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Widening of Kalindi Kunj road to ease jam, inspection by Amanatullah At about 5 pm Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan and his team were seen at Kalindi Kunj road linking the Sarita Vihar Road and Noida with traffic police team. On being asked, Khan’s team member Mahmood told the OT that the MLA is inspecting the road with officials over plan to ease traffic jam. Several autho rickshaw drivers seen at Kalindi Kunj were missing. They said the MLA had turned up with his team and there was talk about how to widen the road to avoid traffic jam which has…

Okhla in grip of heatwave, IMD predicts no relief for Delhi for next 6 days, mercury to touch 43°C this week The soaring temperature in Delhi is giving hard times to residents. The India Meteorological Department said on Tuesday that heat wave spell is to stay for at least 6 days. The maximum temperature at the Safdarjung Observatory, considered the official marker for the city, is expected to touch the 40-degree mark on Wednesday and soar to 42 degrees Celsius by Friday. The mercury will soar to 43 degrees Celsius by Saturday in the national capital, the weather department said…

Pregnancy pillow start-up of Jamia School alumni clocks revenue of Rs 2 cr in year A start-up founded in 2020 by three alumni of Jamia Millia Islamia, Md Mubashshir Naseer, Nadeem Akhter and Arafat Aziz, has made a mark of itself in the industry. Mubashshir and Nadeem studied in Jamia School from where they completed their 12th and Arafat did his B.Arch from Jamia. A pregnancy start-up has twenty unique products in two categories and is providing expecting moms with a smoother journey during this time. Quilt Comfort, a pregnancy pillow. “Quilt Comfort has 20 unique products in two categories; Mother…

Power cut in this part of Jamia Nagar in sweltering heat causes hardship for rozedars, according to residents. A resident told the OT over phone that there is no power supply in some parts of G, H block of Abul Fazal Enclave maybe due to some maintenance work but it is causing hardship for rozedars as the city is facing heatwave. Another resident said power supply is not stable. Those with inverters don’t face the heat, said one resident. There is no power in my lane for the last 30 minutes, said a resident.

Delhi government’s schools to teach German language to students To prepare students for a professional life in an increasingly globalised world, Delhi Government’s Delhi Board of School Education (DBSE) signed MoU with Goethe Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, a non-profit German cultural association operational worldwide to promote German language. The MoU was signed in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister Manish Sisodia and Ambassador of Germany to India Walter J Lindner. Speaking on the occasion Sisodia said: “As a part of the Kejriwal Government’s programme to introduce a prominent global language in government schools, German is one of the…

JMI faculty gets prestigious Fulbright-Nehru Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in US Dr. Syed Jaleel Hussain, Assistant Professor at the Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace & Conflict Resolution (NMCPCR), Jamia Millia Islamia(JMI) has been awarded the prestigious Fulbright-Nehru Postdoctoral Research Fellowship to work at the South Asia Programme, Mario Einaudi Centre for International Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York for a period of 12 months. Cornell University is an ivy league US institution that has consistently ranked as one of the top 20 universities in major global rankings. JMI Vice Chancellor Prof. Najma Akhtar congratulated Dr. Hussain for the achievement and wished…

Ramzan 2022 timetable: Sehri, Iftar timings Muslims from all over the world fast for 30 days during the holy month of Ramadan. This fasting ends with a celebration, called Eid-ul-Fitr. Ramzan 2022 is being observed across the country with Muslims fasting from dawn to dusk. It was on Sunday when the moon was sighted kicking-off Ramzan. Timings for sehri and iftar are important and many Okhla residents wrote to the OT for sharing it so that they remain updated virtually.

Summer Action Plan introduced to tackle pollution A summer action plan is to be introduced to tackle pollution on the lines of its Winter Action Plan. Environment Minister Gopal Rai said: “Pollution has always posed to be a major challenge in Delhi’s environmental conservation. … it has taken a great deal of measures to reduce the effect of pollution in the state. As a result of all those measures, a continuous decrease has been recorded in Delhi’s pollution levels. “The pollution levels in Delhi have been studied and surveyed by several agencies like CSE, TERI, and others, and it has…

Ensure closure of meat shops during Navratri: SDMC Mayor to Commissioner Mayor of South Delhi Municipal Corporation Mukesh Suryan today wrote a letter to Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti for the closure of meat shops during the 9-day period of Navratri festival. The Mayor, in his letter, wrote, Navratri festival is being celebrated from April 2, 2022 to April 11. “During the auspicious period of Navratri, devotees of Goddess Durga observe fast for nine days with a strict vegetarian diet and abstaining from use of non-veg food items, alcohol and certain spices.” The letter has further mentioned that during these days people…

1 held for burglary at Jamia Nagar garment shop, 80 stolen ladies suits recovered One person was arrested and Rs 13,000 in cash and 80 ladies suit were recovered from his possession, police has said. Besides, police said three cases of burglary and theft have also been worked out. It was on March 20 a PCR call was received at PS Jamia Nagar regarding burglary in a garment shop and the complainant that in the morning hours, when she reached her garment shop in Jamia Nagar, she noticed that the shutter of her shop was broken and the material inside…