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Covid-19: Delhi records 132 Covid cases; positivity rate 0.38%

Delhi on Sunday reported 132 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 0.38 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department. With this, the national capital's case count increased to 18,62,934, the latest health bulletin stated. The death toll remained unchanged at 26,141. The number of COVID-19 tests conducted the previous day stood at 34,994, the bulletin said. Delhi had on Saturday logged 161 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 0.44 per cent and one death. On Friday, the city had recorded 174 cases with a positivity rate of 0.45 per cent and no death. On March 5, 6 and 7 too, no fatalities were recorded in the city. The number of daily COVID-19 cases in Delhi has been on the decline after touching the record high of 28,867 on January 13. The city had recorded a positivity rate of 30.6 per cent on January 14, the highest during the third wave of the pandemic.

Delhi records 161 Covid cases, one death; positivity rate 0.44%

The total number home isolation cases as on February 1 had stood at 12,312, and on March 12, it dipped to 586

7 killed in massive fire in northeast Delhi, several shanties gutted

There were some cardboards behind one of the shanties and it is suspected that someone could have thrown a burning cigarette or bidi there, causing the fire, forensic officials said

7 killed as fire breaks out in shanties in northeast Delhi, says officials

Seven people were killed after a fire broke out in shanties in northeast Delhi's Gokulpuri area in the early hours of Saturday, officials said. A senior official of the Delhi Fire Services said information regarding the blaze near pillar number 12 of Gokulpuri village was received at 1.03 am. Thirteen fire-tenders were rushed to the site. Seven charred bodies were recovered, the official said, adding that around 60 shanties were affected and 30 of those gutted in the fire. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (northeast) Devesh Kumar Mahla said information about the blaze was received around 1 am, following which police and fire officials reached the spot. The blaze was finally brought under control around 4 am. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal expressed grief over the incident. "Heard the sad news early in the morning. I will go to the spot and meet the affected people personally," he said in a tweet in Hindi.

DDA says over 22K applicants registered for Special Housing Scheme 2021

The scheme was launched on December 23 last year.

Congress stages protest in Delhi as party trailing in all five states

Congress workers staged a protest alleging "tampering with Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs)" outside the party office in Delhi as the party is trailing in all five poll-bound states

Ukraine war: IAF flight with 119 Indians, 27 foreigners land in Delhi

An Indian Air Force (IAF) flight with 119 Indians and 27 foreigners landed at Hindon air base here from Romanian capital Bucharest on Thursday morning

Congress accuses BJP, AAP of trying to postpone MCD polls fearing defeat

AAP leader and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia alleged that the state election commission has "withheld" the dates "under pressure from the BJP at the Centre"

DCW has instilled sense of security among women of Delhi: Kejriwal

Kejriwal was speaking at the International Women's Day Awards function hosted by the DCW here.

Several restrictions in campaigning for municipal elections in Delhi

The MCC guidelines put special emphasis on adherence to Covid-19 appropriate behaviour and advised authorities to ensure social distancing at polling booths

Delhi records 158 Covid cases, three deaths; positivity rate 0.49%

The national capital's coronavirus case count increased to 18,61,870, while the death toll mounted to 26,137, the latest health bulletin stated

Covid-19 pandemic: Delhi records 249 fresh cases and zero fatality

The number of daily cases in Delhi has been on the decline after touching the record high of 28,867 on January 13

Delhi records 302 Covid-19 cases, four deaths; positivity rate 0.63%

Amid the decline in daily cases of Covid-19 in Delhi, the number of patients under home isolation has significantly fallen in the last few weeks

Delhi records 326 Covid-19 cases, three deaths; positivity rate 0.77%

The number of daily cases in Delhi has been on the decline after touching the record high of 28,867 on January 13

579 people from Delhi still stranded in Ukraine, 299 brought back: Report

In all, 878 people from Delhi were in Ukraine, the officials said citing a list handed to them by the Centre

Delhi govt gives approval for installing 600 LED screens across city

'Priority will be given to wider arterial roads with 100 to 200 feet ROW and having large traffic volume for maximum dissemination of the information,' the official said

Now tourists can recharge metro cards through Delhi Tourism App

Officials said that the new feature is a very useful as many foreign tourists who come to visit Delhi or even the Indian tourists from other cities are not aware of Delhi's public transport system

2020 Delhi riots: Court reserves order on Umar Khalid's bail plea

A Delhi court on Thursday reserved its order on the bail plea of former JNU student Umar Khalid in a case of a larger conspiracy in connection with Delhi riots during February 2020. Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat said that the order on the bail plea of Khalid would be pronounced on March 14. During the argument, the accused told the court that the prosecution lacked the evidence to prove its case against him. Khalid, along with several others, has been booked under the anti-terror law -- Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) -- in the case for being the "masterminds" of the February 2020 riots, which had left 53 people dead and over 700 injured. The violence had erupted during the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019, and the National Register of Citizens (NRC). Besides Khalid, activist Khalid Saifi, JNU students Natasha Narwal and Devangana Kalita, Jamia Coordination Committee members Safoora Zargar, former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain and .

Delhi HC refuses to stay appointment process for DMRC MD post

The petition challenged the Delhi government's Feb10 notification calling for applications for the post, contending that it was arbitrary, irrational, unfair and contrary to the due procedure of law

Covid-19: Delhi records 325 new cases, 1 death; positivity rate 0.81%

The number of daily cases in Delhi has been on the decline after touching the record high of 28,867 on January 13