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Rise in severely ill COVID-19 patients in Delhi, say doctors. Currently 66 per cent of total ICU beds with ventilators occupied, shows data from Delhi government's mobile app for all coronavirus-related information.

Pollution levels in the national capital dipped on Monday with high wind speed aiding dispersion of pollutants, even as farm fires continued to rage in neighbouring states.

Delhi Police's Economic Offences Wing has arrested a gym owner for allegedly cheating people of several crores in a fraud linked to the sale of the property, police said.

The share of stubble burning in Delhi's pollution rose to 40 per cent on Sunday, the maximum so far this season, according to a central government air quality monitoring agency.

A protest held near Delhi against the daylight murder of a 21-year-old student in Haryana turned violent today after police tried to disperse the crowd which had blocked a highway connecting the national capital. The protesters clashed with the police and even threw stones at them during the clash. The situation was brought under control after around 20 minutes.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday excoriated the opposition over the Pulwama attack after Pakistan's admission of complicity in it, saying it has "taken masks off" the faces of those in India who never cared for the "sons of Bihar" who lost their lives in the assault.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said his government's anti-dengue campaign is being praised across the country and sought to credit it for no fatality due to the vector-borne disease in the city this year.

The air quality in the Delhi-NCR region recorded a marginal improvement but remained in the "very poor" category on Saturday as stubble burning incidents were "unusually high", while a government forecasting agency said it is likely to get better due to favorable wind speed in the coming days.

The Delhi government has directed all wholesale liquor vends in the city to ensure mandatory use of Aarogya Setu app by their staff, touch-free sanitiser dispenser and other protective measures against the novel coronavirus.

An associate of gangster Neeraj Bawana wasAn associate of gangster Neeraj Bawana was arrested on Friday evening after a brief exchange of fire in northwest Delhi's Narela Industrial area, police said.

A nine-year-old boy died in northwest Delhi after a portion of a steel glass, with which he had allegedly covered a firecracker after lighting it, got stuck in his chest following the explosion, the police said today. The incident took place on Tuesday.

For the third consecutive day, Delhi recorded over 5,000 new coronavirus cases with a new 24-hour high of 5,891 on Friday. Delhi had recorded its second-highest cases on Thursday at 5,739. Total cases are now at over 3.81 lakh.

A Delhi-based contractor who was kidnapped by one of his co-workers and his associates, was rescued from Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district, police said today after arresting three accused from there.

Three days after a 29-year-old man was killed for allegedly objecting to loud music being played by his neighbour, the police have arrested the fifth accused in the case, officials said on Friday.

Six non-profits and trust and nine places, including the property of former Delhi Minority Commission chief Zafarul-Islam Khan have been raided by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a terror funding case.

The Delhi cabinet has approved over Rs 40 crore to provide medical insurance of Rs 5 lakh and term insurance of Rs 10 lakh to lawyers, who are residents of the national capital, Law minister Kailash Gahlot said Friday.

A young man punched and kicked by a man and then stabbed multiple times as two others watch. The chilling sequence was caught on a CCTV camera from south Delhi's Tigri area. The police have arrested one of the assailants, the other man accused in the case is on the run, sources said.

A missing woman was arrested from Delhi on Thursday by the Crime Branch police, 18 years after being booked in a case of cheating in Jammu, officials said.

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday said the AAP government has changed its anti-Corona strategy by conducting aggressive tracing and testing in the city, citing it as one of the reasons for a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases in the past few days.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today launched the 'Green Delhi' mobile application using which citizens can bring pollution causing activities to the government's notice.

Faced with rising air pollution in Delhi-NCR, the Centre has introduced a new law through an ordinance that puts in place a powerful oversight body and provides for up to five years of jail term and Rs one crore fine for violators with immediate effect.

The coronavirus graph in Delhi has remained on a relentless climb, registering a new high of 5,739 fresh cases over the last 24 hours.

The share of stubble burning in Delhi's PM2.5 pollution rose to 36 per cent today, the maximum so far this season, according to a central government air quality monitoring agency.

The national capital's overall air quality inched closer to the severe category this morning as pollution levels rose sharply after a marginal reduction, primarily due to calm winds and spike in farm fires.

The contribution of stubble burning to Delhi's air pollution today rose to 36 per cent - the maximum this season so far - as skies in the national capital turned toxic yellow and hazy.