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Watch: Uprooted Cong from Okhla, defeated Hashmi, Asif now your turn, Amanatullah tells Danish With MCD election 2022 poll campaign entering into the last phase, political leaders are making all out bid to win hearts and minds of voters. Besides, war of words has also started between AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan and sitting Councillor Shoaib Danish. https://youtu.be/_QckR7JVVnw With the Zakir Nagar ward being reserved for women, Dansih wife Nazia is in the fray. On the other hand AAP has fielded Salma Khan from the ward. While drumming up support for the AAP candidate at Pahalwan Chowk in Batla House a…
Wednesday: Update on ex-Cong MLA Asif Khan Those who were expecting to see their leader, former Congress leader Asif Khan, arrested for misbehaving and manhandling a cop on duty in Shaheen Bagh at Tayyan Masjid on Friday, out on bail have to wait for more days as his bail plea was rejected on Wednesday, according to lawyer Arib. ALSO WATCH https://youtu.be/_QckR7JVVnw Md Ayub, aware of the development, said they will approach the HC after election. A Delhi court had remanded Asif to judicial custody days ago. According to IE report, dismissing Khan’s bail plea on Tuesday, Metropolitan Magistrate Shikha Chahal…
Denied ticket, Cong gives Aarfa new responsibility After being denied ticket, Congress youth leader Advocate Aarfa Khanam has got a new responsibility in Delhi Congress. The development might give some to Aarfa who were heartbroken after she lost in the ticket race to Areeba Khan, daughter of former Congress MLA Asif Md Khan. ALSO WATCH https://youtu.be/ifBoJdZP_pQ “In Delhi MCD elections I have been given responsibility of Chandni Chowk. I am thankful to the party for showing faith in my ability,” she wrote on her timeline just a few minutes ago. During the demolition drive in Shaheen Bagh, Aarfa had grabbed…
2-year-old baby’s body found from Batla House graveyard Two-year-old baby’s body found from Batla House graveyard today, according to residents. Batla House graveyard caretaker Riazuddin said the body was found in the corner of the graveyard this morning. https://youtu.be/ifBoJdZP_pQ Somebody informed the police and the probe is on to crack the case, he said. A few gravediggers said the body was found. However, nobody present on the spot there has any idea from where the body landed in the graveyard. When asked whether the body was from the graveyard, Riazuddin said he checked the graves and none of them are…
Minor earthquake in Delhi, did you feel tremors? A minor earthquake occurred in Delhi Tuesday night, according to the National Centre for Seismology. ALSO WATCH https://youtu.be/VvxqW_6ihQo The epicentre of the quake with a magnitude of 2.5 was eight km west of New Delhi. It occurred at 9.30 pm. The NCS said the depth of the earthquake was 5 km below the ground. Some residents in Okhla said they felt the tremors but large number of them said they didn’t. Till the filing of the report there were no reports from across the city of any casualty or damage.
Tuesday: Update on Areeba’s father, ex-Cong MLA Asif Heartbreak for supporters of Asif Md Khan as on Tuesday the bail plea of former Congress Okhla MLA was rejected. Asif daughter Areeba is Congress candidate from ward Abul Fazal Enclave in the MCD polls 2022. https://youtu.be/RS39fsy30kc Lawyer Arib, close to the leader, said the bail hearing is on Wednesday. Rejecting his bail plea on Tuesday, the court observed there is a “dire need to ensure the dignity of police officers is protected.” He was arrested on Saturday night for allegedly behaving with cops outside Tayyab Masjid in Shaheen Bagh on Friday.…
This ward in Okhla has most candidates with ‘criminal’ cases The campaigning for the MCD election 2022 is in full swing. And as voters get ready to decide about which candidate to vote it is important that they should know about their background and educational qualification. ALSO WATCH https://youtu.be/04ty_1WjkZM In the first part of the series, the OT is sharing information about the ward which has the most candidates with criminal cases in Okhla. Of the six candidates in the fray in 188-Abul Fazal Enclave ward, four have criminal cases. Of them on the top list is Ashu Khan, 40,…
Watch: MLA apologises at Bihar meet in Shaheen Bagh! Will Amanatullah’s tears, apologies help Wajid, Ariz? Crying in public is nothing new. Politicians have done it to drum up support. From India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to his present successor Narendra Modi, almost everyone holding this position has cried in public, for one reason or the other. The latest being Okhla AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan. If he cried in front of the crowd in Batla House while addressing people from his hometown, a few days ago he apologised to people of Bihar in a meet called by his close…
Monday: Update on ex-Cong MLA Asif After being sent to judicial custody, Asif Md Khan’s die-hard supporters were looking forward in hope for their leader to get out on bail today. However, it didn’t happen so as Md Ayub said the order has been reserved for Tuesday. https://youtu.be/RS39fsy30kc Asif was arrested from his Kalindi Kunj office on Saturday for allegedly misbehaving and mishandling a cop outside Tayyab Masjid in Shaheen Bagh during a sit-in, a video of the incident had gone viral. Esha Pandey, DCP (Southeast), had earlier said: “During patrolling in the area, our constable noticed a gathering of…
Will Areeba be able to repeat her 20 years’ old ‘feat’? Life has come full circle for Areeba Khan, Congress candidate from Abul Fazal Enclave-Shaheen Bagh ward. https://youtu.be/RS39fsy30kc When she washttps://youtu.be/RS39fsy30kc nine years old, her father Asif Md Khan was in jail and as a child she had went door-to-door to ask Okhla residents to vote for him. And then Asif came out from the jail with flying colours. Cut to November 2022, the situation is identical. The only difference is this time Areeba is contesting her first MCD election and his father is in jail. He has been arrested…