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Film directed by MCRC students wins award at film festival An AJK Mass Communication Research Centre (AJKMCRC), Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) student film Dhaai Peher (Two and a Half Moments) directed by M.A. Mass Communication students Amal Devasiya, Danish Qazi, Jamshad Ali, Kashif Shakeel and Pankaj Rawat won the Outstanding Achievement Award at the L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival (LIAFF) in the student category. The film is about a set of events that unravel in the Punjab of the 1990s. The film was made during the Covid pandemic at a time when access to outdoor locations was limited and…
Rihan Khan Suri joins new position, says it is a new challenge The Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University appointed Prof. (Dr.) Snigdha Pattnaik and Prof. (Dr.) Rihan Khan Suri as the new Pro Vice Chancellors to the University. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO STRENGTHEN YOUR LOCAL VOICE: JUST CLICK TO PAY At the welcome ceremony organised at the University with senior leadership, Vice Chancellor Prof. (Dr.) Neharika Vohra said: “We are extremely glad to have on board such distinguished and experienced members with us. DSEU will hugely benefit from the vast experience and the charisma of the…
Jamia student Asif Tanha gets bail. The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted bail to student activists Natasha Narwal, Devanagana Kalita and Asif Iqbal Tanha in the main northeast Delhi riots conspiracy case filed under the stringent anti-terror law, the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), reported Indian Express. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO STRENGTHEN YOUR LOCAL VOICE: JUST CLICK TO PAY The daily reported: The court observed that in the mind of the State, the “line between the constitutionally guaranteed right to protest and terrorist activity seems to be getting somewhat blurred.” Following the development, the SIO issued…
Eateries open doors to food lovers with some curbs Shut for close to two months due to Covid-induced lockdown, eateries opened their doors to food lovers in Okhla. The restaurants, however, will be allowed to reopen for one week on a trial basis from Monday till June 21. Right now they will only function at 50 per cent capacity. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO STRENGTHEN YOUR LOCAL VOICE: JUST CLICK TO PAY Most roadside eateries, which had sustained loss during the lockdown, opened but some restaurant owners in Okhla said they are waiting for things to settle…
After blaze turns homes to ash, local residents help victims pick up pieces, rebuild lives Since the Saturday late night when a blaze turned homes of Rohingya refugees to ash, the area has seen rise in visitors. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO STRENGTHEN YOUR LOCAL VOICE: JUST CLICK TO PAY Local leaders, activists and NGO people have been landing there to lend all help including clothes, food, small gas stove to other things. As the fire spread, residents ran for their lives least bothered about their belongings in the shanties which too within minutes were gutted. “We…
Special vaccination centre for those leaving for foreign nations for studies or jobs Students who are planning to go abroad for their further studies, or citizens who have secured a job outside, or international sports players will now find some respite in the new vaccination initiative. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO STRENGTHEN YOUR LOCAL VOICE: JUST CLICK TO PAY Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia inaugurated a special vaccination centre, started by Delhi Government, for citizens in the above mentioned categories at the Navyug School, situated in Mandir Marg. Addressing the media, Sisodia said: “These days, our children…
NGOs, leaders, activists flock Rohingya camp to give succour to people after shanties gutted in fire Hours after over 50 shanties were gutted in a fire which broke on Saturday night in Rohingya refugee camp near Kalindi Kunj Metro station, Kanchan Kunj, NGOs, local leaders and activists visited the site to provide help to the victims. “We reached the spot at 12:30 am on Saturday after coming to know about the incident. And we provided them food. Minor injuries were reported to people but they lost their belonging put in the jhuggis,” said Md Ozair Ahmad of Al-Khair Foundation in…
Know what is allowed and prohibited in Delhi from Monday As part of the phased unlock plan in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Sunday that all market activities will be allowed from Monday at 5 am, but with certain restrictions. The CM said that while weekly markets will resume activity, but only one market will open in one zone on a day. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO STRENGTHEN YOUR LOCAL VOICE: JUST CLICK TO PAY Further, all gyms, cinema theatres, and banquet halls will continue to remain shut. Kejriwal said the Delhi government has…
A video of fire at Kanchan Kunj has surfaced on the social media a few minutes ago. A resident did a FB live saying that the fire was at a jhuggi. Several jhuggis were gutted, according to netizens who rushed on the spot to grab video. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO STRENGTHEN YOUR LOCAL VOICE: JUST CLICK TO PAY Abdul Wahab Mallik said Rohingya refugees were staying in these jhuggis and they were gutted. It has been reported that six fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the fire. No casualties were reported but a…
Why is it that politicians, activists who have done little for Okhla all these years have become hyper-active? If you are on the social media then you get an impression that activists, politicians and representatives, lying low all these years, have gone hyper active, raising their voices, showing to stand by the poor. The virtual world is full of videos and photos of their works. “There is nothing wrong in it. Had the representatives been so careful then Okhla would have been not what it is. Just see during election new faces surface promising to deliver. Some vanishes after losing…