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Seven men have been arrested for allegedly robbing jewellery worth crores from a store after threatening its security guard in northwest Delhi's Maurya Enclave, police said on Saturday.

More than 50 flights from Delhi were delayed today morning due to dense fog at the airport, officials have said.

A court in Delhi has extended the Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody of former Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP KD Singh, arrested in a money-laundering case, till January 25.

Delhi recorded 299 fresh COVID-19 cases and six more deaths on Saturday, even as the positivity rate slipped to 0.42 per cent, authorities said.

Resident doctors at one of Delhi's biggest healthcare hubs, the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, today demanded they be administered Covishield vaccine and not Covaxin since the former has completed all three stages of trials as required under protocol. The second one, produced by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech, is still only undergoing stage-III trials. The central government has, however, sought to underplay such apprehensions saying "a lot of work" had gone into the development of both products.

A 21-year-old man was stabbed allegedly by a boy following a quarrel between them, the police said today.

Delhi's National Zoological Park today confirmed the first case of Bird Flu.

The nationwide Covid vaccination drive began a little after 11 am Saturday, with a sanitation worker at Delhi's AIIMS the first person in the country to receive a shot. Earlier Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to frontline workers and healthcare staff playing key roles in the battle to contain the virus. The Prime Minister also cautioned against spreading rumours about the efficacy of the vaccines and warned people to continue following Covid-appropriate behaviour even after receiving the injections. Over the next few days, weeks and months India will carry out one of the world's largest vaccination drives - around 30 crore people will be inoculated against the novel coronavirus. Two vaccines - Covaxin and Covishield - have been cleared for this purpose.

The national capital has been one of the worst-hit by Covid-19 among Indian cities, with 6.31 lakh infected people till now and 10,732 deaths related to the pandemic. As the nation launches it massive fightback today with two vaccines, Delhi will be a key battlefront, with some of the biggest hospitals of the nation armed, along with the several small local centres, forming the vanguard of the counteroffensive.

Delhi is all set to roll-out the COVID-19 vaccines tomorrow at 81 centres and healthcare workers, who have been at the forefront of the fight against the pandemic, will be the ones to receives the shots first.

Twelve people, including two Chinese women, were arrested for allegedly cheating people by promising lucrative returns through an online marketing campaign, police said on Friday.

Ahead of Republic day on January 26, the Delhi Police today held an inter-state coordination meeting to strengthen cooperation for addressing law and order issues, officials said.

The Delhi Police on Friday prohibited operation of "sub-conventional aerial platforms" including UAVs, paragliders and hot air balloons over the national capital from January 20 in view of Republic Day celebrations.

The Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi was recorded in the ''severe'' category on Friday as citizens woke up to an extremely foggy morning and poor visibility.

India is all geared up for the mass coronavirus vaccination drive that begins Saturday. The rollout tomorrow is expected to cover 3 lakh healthcare workers across 3,006 sites across the country.

A Delhi court has granted bail to three people in two cases related to the riots in north-east Delhi in February last year, saying identification of the accused by the police witnesses was hardly of any consequence due to the delay.

A man was arrested for allegedly killing his wife after he suspected her of having an affair in northwest Delhi's Baljeet Vihar area, police said on Friday.

Delhi recorded the lowest number of COVID-19 cases in over eight months today, prompting Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to say: "Well done Delhi!"

The national capital has an unemployment rate of over 16 per cent and nearly 10 per cent children in the age group of 6-17 do not attend school primarily due to financial constraints, according to a Delhi government survey.

A 13-year-old boy was forced to have a sex reassignment surgery and raped and abused for years by four accused in a horrifying incident in northeast Delhi, the city's women's commission has said.

Three people, including a child, were killed in a fire at a scrap shop in west Delhi's Kirti Nagar area, police said on Friday.

Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today protested outside Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal's official residence today, in solidarity with those farmers who have been protesting against the central government's recently introduced agricultural laws.

A fire broke out at an e-commerce company's storehouse in the city's Rohini area on Friday morning, leaving a woman injured, a Delhi Fire Service official said.

Delhi High Court on Thursday said all district courts of the national capital will hold hearing physically on an alternate day basis and continue to take up the matters through ''video conferencing'' on non-physical days from January 18.

The Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) is set to hold virtual roadshows for the 95-year-old New Delhi Railway Station's revamps, seeking participation from investors and developers the world over in the estimated $680 million project. The online events will be organised between January 14 and 19 and will seek bids for 61 other such projects, too, according to press release issued on Wednesday.