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The national capital reeled under sultry weather on Thursday as rains continued to elude large parts of the city.

Two persons have been arrested and search is on to arrest the others for allegedly killing two men in Delhi's Freedom Fighter Colony over personal enmity while celebrating the release of an alleged criminal on parolee, police said on Thursday.

Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, his Deputy Chief Minister Y Patton, Health Minister S Pangnyu Phom and a few other legislators are self-quarantining on their return to the state from New Delhi.

A 34-year-old man flew from New Delhi to Guwahati and landed in Kolkata to declare at the airport that he was coronavirus positive and needed to be kept in quarantine.

North Delhi Mayor Jai Prakash said an "internal inquiry" has been ordered into the death of a 53-year-old woman sanitation worker who jumped from the third floor of the civic body-run Balak Ram Hospital on Thursday.

A Delhi court Thursday granted bail to 92 Indonesians who were chargesheeted for attending Tablighi Jamaat congregation here allegedly in violation of visa norms, indulging in missionary activities illegally and violating government guidelines issued in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak.

Senior lawyer Vikas Pahwa appearing for Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that the tweets of deceased Sunanda Pushkar are primary evidence which is stored in mobile and laptop and the reply filed by Delhi police is not based on what is sought by the court.

A Delhi court on Wednesday granted bail to 200 foreign nationals from Indonesia, who participated in the Mosque event at Delhi's Nizamuddin, which became an epicentre of coronavirus in the country.

The national capital has recorded a 50 per cent rainfall deficiency in July so far, but "moderate" showers over the weekend are expected to make up for the deficit, the weatherman said on Wednesday.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said the COVID-19 situation in the national capital is better than in June, but the war against the disease has not been won yet.

A Delhi court on Tuesday allowed foreign nationals from five countries to walk free on payment of different fines, after they accepted mild charges under the plea bargain process, related to various violations including visa norms while attending Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi during the COVID-19 lockdown, a lawyer said.

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday declined to grant any interim relief to a senior army officer, who has challenged the Indian Army's recent policy banning armed forces personnel from using social networking platforms like Facebook and Instagram, saying he has to either abide by the mandate of the organisation or put in his papers.

Aiming to reduce the number of deaths due to the novel coronavirus, the Delhi government on Tuesday asked healthcare facilities to minimize time taken in admission of COVID-19 patients and to allocate a health care worker each for critical patients.

Delhi recorded 1,606 fresh coronavirus cases on Tuesday, taking the tally in the city to over 1.15 lakh, while the death count from the disease climbed to 3,446, authorities said.

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to file its report on the results and analysis of the antibody testing, also called sero surveillance, carried out in the national capital.

A taxi driver has been arrested for allegedly trying to kill his wife on suspicion of infidelity in southeast Delhi's Amar Colony area, police said on Tuesday.

Representatives of 10 Tibetan associations met with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations (UN) officials in Delhi and submitted a memorandum, demanding a transparent investigation into the source of the infection.

Suspended AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain allegedly used rioters as "human weapons", who on his instigation could have killed anybody, a Delhi court said on Monday while dismissing his bail plea in the murder case of IB official Ankit Sharma during the communal violence in north east Delhi.

Delhi recorded 1,246 fresh COVID-19 cases on Monday, taking the city's tally to over 1.13 lakh, while the number of deaths due to the disease climbed to 3,411, authorities said.

Monsoon news and updates: Heavy rain lashed several parts of northern, eastern and coastal India on Sunday, but the monsoon remained subdued in Delhi. The national capital has recorded 40 per cent less rainfall despite an early onset, the weather office said.