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I have been orphaned again After the news of death of senior journalist Zeyaul Haque surfaced on April 22, condolences and tributes started pouring in. Many mourned his death on the virtual world. Zeyaul Haque succumbed to coronavirus complications on Thursday. Mumbai-based senior journalist Mohammed Wajihuddin pays his tribute to his guru Zeyaul Haque on his timeline. The OT shares his write-up here with his permission. ALSO READ:  Zeyaul Haque, 71, journalist, weightlifter, voracious reader, polymath  It was June 1994. Braving the scorching sun, I walked down from the bus stand near Nizamuddin police station to a beautiful white bungalow…

2 Batla House–based entrepreneurs launch alkhadim app so that you can shop from comfort of your house As Covid-19 second wave has hit India hard many people now prefer to stay at home and get items for daily use digitally, said two women Okhla-based entrepreneurs Tabassum Ara and Atiya Mirza. Keeping this in mind, Tabassum and Atiya said they have launched alkhadim app, unique digital platform to serve the local residents. Atiya said: “It is easy to download this app from Google play store and order delivery and services in just one hour. It makes your life easy as we…

Outsiders’ entry to Ishat-e-Islam Masjid restricted this Friday to avoid overcrowding as number of Covid cases soar On normal days by 1:20 pm the Ishat-e-Islam Masjid on Friday gets overcrowded, but not this Friday as it wore a deserted look, said a resident. [Delhi recorded 306 Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours on Thursday, the highest since the pandemic began a year ago, reported TOI.] The mosque gates were closed for local residents to avoid overcrowding as number of Covid cases is soaring in Delhi. The mosque is run by Jamaat-E-Islami (Hind). A resident, who is a regular at the mosque,…

Zeyaul Haque, 72, journalist, weightlifter, voracious reader, polymath Mohammad Zeyaul Haque, 72, a journalist, weightlifter, voracious reader and prolific writer died at 7:30 pm on April 22 at Holy Family Hospital from cardiac arrest after testing Covid positive a few days ago. Born in Badharwa Fateh Mohammad village, under Dhaka subdivision of East Chamapran district in Bihar in 1948, the son of zamindar and poet Nazir Ahmed Rashid, he was the eldest of six children, three brothers and three sisters. An alumnus of LS College Muzaffarpur (from where he graduated with English Literature), he was interested in journalism and travelled to…

Ex-Jamia V-C Talat tests Covid positive, admitted to hospital Former Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia Professor Talat Ahmad, who tested Covid positive days ago, was admitted to SKIMS Soura, official sources said on Thursday as reported by the local media. Currently, he is Vice Chancellor Kashmir University. They said Ahmad is suffering from bilateral Covid pneumonia, reported theins.in. Dr G H Yatoo, Nodal Officer coronavirus control measures at SKIMS Soura, said Professor Ahmad was admitted around 9 pm on Wednesday night with “bilateral pneumonia.” “His condition is stable,” he added. It has been reported through sources that the oxygen…

Journalist Zeyaul Haque is no more India’s top journalist Zeyaul Haque and former editor of Nation and the World, died in Holy Family hospital due to cardiac arrest at 7:30 pm on Thursday. “Papa was admitted to Holy Family Hospital yesterday after his oxygen was 40-50. But now he is stable.  He was tested Covid positive. Mummy is still in hospital for the last 13 days,” said Rizwana Vaqas a few hours ago. ALSO READ: Zeyaul Haque, 71, journalist, weightlifter, voracious reader, polymath A few minutes ago she posted about the death of her father-in-law. Other family members, including his…

Set up at least 10 Covid beds for patients in mosques, Amanatullah urges Imams Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan in a video message on Thursday has urged Imams, mosques committees and religious organisations to turn mosque building into quarantine centres for Covid patients. He said he held a meeting with all imams of Okhla mosques today in which it was decided that they will at least set up 10 beds for Covid patients in the mosque if there is space or nearby. “Keep beds in the premises or nearby. Take responsibilities to keep corona patients and provide them all help. Let’s…

30 oxygen bed to be placed in Noor Nagar school: Amanatullah Khan As Delhi faces oxygen crisis with Covid-19 cases on the rise, Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan in a video message to residents said he is planning to establish 30 oxygen beds in Noor Nagar School for Covid patients. Though he didn’t give any deadline when the work will be finished, a local AAP arty source told the OT over phone that he too has come to know from sources that the Wakf Delhi Board is mulling to have 30 oxygen beds in Noor Ngar School so that local residents…

This Jamia Millia daughter loses 3 members: First grandfather, then uncle & now father, all in 7 days It was on April 20 when Jamia Millia Islamia student Khansa Fahad wrote a moving post on the social media, informing netizens about the poor health of her father Dr Amanullah Fahad, a popular teacher at Jamia School. Today report has surfaced that Dr Amanullah, who was on ventilator and not responding well a few days ago, has died. Two hours ago, Khansa wrote, sharing a photo of his uncle and Dad: “So much love between both brothers. Both of them are…

Jamia Professor Kadloor dies of Covid at 52 Professor Kadloor Savitri of Department of Political Science, Jamia Millia Islamia, has died. Professor Nisar Ul Haq, Professor Savitri colleague at Jamia, told the OT over phone that she was tested Covid positive on April 8. “She was doing well and taken to a hospital in Faridabad. On Wednesday, she had send message to the department that she was feeling well and would join the department in a few days after recovering from the disease. But today we heard about her demise. Very sad incident. Don’t know what happened,” he said. Professor…