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Posh Johri Farm, Okhla Vihar in dark, residents sweat under cuts Some parts of the posh Okhla Vihar and Johri Farm are facing power cut for the last more than three hours on Tuesday, said a resident. He said when he tried to find out the reason behind the sudden power cut in his locality this morning he was informed that maintenance work is going on. With summer peak yet to arrive, for many residents the development is not a good sign as they fear that in coming days power situation might deteriorate. Johri Farm resident Aseem told the OT…

Logo of Karwaan-e-Urdu Sahafat launched, Nazish scoops best logo design award The Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) organised an online event to launch the “Best Logo” of “Bicentenary Logo Design Competition”. Prof Syed Ainul Hasan, Vice Chancellor, released the logo yesterday evening as part of the first event of “Karwaan-e-Urdu Sahafat – Celebrating 200 years of Urdu Journalism: 1822 -2022’’. Prof Hasan while congratulating the department for initiating the celebration emphasised on the need to promote Urdu journalism. He also praised the contribution of the department in compiling the relevant content related to…

Watch: BSES camp for settlement of electricity bill tomorrow in Shaheen Bagh Camp to settle electricity bill is to be held on Tuesday at Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan’s office in Shaheen Bagh, according to AAP leader Mahmood Ahmad. https://youtu.be/Yxar-LfakwM In a video message shared with the OT, Mahmood said the camp is to be held tomorrow from 11 am to 5 pm and he said he wants residents who have high bills or any issue for settlement should come here. This is not for the first time that the camp is being held. A few days ago, Mahmood had said…

Watch: Feisty Aarfa wipes tears of bereaved family who lost daughter, grandkid during delivery When Advocate and Congress leader Aarfa Khanam got a call from a resident about the unfortunate incident unfolding at Shaheen Bagh hospital on Sunday night, she with her husband rushed to the spot to wipe tears of the bereaved family who “lost their daughter and newborn grandchild during delivery in a local hospital”. https://youtu.be/yXr92dIE_fw ALSO READ: Watch: Ruckus at Shaheen Bagh hospital after woman, newborn die during delivery, alleges Aarfa; hospital declines to comment Feisty Aarfa in her own style after consoling the family members did…

Fake international call centre duping US citizens busted, 8 arrested A fake call centre has been busted and ten mobile phones, seven laptops with six keyboards, six computer monitors, four CPUs and one Wi-Fi router with modem were recovered, said the police on Monday. They were accused of allegedly duping foreign nationals by posing as members of the technical support team of Amazon and PayPal, officials said on Monday. Police said a few days ago information was received at Cyber Police Station that a fake international call centre was being operated at Okhla Vihar. Following the development, the police said…

CUET 2022: Jamia advises students to follow university portal for updates After the University Grants Commission (UGC) and National Testing Agency (NTA) announced the Common Universities Entrance Test (CUET) for admission to various Integrated/Under-Graduate, Post Graduate and Research Programmes in 45 Central Universities, State Universities, deemed to be University of India, many universities are getting ready for it. The CUET 2022 application date is between April 2 and April 30. Following the development, Jamia Millia Islamia said on Monday that it will adopt the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) for admitting students in undergraduate programmes for the 2022-23 academic session.…

Watch: Ruckus at Shaheen Bagh hospital after woman, newborn die during delivery, alleges Aarfa; hospital declines to comment Ruckus at Shaheen Bagh hospital after words spread in the locality that a woman and her newborn die during delivery. Advocate and Congress leader Aarfa Khanam in a live FB address informed the netizens about the unfortunate incident, saying a woman and a newborn died during delivery due to negligence of Cribs hospital doctors, a claim that the OT was unable to authenticate independently. However, the cause of deaths of two will only be known after the post-mortem reports, said sources. In…

Watch: 2K files of sanitiser distributed, free eye checkup camp held Free distribution of 2,000 files of sanitiser and hand wash cream, along with mask, was organised by EarthCare Mission from 9.30 to 11 am at Thokar No. 4, Abul Fazal Enclave, according to members of EarthCare Mission. https://youtu.be/RP1FGTag1nQ “Also, free eye check-up camp by the co- operation of Dr Jyoti, eye-specialist was organised at Thoker No. 4, eye-centre and more than 70 patients vailed the benefit of this free check-up camp,” said Er SZI Hashmi. M M Hashmi, Azhar Alam, Athar Alam Advocates, Parwez Ahmad Social Activist and Master…

Najma among 3 ladies in Jamia history who played key roles in progress of Jamia since inception: Jamia Teachers’ body Padma Shri Prof Najma Akhtar is among the three ladies in the history of Jamia Millia Islamia who played key roles in the progress of the institution since its inception, said JTA Secretary Dr Irfan Qureshi while felicitating the Vice Chancellor days ago at Ansari Auditorium after Najma was awarded with Padma Shri. https://youtu.be/Ic-fRkiyKcQ The other two are Bi Amma and Gerda Philisborn, said Qureshi, adding that under the dynamic leadership of Prof Akhtar the university improved its performance at…

Where to pray 7-day Taraweeh in Abul Fazal Enclave With the month of Ramzan starting from April 2 and for the first in two years in post-pandemic, taraweeh will be held across the city. Though many people prefer to read taraweeh for the whole month, the duration of Ramzan, after which Eid is celebrated, there are many places in Jamia Nagar where seven-day taraweeh is also organised. One such poster has surfaced in the locality in which it is written that those who want to attend seven-day taraweeh should join or come to their place. After the OT placed photo…