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Delhi is geared up for the COVID-19 vaccination programme and the city's entire population can be covered in a month if hospital staff and nurses are involved, State Immunization Officer Suresh Seth said on Thursday.

Many roads in Haryana leading to the national capital were today clogged with heavy traffic as the state administration remained on high alert amid an intensifying "Delhi Chalo" protest march by farmers against the new farm laws passed by the central government in September.

A night curfew in Delhi is under "active consideration" depending on the situation, the Delhi government told the High Court today amid a huge coronavirus surge which the city has not been able to shake off in a month. The government's response came after the court questioned it on the measures being taken to control the spike in daily cases, which had mostly stayed above 6,000 over the last week.

Thousands of farmers, some armed with sticks and swords, flung barricades into a river, threw bricks at cops and physically pushed vehicles as they were stopped by Haryana on their way to a protest march in Delhi. After a two-hour clash on a bridge in which teargas and water cannons were used, the farmers managed to cross the border into Haryana. Haryana, ruled by the BJP, has been using heavy force to try and block farmers making their way from Punjab towards the capital in tractors and on foot for their two-day "Delhi Chalo" protest march against new farm laws that they fear will reduce their earnings and give more power to large retailers. Amid massive protests, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar appealed to the protesting farmers to suspend their agitation, and invited them for talks on December 3. "The government is committed to the welfare of farmers and we are ready for talks. Whether it's about minimum support price or infrastructure, we are ready for discussion," he said.

Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai tested positive for the coronavirus disease on Wednesday.

Massive protests are expected today by thousands of farmers who have gathered at the border of Delhi for their march towards the national capital against the centre's new farm laws.

North Delhi Mayor Jai Prakash on Wednesday inaugurated a ''mask bank'' at Sadar Bazar in central Delhi, according to a statement.

Thousands of farmers from Congress-run Punjab are assembling at the border of Haryana for their march towards Delhi on Thursday morning, ready for any confrontation with the security personnel deployed by the BJP-ruled state, which is determined to stop them. A showdown is likely with farmers from five states - Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Kerala and Punjab - planning a march to Delhi today and tomorrow. The Delhi government has refused to allow any rally in the city, citing the coronavirus outbreak. Massive security arrangements have been made at the borders with Delhi at Gurugram and Faridabad.

Delhi recorded 5,246 fresh COVID-19 cases in a day as the positivity rate declined 8.49 per cent, while 99 more fatalities pushed the city's death count to 8,720 today, authorities said.

Two brothers were arrested on Wednesday in connection with the killing of a 50-year-old man and his son over personal enmity in northeast Delhi's Nandnagri area two days ago, police said.

A 48-year-old woman was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly duping people of lakhs of rupees on the pretext of providing them government jobs in Delhi, police said.

Amid call for protests by farmers against the Centre's new farm laws across the country, the Delhi Metro said its services will be regulated to avoid over-crowding in trains amid the coronavirus pandemic.

In heart-warming story, a 22-year-old man from Vishakhapatnam was reunited with his mother in Delhi after 15 years, thanks to social networking site Facebook and a women's rehabilitation centre that sprang into action after Rama Devi - who had lost her memory - remembered her son's name.

The three BJP-ruled municipal corporations in Delhi Wednesday again alleged the AAP-led Delhi government was under-reporting deaths due to coronavirus, a claim refuted by the ruling party which accused the MCDs of "politicising" the issue.

Protesting farmers in BJP-ruled Haryana had a tough time marching towards Delhi today as the state police set up barricades and deployed water cannons across the state. After crossing the barricades at Ambala, hundreds of farmers faced water cannons at Kurukshetra. Dramatic visuals from the spot showed massive jets of water being fired at a huge crowd on the highway barricaded by the police.

The accused persons in the recent Delhi riots allegedly committed a "crime against humanity" carried out in an "extremely brutal", "grotesque" and "dastardly" manner, police has said in its supplementary charge sheet filed in a case in a court.

"Congratulations to the entire team of Delhi Crime on the win at the International Emmy Awards. Bravo!" tweeted Priyanka Chopra

A Delhi court on Wednesday granted bail to a doctor Khush Bihari Parashar, who was arrested on September 3 on the allegation of being involved in issuance of fake COVID-19 test reports on the letterheads of some reputed labs.

Passengers traveling from Delhi to Jollygrant Airport in Dehradun have to mandatory undergo a COVID-19 test at the airport, as per an order issued by the Uttarakhand government.

The biggest Muslim graveyard in the national capital near ITO is running out of burial space amid rising COVID-19 deaths with coronavirus victims from other NCR areas also being buried here, an official managing it said on Tuesday.

JNU student Sharjeel Imam's "religious fanaticism" coupled with his academic legacy and sharp oratory skills was the "perfect combination" that his mentor Umar Khalid was looking to exploit, police has alleged in its supplementary charge sheet filed in a case related to the Northeast Delhi riots.

There could not have been a "greater international embarrassment" for the Indian government than to have communal riots raging in the national capital during US President Donald Trump's visit in February, police said in its supplementary charge sheet filed in a North East Delhi riots case.

A 46-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly duping a bank to the tune of Rs 24.13 crore by selling the stocks of his company which he had hypothecated with the bank to avail various loans, police said on Tuesday.

A 20-year-old man and his friend have been arrested for allegedly extorting money from women by threatening to post their morphed pictures on social media websites, the police said today.

Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths due to the virus in Delhi, city's Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday claimed the national capital reported the "least" fatality ratio among major cities in the country.