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Jamiat delegation visits Jahangirpuri, assures legal aid to those arrested A five-member delegation of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind visited the riots-hit Jahangeerpuri locality in Delhi on Tuesday. Advocate and Maulana Niaz Ahmad Farooqi incharge of the Juh legal affairs said that Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind will fight their cases. Expressing deep concern over the communal clashes in Delhi’s Jahangpuri, Maulana Mahmood Asa’d Madani, the president of Jamiat Ulama–i-Hind, termed it a failure of law & order machinery and demanded a fair inquiry into the whole incident. Maulana Madani said the investigating agencies should discharge their responsibilities honestly and fairly and should try to get…
Delhi may make mask mandatory, DDMA meeting today With Covid cases going up in Delhi with the city reporting 671 cases in the last 24 hours, chances are that mask is likely to be made mandatory again in the city. The Tuesday Covid number in the city is the highest in more than two months. And now all eyes are on the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) meeting today. Sources said the DDMA meeting is likely to discuss the mandatory use of face masks. Doctors said the cases are expected to surge in the coming days, reported the media, however,…
Rising Covid cases in Delhi concerns traders, businessmen It was in 2021 when Jamal had shifted his business in a new rented shop aiming to make money during Ramzan and Eid. But the arrival of deadly Covid then had poured cold water on his plan. There were many businessmen like him in Okhla and across the country who were hit hard by Covid. In 2022 things appeared to be different as for the first time in two years the festival is being held with no restrictions and markets are attracting huge crowds. But with Covid cases witnessing a rise in…
No respite from heatwave, maximum temperature at 40.9 degrees Celsius There is no respite from heatwave for Delhi residents, Okhlaiites as resident woke up to a hot day. In Okhla, when people got up for sehri the minimum temperature at 4.32 am was 28 degrees Celsius. And by 2.30 pm the temperature touched 40 degrees Celsius with residents preferring to stay indoors due to Ramzan and fasting. “Heatwave conditions in isolated pockets very likely to prevail over Delhi and adjacent states on 18th and 19th. It is likely to abate thereafter due to approaching Western Disturbance, wind conditions and cloudiness…
Watch: Delhi Police uses drone for patrolling in Jamia Nagar, Jasola The Delhi Police is using drone cameras for patrolling Jamia Nagar and Jasola to ensure law and order in the areas, reported news agency ANI. https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1515645004605460485 Following clashes in Jahangirpuri on Saturday security was beefed up in Jamia Nagar on the night with police taking up patrolling in the locality to make sure that law and order in maintained in the area. It was at night when SHOs and senior police officers turned up in the locality and moved around. A large number of security men were also deployed…
Hardship for commuters as auto, taxi, mini bus drivers to go on strike on Monday over fuel, CNG prices hike Okhla residents who are use auto, taxi or mini-bus to commute from one place to another will face hard times on Monday as auto, taxi, mini bus drivers in Delhi have announced to go on strike on Monday over fuel and CNG prices hike. The unions have been asking for increase in fare rates and slashing of CNG prices. Sarvodaya Driver Association Delhi said it will be on indefinite strike from Monday but most other unions said they will be…
Drive against mosquito breeding carried out: Civic agency The SDMC said it launched campaign from April 11 to 16 with nearly 800 corporation employees’ ensured anti-larval spray even during gazetted holidays. The civic body said it issued 384 legal notices and lodged 104 prosecutions to stakeholder agencies after finding mosquito breeding at their premises. With the rise in global temperature, breeding of mosquitoes has increased due to increase in high adult mosquito density like culex mosquito, it said. Amid the favourable weather condition, mosquito breeding is mainly detected in stagnant water, pockets along edges of drains, water bodies, etc, it said. “The…
Rs 476.89 crores for development of Delhi’s Mandis: Rai A high-level joint meeting chaired by Development Minister Gopal Rai with the officials of Delhi Agricultural Marketing Board (DAMB) and Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) was held at the Delhi Secretariat regarding the development of Delhi’s Mandis. The board passed a budget of Rs 476 crores 89 lakhs for the development of Mandis for the financial year 2022-23 at the meeting. https://youtu.be/dZz8BA0MLsE Divulging more details on the same, Rai said: “The board has given green light to the budget of Rs 476 Crores 89 Lakhs for the development of Delhi’s Mandis.…
Watch: Security stepped up at Jamia after Jahangirpuri incident, now it’s clear Security was stepped up in Jamia Nagar and at Jamia Millia Islamia after Jahangirpuri incident, according to YouTuber Rizwan Khan who even did a live from the spot. However, a resident who went to the spot a few minutes before the filing of this report said there was no police outside the university as it was all clear. Policemen were seen at Jamia’s main gate a few minutes ago and also police were taking rounds in the locality after report surfaced in the media about clashes during Hanuman…
Watch: Feeding the needy this Ramzan 2022 Feeding the needy this Ramzan 2022! Come Ramzan like every year there are many activists and organisations which try their level best to serve the needy with food and other help so that they could not faced scarcity of food during iftar and suhoor. Of them, activist Mohammad Anas Rafique has been at the forefront of giving succor to the needy throughout the need. https://youtu.be/CpmpdCApvgU By second jumah of Ramadan, we have completed ration distribution to 160 needy families in Shram Vihar, Kanchan Kunj, he told the OT. “We continue to give ration…