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With an aim to provide excellent education with advanced infrastructure and to inculcate a habit of reading among the children enrolled in its 539 primary schools, South Delhi Municipal Corporation said it has been making all efforts in this direction. In the New Education Policy 2020, developing the interest of reading books has been considered an integral important step for the development of various basic skills among children. In this series, South DMC, in association with the NGOs, has brought improvements in the infrastructure of the libraries already existing in their schools and has started making them equipped with more…

Jamia revises entrance test schedule Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) on Saturday issued a revised schedule the dates of entrance tests for its undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in view of the extension in the last date of filling CUET form and the ongoing regular examination of CBSE. Exams will be commencing from the second week of June. “The vice-chancellor (Najma Akhtar) has very kindly approved to reschedule the dates of entrance tests… In view of the extension in the last date of filling CUET form and the ongoing regular examination of CBSE,” the university said. Also, it posted the notification along…

AAP MLA Amanatullah declared history-sheeter, bad character: Delhi Police; move to defame him, Khan’s lawyer The Delhi Police has opened a history-sheet on AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan to “keep his activities under surveillance as prosecutions failed to keep him in check”, reported the TOI. The Delhi Police declared Okhla’s AAP MLA Khan as “Bad Character” (BC) of Jamia Nagar area. “AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan declared history-sheeter & bad character on March 30. 18 FIRs registered against him till now: Delhi Police He was arrested by Delhi Police at Madanpur Khadar y’day, where SDMC conducted an anti-encroachment drive; later, he was…

Kejriwal visits Mundka fire site, announces Rs 10 lakh to kin of deceased Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal visited Mundka fire tragedy site to oversee rescue operations today. The CM met with families of the deceased as well as the injured victims. He assured full support to everyone affected during the visit and said no culprit will be spared. About 30 people could be dead from the inferno that tore through a building in Mundka and 29 are missing, officials said on Saturday. The fire was reported on Friday. “The building had a single escape route which is why there were…

Activist Sharib’s father Sirajul Hassan loses battle to cancer Okhla residents are mourning the death of activist Sharib’s father Sirajul Hassan. Sharib’s father, who was unwell for days and undergoing treatment at a Delhi hospital, passed away a few hours ago, said a family friend Md Jabir. Sharib shared the information about his father’s death on the social media soliciting hundreds of condolence messages. Jabir said Sirajul Hassan, 67, is to be laid to rest at Shaheen Bagh graveyard most probably at 9.30 pm today. On January 12, Sharib had informed the OT that his father had tested Covid positive…

Khadar-Jaitpur road accident: Residents turn good Samaritans Residents turned good Samaritans in Jaipur as they rushed to help a man who sustained injuries after his scooty was hit by a vehicle, said Anas. He told the OT over phone that residents rushed to help the man and picked him at night and stopped an auto so that he could be taken to hospital. The accident happened on Khadar-Jaitpur road, he said, adding that the man received minor injuries on his head and face. He said the vehicle which hit left the place and hence the man was found on the…

JMI extends last date of online filling of Application Forms In view of the extension in the last date of CUET Admission form, the Vice-Chancellor, JMI has very kindly approved the extension in the last date of the filling of online application form for all JMI Post Graduate/Under Graduate /PG Diploma/Advanced Diploma/Diploma programmes and Foreign Nationals/NRI wards except Ph.D. programmes for the Academic Session 2022-2023 from 13th May, 2022 to 25th May, 2022. The applicants who have applied for JMI programmes under CUET are also required to fill the JMI registration form at the university examinations website till 25.05.2022.

Watch: Released on bail, Amanatullah gets rapturous welcome Released on bail, Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan gets rapturous welcome with his supporters and fans reaching Tihar to receive him. As he stepped outside the jail, sloganeering started in his support and he was hugged and lifted, said Khan’s close aide Firoz who was at the jail. Khan was arrested on Thursday at Kanchan Kunj where he had gone to lodge protest against the SDMC’s anti-encroachment drive. https://youtu.be/GHIHt3R_UR8 A Delhi court on Friday granted bail to Khan in a case of alleged rioting and obstructing public servants from discharging their duty. Delhi…

Watch: AAP bigwigs’ silence over MLA Amanatullah’s arrest draws flak, local markets shut Though celebrations have begun in Okhla after reports surfaced of MLA Amanatullah Khan, arrested on Thursday from Kanchan Kunj, being granted bail by the court on Friday, markets in several areas of the area remained shut after Khan’s wife had appealed to Okhlaliites to keep shops closed from 9 am to 5 pm in solidarity with the arrested MLA. https://youtu.be/ZZHLs8r39go Khan was arrested by the Delhi police on charges of “rioting and obstructing public servants from discharging their duty” after he went on the spot to express…

Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan gets bail, according to his close aide. Firoz told the OT over phone that the MLA, who was presented in the court today, got bail a few minutes ago. When asked when he will be released, he said it might be after 8 pm after all papers are cleared. More details on the bail is awaited as the OT gets it will be updated in the story. After his arrest from the anti-encroachment drive in Madanpur Khadar where he had gone to expressed his displeasure about the drive, Khan’s wife had appealed Okhla shopkeepers to keep…