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Social gatherings during festivities, deteriorating air quality, increasing incidences of respiratory disorders are among a few reasons attributed to the rise in COVID-19 cases in Delhi, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday.

A 22-year-old man was shot at allegedly by three unidentified men on a two-wheeler when he tried to resist them from snatching his mobile phone in north east Delhi's Dayalpur, police said on Thursday.

At a high-level Covid review meeting with Union Health Ministry officials today, Delhi blamed pollution besides a host of other reasons for a 46 per cent rise in coronavirus cases over the past month.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday conducted searches at four locations in Assam's Guwahati and Maharashtra's Sangli in connection with the seizure of 83 kgs of gold worth over Rs 42 crore at New Delhi Railway Station from eight persons with links to Myanmar and Nepal, an official said.

Bareilly Airport, which belongs to the Indian Air Force, will be ready for civil operations soon. The flight operations from Bareilly to Delhi and Lucknow are expected to start by December 2020.

The national capital recorded a minimum temperature of 12.5 degrees Celsius on Thursday, the lowest in October in 26 years, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

A 21-year-old woman, suffering from tuberculosis, was allegedly raped last week in the intensive care unit of the ofFortis Hospital in Gurgaon near Delhi, police said.

Delhi Health Minister Satyender Jain has said it is too early to say if the record one-day surge of 5,673 cases in the national capital indicated the start of a third wave of COVID-19 infections.

A Delhi court on Wednesday acquitted Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a criminal defamation complaint filed by BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri in 2016.

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Delhi has been suspended on President Ram Nath Kovind's orders, the union education ministry said on Wednesday, amid a major row over appointments that spawned an ugly power tussle.

Delhi on Wednesday reported over 5,000 COVID-19 cases in a day, for the first time since the coronavirus struck the country.

With experts predicting a major surge in COVID-19 cases in the coming months in Delhi, the city's first coronavirus patient on Wednesday cautioned people to stay indoors as much as possible during the festive season while emphasising that the situation is "not back to normal".

The Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed Delhi government's appeal against the bail granted to Pinjra Tod activist Devangana Kalita in a case related to riots in north-east part of the national capital during anti-CAA protest in February this year.

All schools in Delhi will continue to be closed till further orders in view of the COVID-19 situation, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said today, adding that even parents are not in favour of the decision.

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will address the Army Commanders' Conference in New Delhi on Wednesday.

A Delhi court has dismissed the bail plea of Jamia Millia Islamia student Asif Iqbal Tanha, arrested under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, in connection with a case related to larger conspiracy in north-east Delhi riots in February, saying he allegedly played an active role in the entire conspiracy.

A court has directed Delhi Police to register an FIR in a case in which a man allegedly suffered a gunshot injury in his eye when rioters attacked him during the communal violence in north-east Delhi in February this year.

A 29-year-old man was allegedly stabbed to death and his two brothers were injured on Tuesday during a quarrel that erupted after they objected to loud music being played by their neighbour in northwest Delhi's Mahendra Park area, police said.

At 4,853, Delhi Records Its Highest Single-Day Coronavirus Cases

A 21-year-old student in Haryana was shot dead in broad daylight just outside her college by a man who first tried to shove her into his car. The woman's murder on the streets, barely 30 km from Delhi, has been caught in a frightening video that shows her attempts to save herself before being shot at point blank range.

The Delhi Police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested the kingpin of the Namaste gang which used to greet people with folded hands before robbing them.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defence Secretary Mark T Esper on Tuesday attended the wreath laying ceremony at the National War Memorial in the national capital.

Concerns over Delhi's annual air pollution problem usually focus on stubble burning in neighbouring Punjab and Haryana but data suggests that while this contributes to the problem it is not the main cause

A Delhi Police sub-inspector has been arrested for allegedly molesting, stalking and passing lewd remarks at women. He was arrested on Saturday after complaints from at least four women. On October 17, three women in south west Delhi's Dwarka complained of being stalked and molested by a person in a grey Baleno between 8 am and 9 am. A fourth person too filed a similar complaint.

The national capital recorded 54 COVID-19 deaths on Monday, the highest in over three months, while 2,832 fresh cases pushed the infection tally to 3.59 lakh, according to Delhi government data.