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The Delhi government's anti-dengue campaign will be organised this year from September 1 to mobilise support of people in combating vector-borne diseases, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said today.

Facing "adverse financial condition" due to non-operation of metro services amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Delhi Metro authorities have decided to reduce perks and allowances of its employees by 50 per cent, according to an internal order issued by it on Tuesday.

Delhi recorded 1,374 fresh COVID-19 cases pushing the city's total caseload to 1,54,741 on Tuesday, while the death count rose to 4,226, authorities said.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a USD 1 billion (about Rs 7,485 crore) loan to support the construction of the modern, high-speed Delhi-Meerut regional rapid transit system, a first of its kind in India.

The Delhi High Court today directed that a meeting be held between the Centre, the AAP government and representatives of the municipal corporations in Delhi to find a solution to the financial difficulties being faced by the three MCDs.

The Delhi High Court has asked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government to continue with welfare initiatives for orphan children in the national capital including admitting them to private and public schools.

Some hospitals in the national capital have said they are are seeing recovered coronavirus patients returning to them with recurrence of the infection.

More than 50 people who became known for their protests against the citizenship law in Delhi, have joined the BJP, triggering the claims of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party that the protests were a BJP ruse for political gains. The 24-hour, 101-day protest at northwest Delhi became the template for anti-CAA protests across the country and fizzled out after the panic over coronavirus.

More than 30 sanitation workers have died in Delhi after being infected by the COVID-19 virus - to which they were likely exposed while performing their duties amid a viral outbreak that has killed over 50,000 people across India

The Delhi High Court Monday sought response of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on a plea by a firm, which was acquitted in the 2G scam related money laundering case along with former telecom minister A Raja and others, seeking to release its properties worth Rs 22 crore attached by the agency.

The Delhi-government run Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital will soon start a post-COVID clinic to analyse patients seeing a re-emergence of coronavirus symptoms after recovering from the infection.

Nearly dozen vehicles were vandalised by armed men who also fired a few rounds in the air in a residential locality in North Delhi late on Sunday. The men also entered the houses and assaulted people living there, residents living in the locality said.

Delhi rain: Heavy rain and thunderstorms in the national capital and neighbouring areas

A top Facebook executive has alleged threat to her life in a police complaint filed in Delhi, which names at least five people. The 49-year-old woman has linked the alleged threats, which have been received online, to an article published last week in a foreign publication - Wall Street Journal - that claimed Facebook overlooks hate speech by BJP leaders.

The Delhi police on Sunday rescued a toddler who had locked himself in a bathroom accidentally at his residence in Greater Kailash in the national capital.

A petition has been filed before the Delhi High Court against the salary deductions being faced by teachers and other staff of some private schools in the national capital amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The DMRC has commenced preliminary work on the construction of the fifth metro bridge over the river Yamuna as part of its Phase-IV work on the Majlis Park-Maujpur corridor, officials said on Sunday.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who turned 52 on Sunday, visited the Hanuman temple at Connaught Place in the city along with his wife and prayed for the good health of Delhiities amid the coronavirus pandemic.

In an encouraging milestone for Delhi, the number of recoveries in the national capital was more than double the fresh cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. The Coronavirus recovery rate in Delhi has now improved to more than 90 per cent, with 652 new cases and 1,310 recoveries being reported in a day, authorities said on Sunday.

A fire broke out at an acupuncture clinic, located in the basement of a three-storey building in northwest Delhi's Pitampura area today morning and five women were rescued from the spot, fire officials said.

Power distribution companies on Saturday had a tough time dealing with cases of power failure due to the festive kite flying across the city on Independence Day.

The Delhi High Court decided on Saturday to restrict its functioning as well as that of the district courts only to urgent matters till August 31 in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The centuries-old Jama Masjid in Old Delhi, surrounded by iconic street food outlets and the calls of rickshaw-pullers are what welcome one when they visit the part of Delhi better known as "Delhi-6".

Mohammad Aslam, Head Warder in Delhi Prisons, has been awarded the President's Correctional Service Medal for Distinguished Services on the occasion of 74th Independence Day.

Two men from Maharashtra have been arrested at Delhi's Nizamuddin Railway station for allegedly impersonating as railway officials to get free train rides.