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A layer of toxic haze lingered over the national capital on Monday as the city recorded its air quality in the ''very poor'' category for the fourth consecutive day.

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today celebrated Dussehra at his residence with a firecracker-free Ravana effigy. The Aam Aadmi Party leader also made an appeal to the people to avoid use of firecrackers as they celebrate the festival amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

A section officer in the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) lodged a complaint against an e-commerce website for allegedly sending him a detergent soap instead of a mobile phone, police said on Sunday.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party is resorting to "hooliganism to suppress" the voices of doctors and nurses protesting over the non-payment of salaries and transferred four Chief Medical Officers of Hindu Rao Hospital as they were supporting the protest.

Delhi -- bracing for a spike in coronavirus cases as pollution levels rise and winter approaches -- went without the traditional burning of Ravan effigies on Dusshera today, to keep the air clean. But by early evening, the city was enveloped by a thick haze and the air quality index showed "very poor" category in busy areas.

Two persons have been arrested in Delhi for allegedly running a cricket betting racket on the Indian Premier League (PIL) matches, and a TV, mobile phones, and laptop have been recovered from their possession, police said on Saturday.

With an aim to prepare the party cadre for the 2022 municipal corporation polls, the Delhi BJP has launched an extensive training programme for its workers at the booth level, party leaders said on Sunday.

Greeting the country on Dussehra, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reminded people to remain "vocal for local" while shopping for festivals during his monthly radio address, Mann ki Baat, today. He also urged people to practice the virtue of patience to overcome the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and stay safe during celebrations.

The Delhi Police on Saturday arrested a gym owner for allegedly cheating people of several crores in a fraud linked to sale of luxury cars and property.

The national capital on Saturday recorded 4,116 fresh COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day spike in 35 days, while the death toll from the disease mounted to 6,225, according to a Delhi government bulletin.

The Delhi Police issued over 2,000 challans on Saturday for violation of COVID-19 norms, officials said.

A 42-year-old man was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his hotel room in Central Delhi's Nabi Karim area, police said on Saturday.

International passengers taking their flights from the Delhi airport can now get themselves tested for COVID-19 right before their departure, said Genestrings Diagnostic Center which operates the testing lab at the airport, on Saturday.

Delhi's air quality remained in the "very poor" category on Saturday with the Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded at 347.

A section of the more than 2,000 healthcare workers, including doctors from three North Delhi Municipal Corporation-run hospitals - Hindu Rao (a former COVID-19 facility), Rajan Babu TB Hospital, and Kasturba Gandhi Hospital for Women - have started an indefinite hunger strike against non-payment of salaries since July.

A Delhi court has extended till November 20 the judicial custody of JNU student leaders Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in connection with a case related to the violence that took place in northeast Delhi in February this year.

Four members of a family have been arrested for allegedly duping several banks of over Rs 20 crore by forging documents and fraudulently availing loans by mortgaging same properties multiple times, the police said today.

Delhi's air quality deteriorated on Friday morning with several areas in the national capital recording ''severe'' levels of pollution, according to authorities.

Delhi Police on Friday said that women safety is the top priority of the force and crime against women has come down by approx 30 per cent in the national capital in the last nine months amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

Six days after a 13-year-old girl went missing from her home in south Delhi's Chattarpur Extension, the police on Friday said they have rescued the teenager from Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly and have also caught a man who allegedly kidnapped her.

Delhi has yet again reported over 4,000 coronavirus cases in a day, sparking concerns of a fresh virus wave amid the festive season. Barring October 19, the national capital has been reporting over 3,000 cases daily for the last 10 days -- a worrying sign, especially when COVID-19 levels have shown a drastic drop nationally.

Air India will operate its flight to Wuhan on October 30, the first after the central Chinese city, from where the coronavirus initially emerged in December last year, was officially declared safe from the virus in June and all curbs were lifted.

Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Wednesday said directions have been issued to stop work at six large construction and demolition sites and 11 ready-mix concrete plants in the city for violating pollution norms.