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Delhi's COVID-19 recovery rate reached nearly 88 per cent on Sunday, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal saying the national capital is now in the 10th position among states and union territories as the number of active cases are "steadily" going down.

Ahead of vacating her government bungalow, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has invited BJP leader Anil Baluni, who has been allotted the premises for accommodation, along with his wife for a cup of tea.

Eleven members of Sikh community from Afghanistan, who were granted short-term visas by Indian Embassy in Kabul, including Nidan Singh Sachdeva, who was kidnapped from a gurudwara in Paktia province last month, touched down in New Delhi on Sunday morning.

Delhi Women and Child Development Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam has directed to form a five-member committee to look into complaints of sexual harassment at workplaces in the national capital.

A 34-year-old man has been arrested for reportedly duping several women, especially widows and divorcees, whom he met through matrimonial sites on the pretext of marriage, police said on Sunday.

The ACP of the Delhi Police's Traffic unit died after being hit by a speeding vehicle while on duty near Rajokri flyover on Saturday night, officials said.

A 23-year-old man has been arrested in Delhi for impersonating a Major in the Indian Army, and a fake identity card was seized from him, police said on Saturday.

The coronavirus recovery rate in Delhi has improved further and crossed 87 per cent as the number of active cases dipped to 12,657 - the lowest in seven weeks. There are only 9.77 per cent active cases in Delhi; the recovery rate is 87.29 per cent. The country's recovery rate is over 63 per cent.

The Delhi government on Saturday augmented the total number of beds in COVID hospitals in Delhi by 450 with the partial opening of a new facility in Burari.

A court in has granted one more month to Delhi police to complete its probe in a case against the president of Alumni Association of Jamia Millia Islamia who was arrested under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in connection with the riots in northeast Delhi in February.

A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) sub-inspector fired at another CRPF inspector with his service weapon before taking his life in Delhi's posh Lodhi Estate area late on Friday night, police said. They said that the officers allegedly had a fight moments before the incident.

The CBI on Friday conducted searches at three locations in Delhi and NCR in connection with an alleged bank loan fraud of Rs 190 crore, officials said.

Partly cloudy skies in the national capital kept the mercury in check on Friday, and only sporadic rains are predicted in the next two to three days, the weatherman said.

A Delhi police official has tested positive for coronavirus again, after recovering from the disease just two months back.

Rajasthan Congress MLAs who are loyal to rebel Sachin Pilot and staying in Delhi have denied they were forced to stay away from their party by the BJP. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot today alleged the Congress MLAs have been asking the party for help and they want to be "freed".

Two robbers were arrested within two hours after they allegedly snatched a mobile phone from a woman in Malviya Nagar.

The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the Indian Council of Medical Research or ICMR to come out with a clarification that mobile number, government-issued identity card, photographs or even a residential proof ought not be insisted upon for COVID-19 test of mentally ill homeless persons.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Gautam Gambhir on Thursday hit out at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, saying that the latter only talks of working together on paper, but in reality, he is busy doing politics.

Delhi weather news: After a three-week lull in the monsoon, two successive spells of heavy rain helped cut the deficit by more than half in Delhi. The national capital has already recorded 50 per cent more rainfall than the normal in July, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday.

The COVID-19 case count in Delhi rose to 1,27,364 on Thursday with 1,041 fresh cases, while the death count increased to 3,745, authorities said.

A five-feet-long rat snake took shelter inside RK Khanna Tennis Stadium in Hauz Khas here following rains, triggering panic among the staff members, wildlife rescuers said on Thursday.

A 14-year-old girl, who was undergoing treatment at a care centre in south Delhi's Chhatarpur, was allegedly sexually assaulted by another coronavirus patient in the washroom, police said on Thursday.

A Delhi court Thursday granted bail to an accused in a case related to communal violence in north east Delhi in February, saying that the police failed to give any satisfactory reply to what evidence has been found against him.