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Watch: Know why traders in this part of Batla House fuming over lost business Traders in this part of Batla House are deeply upset after their businesses take a beating due to waterlogged street for the last more than ten days. They told the OT that in the morning the Sir Syed street near Haryana Store gets inundated with sewer water causing hardship to residents. As the street gets waterlogged, customers have stopped coming to us, said one shop owner, adding that they have informed Congress Councillor Shoaib Danish and AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan but no permanent solution has taken…

Wrestler Ali makes Jamia proud Mohd. Luqman Ali, a Master of Social Work (MSW) first year student of the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) has secured a silver medal in the National Wrestling Championship organised by the Wrestling Federation of India. The championship was held at Nandani Nagar, Uttar Pradesh from 24 to 27 November 2022. Luqman represented the state of Uttar Pradesh in the national championship. On this occasion, Luqman said: “My dream is to compete at the international level in Olympics, World Championships, Commonwealth Games and Asian Games to win medals for India.” JMI Vice Chancellor Prof. Najma Akhtar…

Amanatullah gets down to work, shares photos of road being built Days after rout in Okhla with AAP just winning one seat in Okhla’s five wards, AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan has got down to work in a jiffy. On Friday, he shared several photos on his timeline saying work of road building has begun in Jogabai Extension, Zakir Nagar lane and D block Abul Fazal Enclave. Following the posting, residents of Okhla welcomed the move. It appears that Amanatullah has realised that road to victory is work, said one resident, adding that many people were unhappy with the MLA for…

BJP’s Nitu consolidates her position, wins Sarita Vihar for second term Nitu Manish Chaudhary, who was contesting for second time, has won the election defeating AAP’s Muskan by a convincing margin. By doing so, Nitu has consolidated her position in the ward further. Before joining the BJP, Nitu had won the election on Congress ticket but midway left the party to join the BJP and this time around she contested the election on BJP ticket after delimitation. After winning the election, Nitu’s husband Manish Chaudhary congratulated the residents for voting her into power once again at a time when the…

Asif gets rapturous welcome in Okhla Asif Md Khan, who was granted bail on Thursday in case of allegedly misbehaving with a police officer on November 26, got a warm welcome in Okhla as he returns back to his Kalindi Kunj house. After getting bail he was released in the night after completing his paperwork, said lawyer Areeb. Congress supporters started pouring in the office to celebrate the moment and welcome their leader who was not part of his daughter Ariba Khan’s winning rally. She defeated her nearest rival sitting AAP Councillor Wajid Khan with more than 1,000 votes margin.…

Why Amanatullah’s tears, apologies fail to impress Okhlaiites When Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan cried at stage in Jamia Nagar during election campaign he was no different from other leaders around the world who from time to time have shed tears to win sympathy and election. https://youtu.be/Ko01l0SrCrI But in Amanatullah case things didn’t turn up like that as he failed to convince residents of Okhla to vote for his AAP party’s candidates as his party just win one seat in Okhla’s five wards, a big blow to the image of Amanatullah who in the last Assembly election had won with a…

Possible reasons that led to downfall of AAP in Okhla and lessons for winners Okhla has been the bastion of AAP for the last seven years since Amanatullah Khan registered historic win from the ward dismantling long rule of Congress leaders: Parvez Hashmi and Asif Md Khan. Amanatullah’s popularity can be understood from the fact that in the last Assembly election he had got 1 lakh 17 thousand votes. ALSO WATCH After losing four seats from his ward, Amanatullah tried to put a brave face by posting that his party got 62,369 votes. However, many Okhla residents commented on the…

History repeats itself and even Ariba Khan must have not known about it all these years. But that is how fate plays with many people. When Ariba was 9 years old, she had campaigned for her father Asif Md Khan, who was in jail, in the then MCD poll years ago. Jailed Asif had won the election due to her daughter and supporters campaign. Asif had told the OT after he succeeded in getting ticket for his daughter that she had grabbed residents’ attention as a 9-year-old child then when she used to visit houses asking residents to vote for…

Watch: Asif had the last laugh Before being arrested for allegedly misbehaving with a cop at Tayyab Masjid over an issue arising due to action of AAP sitting Councillor Wajid Khan, former Okhla Congress MLA Asif Md Khan in an interaction with the OT had hinted at the downfall of AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan. Though Khan was a bit upset with Amanatullah shaking hands with Wajid after years of sour relationship between them, Asif was confident that his 29-year-old daughter Ariba Khan would sail through in the MCD election 2022 from Abul Fazal Enclave ward. After Asif succeeded in getting…

By winning Zakir Nagar for 4th time, Danish emerges as strong Cong MLA contender By winning Zakir Nagar ward for the fourth time in a row, Shoaib Danish has emerged as a popular leader of Okhla and emerging as a MLA contender from the Congress in the locality. Political observers said though Danish has won from the ward by defeating the AAP candidate with a small margin, he has succeeded in holding to his forte. In the 2017 election too, Danish had won with a small margin with AAP’s Mahmood Ahmed tasting defeat. Naziya got 16,878 votes, Salma bagged 16,405…