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Two more Delhi government hospitals have been declared as COVID-19-dedicated facilities, according to an official order on Friday.

A 31-year-old man, inspired by the Bollywood movie Kabir Singh starring Shahid Kapoor, was arrested for allegedly posing as an orthopaedic surgeon on dating websites to extort money from gullible women, the police said on Friday.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.6 struck near Delhi on Friday, prompting people to rush out of their homes.

A 17-year-old boy was killed and another person injured after they were allegedly shot by two men over personal enmity in northeast Delhi's Jafarabad area, police said on Friday.

Indira Gandhi International Airport that serves as the country's major international aviation hub has donned a new look to avoid any kind of commotion after domestic flights resumed on May 25.

A Delhi court on Friday said that the investigation into a case related to the riots in northeast Delhi in February this year "seems to be targeted only towards one end" and the police have "failed to point out what investigation has been carried out so far regarding the involvement of the rival faction". The court has asked the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) leading the probe to "ensure a fair investigation."

The CBI has launched a preliminary probe against the organisers of the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi- which turned out to be the biggest coronavirus cluster in the country - for allegedly violating the foreign funding law,

Former municipal councillor from the Congress Ishrat Jahan, charged under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, moved a Delhi court Thursday seeking interim bail for 30 days to get married.

It was barely noon on Thursday when the metal doors of the mortuary at a hospital in south Delhi swung open and staff in white coveralls rolled out a stretcher. Mourning relatives looked on, as a body bag was loaded into an ambulance and taken away to a cemetery.

Hundreds of people who were stopped from crossing the Delhi-Gurgaon border this morning protested on the road that connects the two cities after the Haryana government decided to seal the routes that go to Delhi, concerned over rising cases of the highly infectious coronavirus.

Delhi recorded the hottest day in May in the last 18 years as the maximum temperature at the Safdarjung observatory rose to 46 degrees Celsius on Tuesday.

Three more employees of the office of Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal have tested positive for COVID-19, a day after a junior assistant was found infected with the novel coronavirus.

The BJP on Thursday accused the AAP of not addressing the water scarcity facing Delhi and claimed people are being forced to abandon social distancing and hand hygiene to get to water tankers amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Crime Branch of Delhi Police on Thursday filed 12 fresh charge-sheets at a Saket court against 541 foreign nationals, who had attended a congregation at Markaz Tablighi Jamaat in Nizamuddin area of the national capital.

Deaths linked to coronavirus are set to surge in Delhi as the Safdarjung Hospital reported 99 more deaths. The hospital - practically next-door to the prestigious All-India Institute of Medical Sciences -- had reported only four deaths from coronavirus till May 26, the Delhi government said.

The Delhi government on Thursday warned of a possible locust invasion and asked authorities to spray insecticides and pesticides on crops, vegetation, gardens and orchards while several states in western and central India struggled to contain the worst infestation in nearly three decades. Overnight operations were carried out by authorities in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi district while those in Madhya Pradesh used police sirens and urged farmers to beat utensils as locust swarms which first attacked Rajasthan and Gujarat, have now spread deeper into many states including Maharashtra, Haryana and Punjab.

The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) sealed its headquarters in central Delhi on Thursday after three employees tested positive for COVID-19, taking the total number of infected staffers to nine.

Delhi reported the highest spike in coronavirus cases today with 1,024 new cases, taking the total to over 16,000. The total number of deaths in the national capital now stands at 316.

The Haryana government has issued orders to "completely seal" all borders with Delhi, state minister Anil Vij tweeted on Thursday, after flagging concerns of coronavirus spreading with people travelling from the national capital.

Several parts of Delhi and nearby areas received moderate to light rainfall this evening bringing some respite from the scorching heat that has persisted for the past few weeks. The weather department had predicted light rain earlier in the day.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday predicted that Delhi-NCR region is likely to witness very light rain, thunderstorm or dust storm today till 8:30 pm.

Trade or consumption of liquor is not a fundamental right and the state has the authority to regulate its sale, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government told the Delhi High Court maintaining that its levying 70 per cent "special corona fees" on MRP of all alcohol brands is a price for grant of such privilege to the public.

Delhi High Court on Thursday allowed the application seeking permission to shift 955 foreign nationals, who attended the congregation of the Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi's Nizamuddin area, to alternate places of accommodation.

"When it rains, it pours," say the residents of Mawsynram and Sohra towns in Meghalaya which have received more rainfall in the last week than Delhi, Punjab and Haryana get in a year.

Chief Secretary of Delhi Government Vijay Dev has directed all concerned authorities to ensure that foreign returnees, who were quarantined in hotels and had to pay an advance of 14 days, are refunded their balance amount without any delay.