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Delhi weather news: Monsoon is likely to stay longer in the national capital and start withdrawing only in the "initial days of October", an official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday. The Monsoon had reached Delhi on June 25, two days earlier than normal.

Health Minister Satyender Jain, who recovered from COVID-19 in June a week after he was given convalescent plasma therapy, CPT, said the Delhi government will continue using it as a line of treatment for severe symptoms a day after a study by the India Council of Medical Research (ICMR) stated that giving plasma had negligible effect on reducing death risk.

Delhi Metro Update: Red, Green and Violet Lines of the Delhi Metro started functioning today as part of Unlock4. All routes of the Delhi Metro will be operational throughout the day from Saturday, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said. Commuters must follow social distancing norms and masks are mandatory inside the coaches and stations.

The killing of a Delhi-based cab driver allegedly by passengers on a highway in Greater Noida during a journey from Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr was a criminal act and not a hate crime, the police have said. They said the case was being transferred to Bulandshahr Police as the matter was related to that district.

Delhi recorded more than 4,000 cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours -- a record since the outbreak reached the national capital.

The Railway unit of the Delhi Police has rescued 14 children allegedly trafficked from different districts of Bihar to Delhi and arrested 10 people, officials said today.

The CBI has charged Delhi Police Additional DCP Sanjay Kumar for allegedly submitting forged credentials and documents for selection in the Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police Service (DANIPS), officials said on Wednesday.

An Indian-origin businessman in the UK has been elected as the deputy mayor of London Borough of Southwark for the second time.

Andhra Pradesh News: Connecting the farmers to the agricultural markets, the Kisan Rail was flagged off from Andhra Pradesh, on Wednesday, carrying 322 tonnes of fresh fruits to the Azadpur Mandi in Delhi. Union Minister for Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy flagged off the Kisan Rail via a video link from New Delhi and Amaravati.

With road traffic returning to "near normal" in the city, the traffic police has been asked to focus on managing vehicular movement, withdrawing them from COVID-19-related tasks such as issuing fines for spitting in public places, not wearing mask and violating distancing norms.

Over 45,000 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours for the first time in the national capital, which recorded 3,609 fresh coronavirus cases on Tuesday, the highest single-day spike in 76 days, taking the tally to over 1.97 lakh, authorities said.

Delhi Metro News: Trains started running on the Blue and Pink Lines with limited operations on Wednesday. Blue and Pink Lines were closed for nearly six months due to the coronavirus-forced lockdown. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) this morning tweeted: "The Blue and Pink Lines resumed services today. Slowly and steadily, Delhi Metro will be back to take you places! #MetroBackOnTrack".

India and Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday signed a 500 million dollar loan, the first tranche of a total one billion dollar facility, to build a modern, high-speed 82-km Delhi-Meerut regional rapid transit system (RRTS) corridor that will improve regional connectivity and mobility in the national capital region.

A retired Delhi Police personnel's son was allegedly stabbed to death after an argument with some people on Tuesday afternoon in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida, police said.

Delhi Metro's Blue Line and Pink Line are set to resume operations today after being closed for 171 days due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown, officials said.

Coronavirus tests can be done without prescriptions in Delhi now, says Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal

A cab driver from Delhi was found dead in his car while coming home after dropping a passenger in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr on Sunday. His family alleged he was made to chant "Jai Shri Ram" before he was killed by some passengers who he had picked up in the UP town on his way back.

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday said a central team was visiting the flood-hit areas to assess the damage, and that he will also be going to New Delhi to seek more relief from the Centre.

A faux pas in a job advertisement for the position of a dog handler put up the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi created quite a buzz on social media, prompting the institute to issue a clarification and cancel the recruitment.

A Delhi court has said the February 24 anti-CAA riots in North East Delhi, involving the murder of a head constable of the city police, was an outcome of a well-hatched conspiracy among rioters.

A man and his elder brother allegedly kidnapped a three-year-old girl when she was playing outside her home in outer Delhi's Nihal Vihar to pay their debt but their attempt for ransom money was foiled and they were arrested, tthe police said on Monday.

A Delhi court Monday extended by three days the Enforcement Directorate custody of suspended AAP councillor Tahir Hussain in a money laundering case related to the communal violence in northeast Delhi in February.

The national capital recorded 2,077 fresh COVID-19 cases on Monday, taking the tally to over 1.93 lakh, while the death countmounted to 4,599, authorities said.

A Delhi court on Monday extended till September 10 the Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody of suspended AAP councillor Tahir Hussain in connection with a money laundering case related to the northeast Delhi violence.