds in Delhi. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SURVIVE. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY “Today morning, I visited the centre that has been created at the Radha Soami Satsang Beas. It has started functioning as of 10 am today morning. There are 150 beds as of now, in the next 2-3 days this will be pushed to 500 beds then 2000 beds and finally 5000…

Delhi to give free Covid shot to 18 +: Kejriwal Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said Delhi will provide free of cost vaccination to everyone above 18 years of age. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SURVIVE. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY He said Covid-19 has begun to affect also those below 18 years of age. If these vaccines are effective for their age group, or any special vaccines can be manufactured for children, the Central government should allow the administration of vaccines to children below 18 years. SPONSORED: 2…

Mismatch between virtual oxygen help, ground reality in Okhla If you are regular on Facebook and WhatsApp and reside in Okhla, you get a feeling that Covid patients and their relatives are facing no hardship due to setting up of helpline and claims by many, including some leaders and Muslim religious organisations, of helping people with oxygen, medicines and plasma. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SURVIVE. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY However, the ground reality is just the opposite. Many Okhla residents in look for oxygen have informed the OT…

SDMC deploys 80 auto tippers to lift bio-medical waste from homes of Covid patients: Mayor Anamika  Mayor Anamika today said the SDMC has taken additional measures to lift bio-medical waste and municipal solid waste (MSW) from the homes of Covid positive patients. SPONSORED: 2 Batla House–based entrepreneurs launch alkhadim app so that you can shop from comfort of your house  A total of 80 auto tippers have been deployed especially for this work, it said. Nearly 250 kilograms bio-medical waste and nearly 200 metric tonnes of MSW have been lifted till Sunday from homes where Covid patients are at isolation,…

Formed 8-point programme to assist Covid patients, launches Covid Relief Task Force in Okhla: Jamaat Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) president Syed Sadatullah HusaIni, along with the Students Islamic Organisation, (SIO) president today launched a here countrywide network – Covid Relief Task Force for timely providing help to Covid-19 affected people. SPONSORED: 2 Batla House–based entrepreneurs launch alkhadim app so that you can shop from comfort of your house Through this network, the SIO will provide information related to oxygen, hospital beds, plasma, medicines and other health requirements to corona patients quickly, it said. “For this purpose, a 24/7 helpline has been…

Afshan, wife of ex-AMU V-C & MANUU Delhi incharge, no more The death of Afshan Rehman on April 24, Assistant Registrar and In-charge, Regional Centre Delhi located in Okhla, was mourned online. She was 59 years. JOURNALISM CONSUMES MONEY, TIME. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY She has left behind two sons Moiz Rahman and Monis Rahman. She was the wife of late Dr Mahmoodur Rahman (IAS Retd) & former Vice-Chancellor Aligarh Muslim University. Afshan joined MANUU on December 2, 2005 as Assistant Registrar at Regional Centre, Mumbai. She was rendering her services…