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Delhi records 501 fresh Covid cases; positivity rate rises to 7.72%

The national capital on Sunday recorded a 4.21% positivity rate

Live: Delhi Capitals allrounder Mitchell Marsh tests positive for Covid-19

Live news updates: Marsh is the third member of the Capitals contingent to test positive.

Cabinet reshuffle or expansion after Delhi visit: Karnataka CM Bommai

Speaking to reporters Bommai said that the matter of cabinet expansion has been discussed with party President J P Nadda already

Commuters in Delhi face hardships as auto, taxi unions go on strike

Commuters had a harrowing time as various auto-rickshaw, cab and taxi unions in capital went on a two-day strike on Monday to demand a CNG subsidy and fare revision in the wake of rising fuel prices

Rising fuel, CNG prices: Auto, taxi drivers go on strike in Delhi today

Commuters in Delhi may face problems as various unions of auto, taxi and mini bus drivers have decided to go on strike on Monday. The unions have been demanding hike in fare rates and slashing of CNG prices. While most unions said they will be on one-day strike, the Sarvodaya Driver Association Delhi, which has members who drive for cab aggregators, said it will go an "indefinite" strike from Monday. The unions have refused to call of their strike despite an announcement by the Delhi government to form a committee to consider fare revision in a time-bound manner. "We have decided to go on an indefinite strike from Monday in view of no action by the government to help us by slashing prices of fuels and revising fares," President, Sarvodaya Driver Association Delhi, Kamaljeet Gill, said. General secretary of the Delhi Auto Rickshaw Sangh, Rajendra Soni, said the "unprecedented" hike in rates of CNG has taken a toll auto and cab drivers. "We know that the Delhi government is forming

Sonipat: Major fire breaks out at chem factory, situation under control now

Sonipat Deputy Commissioner said more than 20 people were working in the factory at the time of the incident, 'but all were evacuated in time'

We hid in our homes as mobs clashed, fired shots: Jahangirpuri residents

Residents on Sunday largely stayed indoors while there was heavy police deployment in C-Block, the epicentre of the communal violence, and around a mosque in that area

Uneasy calm, heavy police presence in Jahangirpuri a day after violence

According to the police, there was stone-pelting and arson during the clashes between the two communities

Situation in Jahangirpuri area fully under control: Delhi Police

Severe clashes erupted during a Shobha Yatra procession on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti on Sunday between two groups of people in which 8 cops and one civilian were injured

UP police issues state-wide alert after Jahangirpuri violence on Saturday

"The officials, especially in districts adjoining Delhi, have been asked to stay prepared to avert any kind of untoward incident anywhere in the state," the officer said

Delhi records 461 new cases of Covid-19 and 2 deaths from disease

Despite less number of tests, the positivity rate jumped high and went beyond 5 per cent on Saturday

Violence during Hanuman Jayanti procession in Delhi's Jahangirpuri

Violence broke out in northwest Delhi's Jahangirpuri area on Saturday as stones were pelted at a procession taken out on Hanuman Jayanti, officials said.

Delhi covid cases might be rising, but we are vigilant: Deputy CM Sisodia

Sisodia, who also holds the education portfolio, reiterated that instructions have been issued to schools to follow the government's Standard Operating Procedure if they detect any case

Delhi records 366 fresh Covid cases, two-fold increase reported in 7 days

From April 8, when the city reported 146 fresh Covid cases at a positivity rate of 1.39 per cent, cases more than doubled to 366 on Friday.

About 300 positive samples from Delhi sent for genome sequencing: Report

The sequencing is to be done essentially to find if any new variant, like XE, has circulated in the city or not, amid a spike in daily cases in the last few days

366 fresh Covid cases in Delhi, positivity rate rises to 3.95%

The daily COVID-19 cases and the positivity rate in the national capital have seen an upward trend in the last few days

LIVE: Delhi sees 366 new Covid cases in 24 hrs, positivity rate at 3.95%

Doctors on Tuesday had said that it was not a panic situation as the count of daily cases was still low, but had cautioned against dropping the guard

Delhi govt asks schools to close specific wings if needed as cases surge

Two top private schools confirmed that each of them have received information from parents about their wards testing positive

Hot Friday in Delhi, max temperature settles at 38.7 deg C

The minimum temperature was recorded at 23.7 Degrees Celsius, three notches above the normal while the relative humidity was 29 per cent in the evening

Covid-19: Delhi govt says free precaution doses at its hospitals soon

The move comes as the national capital witnesses an uptick in coronavirus cases and a rise in positivity rate