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JMI declares Entrance Test Results of 17 Programmes The Office of the Controller of Examinations, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) has declared entrance test results of seventeen programs for the session 2023-24. List of provisionally selected candidates is available on JMI Examinations’ website i.e. www.jmicoe.in. The admission process for the following programmes shall begin from 10th July, 2023 and end on 14th July, 2023. 1 M08 MA Economics 2 M09 MA Political Science 3 M11 MA Public Admin. 4 M12 MA Sociology 5 A09 Advance Diploma in Counseling Psychology 6 B13 Bachelor in Library Science 7 B10 BFA Painting 8 B12…

Airtel xstream fiber internet is not working in this part of AFE since late night, according to residents. A resident said despite complaint nobody has come yet to fix the connection. The cause of disruption in Xtream fiber internet is not known, said a resident. Another resident said he has been trying to file complaint but with little success. With JIO also landing in Okhla there is stiff competition with many switching to the new arrival. An Airtel user said usually service is good but this is for the first time that he has faced such a problem over years.…

Watch: Tributes to martyr Usman at Jamia on his death anniversary A wreath laying ceremony to commemorate the death anniversary of Brigadier Mohammad Usman, MVC was organised today by a contingent from 50 (I) Para Brigade of the Indian Army at his memorial situated in Jamia Millia Islamia graveyard. https://youtu.be/PkHKDrSLgeE Several serving and retired Army officers, NCC officers and cadets attended the ceremony. Dr Abdul Naseeb Khan, Secretary to the Vice Chancellor and Prof. Tasneem Meenai, Coordinator NCC,JMI laid the wreath at the memorial of Late Brigadier M. Usman on behalf of Jamia Vice Chancellor Prof. Najma Akhtar. Late Brigadier…

MCD Deputy Mayor Aaley comes to Okhla, discusses ways to end residents’ woes The MCD’s Deputy Mayor Aaley Mohammad Iqbal attended an Eid Milan ceremony on Sunday organised by Abul Fazal Enclave RWA at its AFE D block office. https://youtu.be/L9Gyzic_qZQ Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan was also present on the stage. During the interaction session, local residents were given an opportunity to ask questions with both Khan and the Deputy Mayor. RWA post bearer Pasha said residents discussed with the two leaders ways to end Okhla residents’ woes. The issue of bus stands in AFE, cleanliness drive, encroachment and installation of…

This girl’s appeal to Amanatullah is heartwarming, watch video A Class 9 student’s special appeal from Zakir Nagar to Okhla MLA Amanatullh Khan is heartwarming. In a video message, Izma Ali Khan can be heard talking about the poor condition of her lane in Zakir Nagar lane number 22. https://youtu.be/ayvr_Y5iAoc She said due to perennial waterlogging in her street she is unable to go to school regularly. She said residents are falling and getting hurt. My father is unable to go to the mosque to offer namaz as the condition of the road is pathetic, she said. The girl said…

JMI student bags President’s scholarship to pursue Ph.D. at CEPT University, Ahmedabad Haaris Zafar Khan, a student of M. Arch (2021-23 batch), Faculty of Architecture & Ekistics, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) has received a scholarship of Rs. 40 thousand per month with a waiver of annual fees to pursue Ph.D. programme at CEPT Architecture University, Ahmadabad, country’s seventh top institution in the field of architecture education. https://twitter.com/theokhlatimes/status/1675414442522157056 This merit-based scholarship, known as President’s scholarship, is awarded to doctoral students to promote and develop research practices in the areas of architecture and planning. The scholarship has been awarded to him based…

Watch: Batla House girl falls off e-rickshaw, dragged on AFE road as 2 youths snatch her mobile In a shocking incident on Abul Fazal Enclave-Kalindi Kunj road in broad daylight a girl lost her phone in a snatching incident. According to a family member, the incident took place around 9.30 am on June 28 when she was on her way to an institute in Shaheen Bagh from Batla House. https://youtu.be/zwhSJF-6yMA During the effort to save her phone, she fell off the e-rickshaw and was dragged on the road, said Okhla resident Anwar. He said she sustained injuries on her face…

Okhla Boy Mohsin Javed’s Photographs Selected for France Exhibition Budding Photographer Mohsin Javed’s  Photographs were selected for the France Exhibition, which will be held in Paris from 4 to 13th July 2023. https://twitter.com/theokhlatimes/status/1675064230905536512 According to a release by the organizer of the exhibition, 24HourProject, Photographs of 120 photographers will be on exhibition at  La Maison Hall. 24-hour Project is a climate action supporting NGO. The income earned through the selling of Photographs will be used for environmental causes. Mohsin Javed told that his three photographs will be on display at the exhibition. These photographs document many faces of Delhi. Mohsin…

Watch: 5 people in race to buy Rs 1 cr goat, owner to announce buyer’s name after Friday prayer in Zakir Nagar A goat has been at the centre of attraction in Okhla since its video surfaced in which the goat’s owner, Salik Usmani, a resident of Bihar residing in Delhi for the last more than 10 years, demanded Rs 1 crore for the special goat. https://youtu.be/oJ9yUc70_JQ When the OT spoke with him on Eid-Al-Adha day on Thursday in Zakir Nagar about the goat, he said there are five people who have shown interest in purchasing the goat on which…

Maulana Farooq Khan, one of the greatest scholars of our time is no more. He was almost 90 and was still a full time author. He was a mufassir and also translated the Quran in Hindi and Urdu. His 7-volume book on Hadith is unmatched. Besides being a great writer he was equally great orator and a gifted poet as well, wrote Syed Ubaidur Rahman. He passed away in Lucknow where he had gone to celebrate Eid-al-Adha 2023 with his son-in-law Mukaram Tariq Anwar Khan and his children. His death left many at the headquarters of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind in Abul…