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Fake or real? ‘Ariba has donated 300 gaz land from her Kalindi Kunj residence for garbage house’ A post has been doing the rounds that newly elected Congress Councillor Ariba Khan has donated 300 gaz land from her Kalindi Kunj residence for garbage dumping to end waste pile-up nearby Al-Shifa Hospital and Shaheen Bagh. AAP member Saud Khan wrote this on his timeline some seven hours ago in Hindi: “Breaking news: Ariba Khan gave 300 gaz land for garbage dump from her Kalindi Kunj farm house. Now, the garbage dumped at Shaheen Bagh and Al-Shifa Hospital will be cleaned,” he…
In first, Ariba breaks ice with MCD officials for clean, green ward, hosts feast In first of its kind interaction in Okhla on Thursday, newly elected Councillor from Abul Fazal Enclave threw a feast for MCD officials to break ice with them. https://youtu.be/VSZToWM4vbs The feast was a huge success as most of the officials turned up and congratulated Ariba for the win. Several video of the events also surfaced on the social media in which it can be seen how Ariba is interacting with the invitee and breaking bread with them. A Congress worker Javed said such thing has never…
After defeat in poll battle, AAP Abul Fazal Enclave workers firing fresh salvo against Ariba in virtual world Days after defeat in poll battle, AAP Okhla workers are not giving us and some among them have started a new battle on Facebook to corner Ariba. In the last two days, defeated AAP sitting Councillor Wajid Khan’s close aide, Saud Khan, has been sharing photos of waterlogged Shaheen Bagh and asking question: “Eight days gone and when will work begin as this road is waterlogged.” The posts are soliciting comments with Congress supporters and AAP slugging it out. Many Okhla residents,…
Watch: 2 ‘hypnotise’ Johri Farm woman in Batla House market, take away ‘lakhs’ of jewellery, victim narrates story A woman with two grown up children was allegedly hypnotised and looted of jewellery worth “Rs 4 lakh” by two men who had approached her in Batla House main market with request to help another man. https://youtu.be/KQQo8a1A1FA The incident took place on Monday and the complaint has been registered in Jamia Nagar police station. The victim, Farida, a housewife and resident of Johri Farm, told the OT that it was on Monday that she had gone to Batla House for shopping alone…
Watch: Students’ candlelight vigil at Jamia on 3rd anniversary of police action in 2019 A candle march was taken out by students of Jamia Millia Islamia today, according to a post by DISSC Jamia. https://youtu.be/hS34PAEvBA0 “Gather at Central Canteen at 4.30 pm on December 15 in remembrance of police brutality in campus and attack on education,” read a post put the students body DISSC. The march was mark the third anniversary of the Delhi Police’s action against protesting students in 2019. Residents who passed by the campus in the evening said the security outside the campus was stepped up. Students…
Another Okhla resident dies of heart attack at young age Another Okhla resident has died of heart attack at young age. Ishrat Chaudhury, a resident of Abul Fazal Enclave D block died of heart attack on Wednesday and was laid to rest after asar prayer in Jamia Millia Islamia graveyard on Thursday, according to Syed Junaid, who knows the family. https://twitter.com/theokhlatimes/status/1603620303493828608 He said he was 42 years old and his wife is employed in Jamia. Saika Ikram is Joint Secretary of the JTA which now has been scrapped. She is Associate Professor at Jamia’s Chemistry department, said another university Professor…
Amanatullah’s gesture wins hearts on Internet Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan is being praised online for his generous act. Netizens are appreciating his work after he posted this message on his handle some three hours ago. The MLA wrote: “One person named Vishwajeet, a resident of Taimoor Nagar jhuggi, had died in Lions Hospital. His overdue bill was Rs 1,53000 and due to which the hospital was not giving his body to the family. I went there and spoke to two doctors and convinced them to release the body so that the family members could complete last rites. I am thankful…
Rahul yatra in Okhla: This globally-acclaimed personality might join Gandhi Rahul Gandhi is coming to Okhla soon, according to Congress leaders. The Bharat Jodo Yatra is to be held in Okhla on December 24 and for this a meeting of senior Congress leaders was held at former Okhla MLA Asif Md Khan’s Kalindi Kunj office which was attended by Congress Arvinder Singh Lovely, Parvez Hashmi, Shoaib Danish and Ariba Khan. https://youtu.be/08QzFxiF-xg During the meeting, Asif proposed the name of Shaheen Bagh dadi Bilkis who had made to the TIME’s list of most influential people of 2020. Then 84-year-odl dadi had…
OT Impact: Technician visits to fix Eureka Forbes Aquaguard water purifier After the OT reported about how despite several complaints no technician was visiting to fix problem in water purifier of one Okhla resident, the technician visited the house in the morning on Tuesday. The resident said the report had impact and he is thankful to the company as well for getting things fixed though with some delay. The resident had earlier said for days nobody was listening to his complaint with the customer care representative only apologising and promising to get the issue fixed soon. The resident said after…
Heartwarming! Ravish lends helping hand to Urdu journalist Aamir’s family after Okhla journalists start crowdfunding drive Ramon Magsaysay Award winner former NDTV journalist Ravish Kumar has lend a helping hand to Urdu journalist Aamir Saleem Khan’s family after Okhla journalists started crowdfunding drive in their group. Aamir, who was Editor Urdu daily Hamara Samaj, died of heart failure at 1.04 pm on Monday at G B Pant Hospital, in Delhi and he was 48 years, leaving behind two children and wife. https://youtu.be/UKH2tG0GMo4 Munne Bharti, who started the crowdfunding drive to assist death journalist’s family financially, wrote that Ravish Kumar too…