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Private hospitals empanelled under the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) will charge from beneficiaries the rates prescribed by the Delhi government for COVID-19 treatment till their states fix its own charges.

A Delhi court Monday granted bail to 85 Kyrgyzstan nationals who were chargesheeted for attending the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi allegedly in violation of visa norms, indulging in missionary activities illegally and violating government guidelines issued in the wake of Covid-19 outbreak.

The Delhi government has told the National Green Tribunal that municipal corporations have been directed to ensure that no impermissible industry is allowed to operate in the residential and non-conforming area of Delhi and needs to be sealed permanently.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday termed pulse oximeters as ''suraksha kavach'' (protective shield) that have helped minimise COVID-19 deaths of patients under home isolation in Delhi.

Moderate-to-heavy rain lashed several states in northern, eastern and coastal India on Sunday, but the monsoon activity continued to remain subdued in Delhi, which has recorded a 40 per cent rainfall deficiency despite an early onset of the seasonal weather system, forecasting agencies said.

An 85-year-old man suffering from memory loss was traced from South Delhi's Sangam Vihar area and reunited with his family, almost over six months after he went missing from his home in Govindpuri, police said on Sunday.

Retail tomato prices rose to Rs 70 per kg today in Delhi due to tight supply of the key kitchen staple during the lean period, a trade report said.

A Delhi couple was on Thursday sent into institutional quarantine centre in Himachal Pradesh after they produced fake COVID-19 negative certificates, Bimukt Ranjan, Kangra Superintendent of Police said.

Delhi recorded 1,781 fresh coronavirus cases on Saturday, taking the tally in the city to over 1.1 lakh, while the death count from the disease climbed to 3,334, authorities said.

The Congress appears deep in crisis in Rajasthan just three months after it lost Madhya Pradesh to the BJP as Jyotiraditya Scindia switched sides with 23 loyalist MLAs. Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot once a contender for the state's top post -- is in Delhi with some of his loyalist MLAs. Sources said he may talk to the party leadership to resolve the crisis. Both Sonia and Rahul Gandhi have been briefed about the situation. "Sonia Gandhi will take a call on the matter and all must work together whatever the differences," a party insider said. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said yesterday that the BJP is trying to grab power in the state by bribing MLAs the way they did in Madhya Pradesh. The Anti-Corruption Branch is questioning three Independent MLAs who allegedly made offers of money, sources said.

A sub-inspector was suspended for allegedly delaying registration of FIR in a case in which a 26-year-old man was stabbed by a gang of robbers earlier this month, police said.

The Delhi government has written to the Centre, requesting it to initiate rapid-antigen testing for people falling in high-risk groups in central health facilities in the city.

The active cases of coronavirus reported on Saturday in the national capital were the lowest in the last 31 days, Delhi's health department data shows, while not a single coronavirus patient under home isolation in the city has died in July

A 36-year-old woman, her minor daughter and two other persons were apprehended for allegedly killing her husband in south Delhi's Maidan Garhi area, police said on Saturday.

Cloudy skies in the national capital kept the mercury in check on Saturday but high humidity caused some inconvenience to the residents.

A 30-year-old man was arrested for allegedly cheating a retired Delhi University professor on the pretext of redeeming credit card points, police said on Friday.

A Delhi court Saturday granted bail to 75 foreign nationals from Thailand and Nepal, who were charge-sheeted for attending a Tablighi Jamaat congregation here allegedly in violation of visa norms, indulging in missionary activities illegally and violating government guidelines issued in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak.

The Delhi High Court has asked the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to constitute a board of at least three doctors to examine the woman seeking termination of pregnancy, claiming her sonography revealed certain fetal abnormalities.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized Rs 3.57-crore cash after raiding tours and travel firms and their CAs in Delhi-NCR to probe alleged irregularities in processing of e-visa applications for foreigners wishing to travel to India.

There have been no deaths in home quarantine this month and daily fatalities in the national capital also showed a sharp decline, a Delhi government study has found. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had directed the health department to conduct a study on COVID-19 deaths in the last two weeks to find out steps that could be taken to reduce fatalities.

Some parts of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh are likely to witness rains in the next two hours, said India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday.