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Watch: Man caught on CCTV stealing scooty from Ashiana parking A man has been caught on CCTV stealing aviator from a parking in Abul Fazal Enclave. https://youtu.be/ZvUNk6q2VQo Sharing information about the incident, Advocate Azhar Alam wrote this on his timeline two days ago: “Residents of Abul Fazal and Shaheen Bagh are informed that theft of bikes, cars and cycles in our area… Today morning at about 6.50 am my Scooty Honda Aviator vide Reg. No.DL3SDV2651 was stolen by some unknown person from my parking at Ashiana Complex, thokar number-4, Abul fazal Enclave, Okhla…Residents are requested to be vigilant about their…

MCD anti-encroachment drive: Will you demolish 80% of Delhi, asks Kejriwal urging his MLAs to stand by people Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal lashed out at the BJP on Modnay for driving Delhi towards a day of unprecedented debacle and destruction. https://youtu.be/caHdFf__JZ0 The Delhi CM called out the BJP for playing dirty politics that aims to snatch away the shelter of millions of innocent residents of the national capital.  Kejriwal stated: “BJP is scripting the biggest catastrophe ever seen in Indian history by bulldozing the homes and shops of 63 lakh Delhiites. 50 lakh Delhiites live in unauthorised colonies; 10 lakh…

Lawyer, activist Anwar slips during wazu in river, dies. An Okhla resident aware of the development said Mohammad Anwar, a resident  of Abul Fazal Enclave, had gone to Kashmir to attend a seminar with his relative and after which he went to a river and he stopped for wazu and after which he stood and slipped and drown in Nallah Sindh in Gagangeer area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Monday afternoon, according to a family friend. https://youtu.be/zLOlxlkoaVQ https://twitter.com/theokhlatimes/status/1526218782242488323 The strong water of the river swept him and his body could be fetched from one kilometer, said his relative who…

One injured in Zakir Nagar stabbing incident One person got hurt in a stabbing incident which took place in Zakir Nagar a few minutes ago on Monday, said a resident on the condition of anonymity. One youth was caught by the residents and handed over to the police, said the resident. An eyewitness to the incident, he said initially it was not known what led to the fight but some three or four youngsters mostly teenagers were seen arguing with the person, who was a driver and had parked his car on the road and was sitting there waiting for…

Watch: Amanatullah speaks after meeting called by Kejriwal with AAP MLAs over MCD’s bulldozer over Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan, who was arrested from Madanpur Khadar, for protesting against bulldozer and then released on bail, interacts with the media after meeting called by Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal on Monday with AAP MLAs over MCD’s bulldozer ended. The meeting, which took place at 11 am was initially scheduled for May 14 but it was cancelled due to the massive building fire in Mundka the previous day which claimed the lives of 27 people. Khan turned up late. He shared on his timeline…

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…