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Jamia alumna Renuka, who empowered girls and the homeless, has passed away. Timeline posts by her husband, who won the battle against Covid, will leave you emotional, writes NOUSHU ALI Renuka Gupta, an alumna of Jamia Millia Islamia, renowned for dedicating her life to the empowerment of girls and providing shelter to the homeless, has passed away, as confirmed by reliable sources. Md Danish, acquainted with the family, conveyed the heart-wrenching news, revealing that her husband, Indu Prakash Singh, also a Jamia alumnus, informed them of her demise. The philanthropic couple, both of whom tested positive for Covid a few…

Jamia Assistant Prof Nabila Sadiq dies at 38 Nabila Sadiq, who was Assistant Professor at Jamia Millia Islamia’s Sarojini Naidu Centre for Women’s Studies, died on Monday night, said university sources. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SURVIVE. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY Jamia Teachers Association (JTA) president Professor Majid Jamil said she was hospitalised. A few days ago we had come to know that her mother had also died. On May 5, the OT ran a post after her student had reached the portal to carry the message that she…

I also lost my shield. Ammi, Abbu gone within 7 days: Rifat, editor Jantakareporter WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SURVIVE. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY Editor Jantakareporter Rifat Jawaid shared the news about death of his mother on his FB timeline a few minutes ago. “My Ammi Abeda Khatoon is no more. She left us exactly six days after Abbu’s passing. Ammi went not knowing that she had lost her husband. I’ve now lost two of my huge sources of entering jannah (heaven) within seven days. I also lost my…

Sohail Razzack passionate about Rafi, cricket, travelling passes away at 58 Former Managing Director of Gandour India Food Processing  Pvt. Ltd, Cherlapally, Hyderabad, Sohail Razzack, passed away in New Delhi on Tuesday 11, 2021 (29 Ramadan 1442 AH) of cardiac arrest, said her sister. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SURVIVE. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY Sohail was the only son of late Hakim Mohammed Abdur Razzack (Founder Director, CCRUM) and Tabiba Ummul Fazal. He was 58 years old. Born in a respectable family of Hyderabad, Sohail Razzack grew up in…

The OT Facebook page hacked, admin removed The highly engaging Facebook page of community portal, the OT, was hacked with the admin removed on Saturday evening. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SURVIVE. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY Since then efforts to restore the page has failed. The Facebook has been informed about the development. The message about hacking of the page was posted on the OT twitter account hours after the incident took place seeking help from netizens in getting the issue addressed. The page was operational since 2011 with…

Lockdown extended, 6,500 cases in 24 hrs: Kejriwal; 337 deaths Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said the Delhi Government has decided to extend the lockdown for another week till next Monday 24 May. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SURVIVE. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY He said the number of Covid cases is decreasing in Delhi and recovery has increased but we do not want to lose this gain, therefore, lockdown is extended. He said in the past 24 hours, Delhi has reported around 6,500 cases and the positivity…

Delhi Govt to start free Oxygen Concentrator Bank for Covid +ve in home isolation: Kejriwal Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday announced that the Delhi government is setting up an Oxygen Concentrator Bank (OCB) to provide oxygen concentrators to patients, recovering either under home isolation or who might need oxygen post-recovery. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SURVIVE. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY He said 200 oxygen concentrators will be set up in each of the 11 districts, which will be delivered in 2 hours to patients in need. Patients who…

Sisodia for walk-in Covid vaccination for 45+ Chairing a review meeting on Delhi’s vaccination drive today, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia issued directives to institute walk-in vaccination for people above 45 years of age in all centres of Delhi. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SURVIVE. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY Sisodia said: “After reviewing challenges of citizens with regard to internet accessibility and issues in registering online slots, we have made a decision to allow registration and walk-in vaccination in all vaccination centres of Delhi, for individuals above 45 years…

Prof Sharfuddin, OSD to former Jamia V-C Talat, dies of post-Covid complications Professor Sharfuddin Ahmad, former OSD Jamia Millia Islamia ex-Vice Chancellor Professor Talat Ahmad and teacher at Jamia Mathematics Department, passed away a few minutes ago in a hospital in Delhi due to post-Covid complications. He will laid to rest at Shaheen Bagh graveyard today after 8 pm most probably, said his close relative. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SURVIVE. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY “His report had come negative a few days ago. But he suffered paralysis and…

Delhi recorded around 8,500 cases, positivity down to 12% in last 24 hours: Kejriwal Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that in the past 24 hours, Delhi has recorded around 8,500 cases, as against 28,000+ cases on April 20 and that the positivity rate down to 12 per cent as against 36 per cent on April 22. THEOKHLATIMES NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SUSTAIN LOCAL REPORTING: JUST CLICK TO PAY In the past 10 days, the number of patients in hospitals of Delhi has reduced by more than 3,000 patients, this means that…