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Violators of firecracker ban can face jail term up to 6 yrs: Delhi Minister

The Delhi Police and the revenue department have been directed to constitute patrolling teams to check violations

Anti-dengue campaign to end Sunday, CM congratulates people of Delhi

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday praised the people of Delhi for no dengue-related death and the relatively lower number of cases of the vector-borne disease this year

Delhi: Radio programme to address queries of jail inmates launched

A weekly radio programme to address the queries of jail inmates and educate them about their legal rights was launched here on Saturday, officials said

Delhi govt asks DMs, police to implement blanket ban on firecrackers

The Delhi government on Friday directed all district magistrates and deputy commissioners of police to implement the blanket ban on firecrackers from November 7 to November 30

Delhi govt bans firecrackers, ramps up medical infra ahead of Diwali

Ahead of Diwali, the Delhi government on Thursday decided to ban firecrackers in the national capital and ramp up medical infrastructure in hospitals, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said

Haze chokes Delhi; pollution levels highest since November last year

A layer of haze lingered over the national capital and its suburbs, with raging farm fires and a fall in the wind speed and temperatures pushing air quality to the worst levels in around a year

Delhi logs record 6,842 Covid-19 cases in a day, Kejriwal calls it 3rd wave

This is the second consecutive day when the number of daily cases in the national capital has crossed the 6000-mark

Inverted Energy opens lithium battery manufacturing facility in Delhi

The commissioning of the plant, which currently has a production capacity of 100 MWh (megawatt hour) annually, is aimed at reducing dependence on China, Inverted Energy said in a release

It's 'third wave' in Delhi, but do not panic: CM Kejriwal on Covid surge

Terming the sudden spike in Covid-19 cases in Delhi as the "third wave", CM Arvind Kejriwal assured the people that there is no need to panic as the AAP govt is closely monitoring the Covid situation

Officials told not to paste Covid posters outside homes: Delhi govt to HC

Delhi High Court was informed by the Aam Aadmi Party government that it has directed all its officials not to paste posters outside the homes of Covid positive patients under home quarantine

Delhi: Govt attributes festivals, laxity in following norms for Covid surge

The government on Monday attributed the sudden surge in Covid-19 cases in Delhi to the festive season, greater movement of people along with laxity in adhering to safe Covid-19 behaviour

Nurses of Hindu Rao, other North Corporation-run hospitals go on strike

Hundreds of nurses at the Hindu Rao Hospital and a few other North Corporation-run facilities went on an indefinite strike on Monday over their "pending salaries" for August-October

Covid-19 Factoid: Kerala is recording most new cases among Indian states

While Delhi has added over 8,000 net new cases, Punjab has the highest fatality rate

Delhi's air quality improves due to high wind speed, but still 'poor'

Pollution levels in the national capital dipped on Monday with high wind speed aiding dispersion of pollutants, even as farm fires continued to rage in neighbouring states

Delhi's air quality remains 'very poor' due to 'unusually high' farm fires

The national capital's air quality remained very poor on Sunday with an unusually high number of farm fires negating the effect of better ventilation, according to a government forecasting agency

Delhi records season's lowest minimum temperature at 11.4 degree Celsius

The national capital recorded a minimum temperature of 11.4 degrees Celsius on Sunday morning, the lowest this season so far, according to the India Meteorological Department

Delhi coronavirus update: 5,062 new cases; positivity rate climbs to 11.42%

The national capital recorded 5,062 fresh COVID-19 cases on Saturday, taking the infection tally to over 3.86 lakh, even as the positivity rate jumped to nearly 11.5 per cent amid festivities and rising pollution in the city. These fresh cases came out of the 44,330 tests conducted the previous day which also coincided with a festival. This is the fourth consecutive day when over 5,000 cases have been reported in a day in the city. The highest single-day spike till date -- 5,891 cases -- was recorded on Friday. On Saturday, 41 new fatalities were recorded, pushing the death toll in the national capital to 6,511, according to the latest bulletin issued by the Delhi health department. The tally of active cases on Saturday rose to 32,719 from 32,363 the previous day, as per the bulletin. The bulletin said the total number of cases has climbed to 3,86,706 and the positivity rate stood at 11.42 per cent. After a long time, the positivity rate here has crossed the 10 per ...

Passengers could occupy all seats in Delhi buses from Nov 1: Minister

Despite a spike in Covid-19 cases, Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot on Saturday said passengers could travel on all seats in public transport buses from November 1

Delhi passengers can travel on all seats of buses from November 1: Gahlot

Amid a spike in Covid cases, Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said passengers can travel on all seats of public buses from Nov 1, and cautioned that travellers will have to wear face masks

Delhi sees record single-day spike of 5,891 Covid-19 cases, tally over 380k

This was the third consecutive day when over 5,000 cases have been reported in a day in the city