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Delhi appears to have cleared the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Saturday, as the city reported 1,133 new cases, far below a peak of over 8,000 last month, and a positivity rate of less than 1.5 per cent.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday claimed that the alleged scam of Rs 2,500 crore in the BJP-ruled municipal corporations was bigger than the 2010 Commonwealth Games scam.

Delhi recorded 1,418 fresh COVID-19 cases on Friday with over 88,000 tests being conducted, while the positivity rate stood at 1.6 per cent, authorities said.

After several days of biting cold and chilly weather, the next three to four days in Delhi will most likely be more comfortable with a rise in temperature, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed on Friday.

The minimum temperature dropped below the three degrees Celsius-mark in parts of Delhi on Friday as frosty winds from snow-covered Western Himalayas continue to sweep the national capital, the India Meteorological Department said.

Former JNU student leader Umar Khalid, arrested in connection with a north east Delhi riots case, alleged before a court on Wednesday that he has not been given any medical treatment by the Tihar jail authorities for his toothache for the last three days.

A CISF personnel saved the life of a trainee policeman who fell unconscious at a Delhi Metro station here on Friday by performing CPR medical procedure on him, officials said.

Satyadev Manjhi, a 60-year-old man from Bihar's Siwan reached Tikri at Delhi-Haryana border on Thursday, after completing a journey of nearly 1,000 kilometres in 11 days on a bicycle to participate in the ongoing farmers' protest against agricultural laws.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address farmers in Madhya Pradesh tomorrow as massive farmer protests near Delhi against three central laws continue unabated.

JNU student Natasha Narwal, arrested under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, alleged before a courton Thursday that the charge sheet filed by the police in a north east Delhi riots case revolved around the deaths of only three persons, including Head constable Ratan Lal and and Intelligence Bureau official Ankit Sharma, and ignored the deaths of the other local persons.

A 27-year-old man was shot at by a person following a quarrel between them over serving of omelette at a food joint in central Delhi's Chandni Mahal area, police said on Thursday.

A daily wage labourer has been arrested here for allegedly stabbing his fellow worker multiple times when one of them asked for extra onions for salad while having dinner, police said on Thursday.

The Delhi High Court on Thursday said that every institution and organisation must declare zero tolerance for gender insensitivity and the law on sexual harassment at workplace must be complied with in letter and spirit as women are a valuable human resource and they are entitled to a congenial and dignified environment to attain their potential.

Ruling that a promise of marriage cannot be held out as an inducement for engaging in sex over a protracted and indefinite period of time, the Delhi High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by a woman challenging the acquittal of an accused in a rape case observing that her relationship with the accused was consensual.

Earthquake tremors were felt in Delhi and nearby areas on Thursday, prompting people to rush out of their homes

Delhi recorded 1,363 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday with over 90,000 tests conducted, the highest till date, even as the positivity rate slipped to 1.51 per cent, authorities said.

A farmer from Punjab protesting near the Delhi-Haryana border died early this morning, allegedly because of the bitter cold. The 37-year-old man, a father of three, was found dead at a site where thousands of farmers have been protesting for 22 days against central farm laws.

Delhi Police busted a massive syndicate whose employees posed as personnel from various law enforcement agencies to cheat and extort money from unsuspecting foreign nationals, police said on Wednesday.

Preparations have begun in the national capital for the rolling out of COVID-19 vaccine. Around 3,500 healthcare workers are being trained for the vaccine rollout and out of these 1,800 healthcare workers will be deployed at 609 coldchain points across the city. Others will be involved as medical officers and inoculators at the vaccination booths.

Delhi recorded 1,547 fresh COVID-19 cases on Wednesday with over 79,000 tests conducted, even as the positivity rate stood at 1.96 per cent, authorities said.

Icy winds swept north India on Wednesday, with Amritsar in Punjab reporting the lowest minimum temperature in the plains, while dense fog engulfed several parts of Uttar Pradesh, where eight people died when a bus collided with a gas tanker amid reduced visibility.

The priest of a Gurdwara in Haryana, Baba Ram Singh, who joined the farmers' protest, has died by suicide; he had shot himself. The 65-year-old was at the Delhi-Sonipat border at Kundli, where he reached last evening.

Nurses at Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Education (AIIMS) called off their strike Tuesday night, after a meeting with hospital administration and hours after the Delhi High Court said they could not continue their "indefinite strike"

The Delhi international airport is geared up to ensure safe flight operations amid increasing fog in the city, operator DIAL said today.

The nurses' strike at Delhi's prestigious All-India Institute of Medical Sciences cannot continue, the High Court said today after the hospital sought legal help to end it.