Author: theokhlatimes

Woman gives food to beggar, five minutes later she screamed after seeing what he did Usually when people come begging for food at your doors many residents do oblige them. So this Friday, according to a resident, when she heard a man shouting in a street in Okhla asking for food, she rushed out to help him. JOURNALISM CONSUMES MONEY, TIME. SUPPORT US JUST CLICK TO PAY SO THAT WE CONTINUE TO BRING YOU ORIGINAL REPORTS. YOU CAN DONATE Rs 100 AND MORE Rs 500, Rs 1,000 AS WELL After stopping him and enquiring about his health, the Jamia Nagar resident…

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Wahab throws 110 kg biryani, 20 kg zarda feast in honour of Chauhan Bangar Cong councillor Zuber Former Okhla Congress MLA Asif Md Khan’s resident at Kalindi Kunj wore a festive look with Congress flags hoisted everywhere and workers seen in large numbers to welcome Chauhan Bangar Congress councillor Chaudhary Zuber Ahmed who won the local election. https://youtu.be/dyGqF5Xf0DM The event organized by Abdul Wahab Malik saw many Congress workers turning up, including activist Aarfa Khanam, Bittu and others at Kalindi Kunj. And as the welcome event was held, Md Ayub said chefs were busy cooking 110 kg biryani, 20 kg…

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Let’s empower 11-year-old Azharuddin, son of partially blind Hafiz-e-Quran On February 25, the OT ran a story headlined: The story of Hafiz-e-Quran’s 11-year-old son. Two days ago the OT stumbled on the boy again in Abul Fazal Enclave and this time he was with his partially blind father. When the OT noticed that the 11-year-old Azharddin was without his weighing machine which he was carrying earlier urging residents to take weight in exchange of small amount, the reporter enquired and this is what the boy told the OT. The boy said his weighing machine has been broken after a vehicle…

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WhatsApp, Instagram services restored after global outage How much people are banking on social media can be ascertained from the fact that the OT post asking its readers whether they were having problem with WhatsApp and Istagram solicited several comments within seconds with majority writing about the global outage. A few minutes ago some readers commented that the services to WhatsApp, Instagram have been restored after global outage on late Friday night as trouble was reported at 10:55 pm. Services were restored at 11:42 pm, according to media reports. The report of outage couldn’t be posted by OT on its…

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BREAKING: WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram face global outage, including India, according to media report. A resident in Okhla using WhatsApp said he was unable to update file from his PC while trying to send files to his office. A google search showed several reports pointing out towards the fact of outage of WhatsApp. WhatsApp Facing Mass Outage in Multiple Regions; Reason Unknown, reported news18.com a few minutes ago. It is reported that some residents who use the message application for staying in touch with their offices due to Convid while working from home said the noticed the problem on late…

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Proud moment for Okhla!!! Zakir Nagar-based Amin among 16 to scoop State Merit Awards Zakir Nagar-based Muhammad Amin Farooqui was among 15 selected handicraft artisans who were felicitated by the Delhi government with State Awards at an award ceremony held on Friday. Sixteen skilled artisans were selected for the State Awards and State Merit Awards. For both, the years 2016 and 2017, the Department of Industries selected 16 such craftsmen with a remarkable talent to award them with State Awards and State Merit Awards. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said for Indians art is the way of living and artisans…

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Covid jabs to be increased from 40K to 1.25 lakh per day in Delhi, vaccination centres to be doubled Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said that the Delhi government will increase the count of the vaccine jabs from 30000-40000 per day to 1.25 lakh per day along with doubling the vaccination centres from 500 to 1000 in the next few days. The timings for administering the vaccine from 9 AM to 5 PM are also being increased to 9 AM to 9 PM, he added. He appealed to the Centre to provide relaxation in the corona guidelines and open…

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Kaleem ul Hazeez takes political plunge, appointed Delhi chief of Asaduddin Owaisi party AIMIM. Owner of River View hotel in Okhla, Hafeez shared this information a few minutes ago on his timeline. Besides, he also runs a school in his hometown and is a director of Shaheen coaching institute at Okhla. Hafeez confirmed this development to the OT over phone. Earlier, he was known to be close with the AAP Delhi dispensation and at a meeting of Muslim intellectuals which he called at his hotel years ago, he had said to have floated the idea of empowering Muslims through education.…

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Stay cautious of Covid-19, situation in Delhi under control: Jain Minister of Health and Family Welfare Satyendar Jain today undertook a press conference to update the daily Delhi Health Bulletin in which he addressed COVID-19 updates, the positivity rate of Delhi concerning other states as well. He said that Delhi’s positivity rate is 0.6 per cent which was the lowest compared to states like Maharashtra, Gujarat, Kerala, Punjab, MP and Haryana. The Minister also said that Delhi’s testing capacity is 5 times that of the national average and that the Delhi government was very careful and aware. “Delhi is well…

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