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Wearing a yellow turban and white overalls, Jitender Singh Shunty and three of his coworkers carefully pulled the body of a 57-year-old Covid-19 victim out of his bedroom in a house in New Delhi's west and onto an ambulance waiting downstairs. A second ambulance from Shunty's non-profit medical service carrying three other Covid-19 patients joined them on the Indian capital's

Disgruntled TMC MLA Mihir Goswami, who had expressed his desire to quit the party, Friday left for New Delhi with BJP MP Nisiht Pramanik, fuelling speculations over his next move. Goswami along with Pramanik left for New Delhi this morning. According to state BJP sources, Goswami might join the saffron camp this evening. The TMC leadership declined to comment on the

The national capital has witnessed 2,364 deaths due to coronavirus since October 28, when the daily rise in infections breached the mark of 5,000 cases for the first time, according to official data. Amid a surge in Covid-19 cases and deaths, 99 more fatalities on Wednesday pushed the city's total death toll due to the disease to 8,720. It was after five days that Delhi

India's national capital has been ranked 27th, while Mumbai and Bengaluru were placed at the 33th and 34th positions respectively in a global index that measures annual price appreciation of luxury residential properties, according to a Knight Frank report. Auckland in the Australasia region topped the index with 12.9 per cent price appreciation in the July-September quarter,

India plans to put off the winter session of parliament due to the rising number of coronavirus infections, a government official said on Monday, with New Delhi facing a shortage of hospital beds and doctors as the epidemic spreads. While the daily rise in new cases nationally has slowed, there has been a surge of infections in the capital, which officials said was because of

A 25-year-old man was arrested for allegedly faking his kidnapping to make easy money, police said on Monday. The accused, identified as Rahul Dev Singh, is a resident of Badarpur. The matter came to light when an accountant of a firm in Mehrauli lodged a police complaint against Singh. The complainant said that he had handed over Rs 4.96 lakh to his colleague Rahul Dev Singh

Delhi, which has been reeling under the third wave of coronavirus, has reported a death rate of 1.58 per cent as compared to the national fatality rate of 1.48 per cent.

Over 70 lakh litres of water was sprinkled at 13 pollution hotspots in the past 36 days by the Delhi Fire Service to hold down dust as a measure to improve the deteriorating air quality in the city, officials said on Sunday. The drive began on October 17 following orders from the Delhi government to check the dust pollution in the national capital, they said According to the

Delhi's air quality improved marginally on Saturday due to favourable wind speed, but remained in the "poor" category. Government agencies said that the air quality index (AQI) is likely to remain in the "moderate" to "poor" category on Sunday.  The city's 24-hour average AQI was 251 on Saturday. It was 296 on Friday, 283 on Thursday and 211 on Wednesday. An AQI between zero

Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday said Punjab was ready to provide all possible help to the Delhi government to combat the Covid-19 threat. “Delhi is fighting a tough battle, and we are there to help if needed. I have said that earlier also,” he said. Singh lauded the healthcare and frontline workers of Punjab for their “excellent” work in handling the pandemic in the

Amid a huge surge in Covid-19 cases in the national capital, the Delhi government on Thursday directed all district magistrates (DMs) to take steps to double the number of testing centres in their respective districts immediately. The order issued by the Delhi Health Department also said that manpower required for the new testing centres "may be hired from open market, if

The Delhi government may introduce new tax reforms and enforcement measures in the near future, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Wednesday after signing of an MoU with the Centre for Effective Governance of Indian States (CEGIS) for a study on measures to augment state revenue. The study aims to help improve governance and public service delivery in Delhi while

With hardly a week remaining for his wedding, 30-year-old Krishna Kumar and his family are now a worried lot after the Delhi government announced it would restrict the guests' list in marriage ceremonies from 200 to only 50 amid a sudden spike in Covid-19 cases in the national capital. Kumar, whose wedding is scheduled for November 27, said invitations have been already sent

Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa arrived in the national capital on Wednesday to meet the party top brass to discuss rejig in his Cabinet. Deputy Chief Minister Govind Karjol accompanied him. The chief minister is likely to meet BJP national president J P Nadda and discuss a proposal on State Cabinet expansion or reshuffle. Earlier, the chief minister had sought

New Delhi recorded an average of 7,000 new infections each day over the last week, with over 8,593 cases reported on Nov. 11, according to local government data. The numbers fell to just over 3,500 over the weekend, which marked the Hindu Diwali festival. But that dip coincided with a sharp fall in the city’s daily testing tally to a little over 21,000 tests compared to the

A fire broke out on the sixth floor of MTNL building at Kidwai Bhawan in Delhi. Cooling operations are underway with the help of 15 fire tenders. Delhi: Fire breaks out on the sixth floor of MTNL building at Kidwai Bhawan. Cooling operation underway with the help of 15 fire tenders. More details awaited. — ANI (@ANI) November 17, 2020

Delhi's draft electoral roll published Monday shows a rise of over 1.5 lakh in the total number of electors in the city compared to the last published roll this January. The total number of electors in Delhi stands at 1,48,43,859 in the draft roll and there is an increase in the number of both male and female voters vis-a-vis the one published on January 6, according to the

India's Covid-19 caseload crossed 88.72 lakh, while the number of people who have recovered from the disease rose to 82.49 lakh. Over 1.3 lakh people have died from the disease so far in India, and over 13 lakh people have died worldwide. Experts have warned that crowding and festive activities may create an upsurge in coronavirus cases. Stay tuned on DH for more latest

India's Covid-19 caseload crossed 88.72 lakh, while the number of people who have recovered from the disease rose to 82.49 lakh. Over 1.3 lakh people have died from the disease so far in India, and over 13 lakh people have died worldwide. Experts have warned that crowding and festive activities may create an upsurge in coronavirus cases. Stay tuned on DH for more latest

India's Covid-19 caseload crossed 88.72 lakh, while the number of people who have recovered from the disease rose to 82.49 lakh. Over 1.3 lakh people have died from the disease so far in India, and over 13 lakh people have died worldwide. Experts have warned that crowding and festive activities may create an upsurge in coronavirus cases. Stay tuned on DH for more latest

India's Covid-19 caseload crossed 88.72 lakh, while the number of people who have recovered from the disease rose to 82.49 lakh. Over 1.3 lakh people have died from the disease so far in India, and over 13 lakh people have died worldwide. Experts have warned that crowding and festive activities may create an upsurge in coronavirus cases. Stay tuned on DH for more latest

India's Covid-19 caseload crossed 88.72 lakh, while the number of people who have recovered from the disease rose to 82.49 lakh. Over 1.3 lakh people have died from the disease so far in India, and over 13 lakh people have died worldwide. Experts have warned that crowding and festive activities may create an upsurge in coronavirus cases. Stay tuned on DH for more latest

India's Covid-19 caseload crossed 88.72 lakh, while the number of people who have recovered from the disease rose to 82.49 lakh. Over 1.3 lakh people have died from the disease so far in India, and over 13 lakh people have died worldwide. Experts have warned that crowding and festive activities may create an upsurge in coronavirus cases. Stay tuned on DH for more latest

With the national capital witnessing a sudden spike in Covid-19 cases, there has been a significant rise in the number of containment zones as authorities have created over 1,000 new such zones in the last 15 days, according to Delhi government data. There were 3,359 Covid-19 containment zones in the city on November 1, but the number rose to 4,430 on November 15, with the

India’s active Covid-19 tally remained below five lakh for the third consecutive day, but a fresh surge in Delhi became a cause of worry due to the shortage of ICU beds in the city. The national capital had on Thursday reported 7,053 new infections and 104 deaths. The spike was attributed by Delhi's health authorities to the crowding of markets due to the festive and wedding