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Women empowerment: Asmat adds another feather to her cap Asmat Nahid has added feather to her cap. A pass-out from Aligarh Muslim University, she has been appointed director of Banat Foundation Gaya which has been working in the domain of education since 1987. https://twitter.com/theokhlatimes/status/1576874389723054080 Mother of two grown up children, Asamt, who did her post graduation from AMU years ago, has been working in the field of education since arriving in Jamia Nagar in 2001 with her husband, social activist Javed Khan. Asmat’s husband Khan told the OT that his wife has always emphasised on empowering the marginalised through education…
Water crisis hits Okhla Vihar residents The daily business of living has become too much of an ordeal for the residents of a large part of Okhla Vihar (A block) locality in Jamia Nagar facing a severe water crisis since long. ALSO WATCH THIS VIDEO GRABBED ON MARCH 18, 202 SINCE THEN WATER CRISIS IN THIS BLOCK HAS BEEN RESOLVED. https://youtu.be/50Q7L5wMVdg The problem has been caused by the breakdown of one of the motors pumping underground water to the homes and different establishments in the area. The worst affected are those living in apartments and multi-storied buildings. With a single…
Jamia pays tributes to Mahatma on his 153rd Birth Anniversary Jamia Millia Islamia(JMI) organised a number of programs today to celebrate 153rd Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Officiating Vice Chancellor Prof. Mohammad Shakeel inaugurated a Book Exhibition on Mahatma Gandhi at Dr. Zakir Husain Library of the university. Some personal letters, papers, and other archival material of Mahatma Gandhi, maintained by the Library are also on display in the exhibition to create more awareness and knowledge about him. Prof. Shakeel presided over the main function at Dr Zakir Husain Library which included a lecture on Mahatma Gandhi by Prof. Farhat…
Watch: I handed over my nephew to police in Batla House student murder case, says Sagheer Abbasi As tongues started waging in Okhla after the arrest of Khalid in the Batla House student gunning down case on Friday, Sudhar Trust chairman Sagheer Abbasi cleared the air over the issue and said he handed his nephew to police immediately after coming to know about the development. https://youtu.be/oAomW3rlNrY It was on Saturday when reports surfaced with police saying a 24-year-old cab driver was arrested for allegedly killing a Class 12 student for not returning his money in Batla House. The accused, a…
Trial run of buses on 26 new bus routes from today The Delhi Government will start the trial run on 26 new bus routes proposed under the Route Rationalisation study from October 2nd. “The bus service on these new routes will start with 50 per cent deployment of buses. The newly introduced routes include 3 on Central Business District (CBD) Circulators, 2 on Super Trunk Routes, 18 on Primary and 3 on Airport Service routes. The routes under NCR and feeder routes, which were also part of the Route Rationalisation study by Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS), will not be part…
Must read report for vehicle users in Okhla The Delhi Government today announced another set of strict measures to enforce the same Winter Action Plan. Most prominent among the measures is that consumers will not be able to buy fuel in Delhi without valid PUCs from October 25. Environment Minister Gopal said: “From October 25, valid PUC will be mandatory for buying petrol and diesel at all pumps, Environment Department will issue its notification soon. The Green War Room will be launched on October 3 to implement Winter Action Plan. An anti dust campaign will be started in Delhi from…
9 students involved in scuffle between Mewati, UP groups on campus suspended by Jamia The OT has learned from top university source that nine students involved in “regional scuffle” on the campus which later in the day resulted in a student sustaining bullet injuries have been suspended a day after police apprehended them for the fight. Jamia Registrar Professor Nazim Husain Al-Jafri told the OT over phone that action has been taken against some students. Nauman Ali, a student of LLM semester-3, who had suffered a superficial injury on the scalp after being shot at by another group of students,…
1 arrested for gunning down class 12 student in Batla House One person has been arrested for allegedly gunning down class 12 student over money in Azeem Diary in Batla House a day ago. https://youtu.be/cWtztE7-uXw A 24-year-old cab driver was arrested on Saturday for allegedly killing a Class 12 student for not returning his money in Batla House, police said. The accused, a resident of Batla House and identified as Khalid, had allegedly given Rs 72,000 to the student to buy an iPhone, police said. On sustained interrogation, the arrested person revealed that he had given Rs 72,000 to deceased…
Watch: Tearful adieu in Okhla to class 12th student shot dead in Batla House Hundreds of Okhla residents gathered in Batla House on Saturday to bid tearful adieu to class 12th student shot dead in Batla House on Friday. After the body reached after post-mortem, family members laid the 17-year-old boy of Azeem Dairy in Batla House graveyard after asar prayer, said residents, adding that last number of residents were present in the last journey to the graveyard. Police has started probe to arrest the accused. A PCR call regarding gunshot injury to a boy in Azeem dairy & victim…
Update on scuffle at Jamia, firing inside Holy Family Hospital Nine people have been apprehended in two cases related to a scuffle at Jamia Millia Islamia between two groups of students and a firing in Holy Family Hospital in Okhla, officials said on Friday as reported by the media. The firing had led to injury of one student Nauman and there was panic in the locality with security stepped up in the hospital. Then police had said the student had a superficial injury on the scalp and the injured was later shifted to the AIIMS Trauma Centre. As words spread…