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A Delhi court today granted bail to 82 Bangladeshi nationals who were charge-sheeted for attending the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi for allegedly violating visa conditions, indulging in missionary activities illegally and violating government guidelines, issued in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak.

Two key witnesses in a case of communal violence in north east Delhi in which suspended AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain was named as one of the main accused, were employed under him and saw him talking to several persons in a "very secretive" manner before the start of the riots on February 24, a charge sheet filed by Delhi Police in a court has said.

The customs preventive officials on Friday seized cigarettes worth over Rs 1.5 crore illegally brought by a COVID special train at the New Delhi Railway Station, officials said.

The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) rescued 12 child labourers from a garment factory and motorcycle repair shops in the Gandhi Nagar area of Delhi today.

A junior resident doctor of Delhi's premier AIIMS hospital allegedly jumped off the 10th floor of a hostel building around 5 pm today. He is in a critical condition, according to the police. The 25-year-old works in the Department of Psychiatry at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in south Delhi and lived in the hostel.

Two men who were allegedly involved in multiple shooting incidents in the national capital were arrested from south Delhi's Tughlakabad area, officials said today.

The Delhi High Court Friday dismissed a plea by JNU student Sharjeel Imam, arrested in a case related to alleged inflammatory speeches during the protests against CAA and NRC, challenging a trial court order granting more time to police to conclude the investigation.

The Delhi High Court has sought the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government's response on a school's plea challenging its circular directing all schools not to deny ID and password for online classes to students who did not pay fees due to financial constraints.

A Delhi court Thursday granted bail to 76 foreign nationals from 8 countries who were chargesheeted for attending the Delhi mosque event in Nizamuddin by allegedly violating visa conditions, indulging in missionary activities illegally and violating government guidelines, issued in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak.

With a recovery rate of over 72 per cent and doubling rate of nearly 30 days, the COVID-19 situation in the national capital has shown remarkable improvement in recent days because of joint efforts, the Union Home Ministry said.

In a squalid slum below a partially built flyover in eastern Delhi, Satyendra Pal stands by a whiteboard propped against a straw hut, with half a dozen children wearing masks and sitting on the floor looking up at him.

A couple from Delhi, with fake COVID-19 documents, was caught in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday. They were sent to a quarantine centre by the authorities and a case has been filed against them, the police said.

A driver of a pickup van has been arrested for allegedly running over a 10-year-old boy with his vehicle in east Delhi's Mayur Vihar area and dumping him in a drain in Noida, the police said.

The Delhi High Court Thursday termed as "unwarranted" the allegations in the police affidavit filed in response to a plea by a Pinjra Tod group woman member, arrested in relation to communal violence in Delhi during anti-CAA protests, accusing the agency of leaking certain claimed evidence against her to the media.

Sixty "unauthorised structures" in a market area in east Delhi have been demolished in the last three days as per directions of the court, officials said on Wednesday.

The National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi government to comply with the Supreme Court order to levy sewerage charges on all households in the national capital for discharge of untreated effluents in Yamuna.

With coronavirus patients in need of plasma outnumbering donors, the Delhi government has ordered that from now onwards if a COVID-19 patient at any hospital needs plasma from the plasma bank it will have to first arrange for a replacement donor. The onus to find a replacement donor will rest entirely upon the nodal officer of that hospital. The decision was taken to maintain stock at the plasma bank at ILBS Hospital, the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences.

The Delhi government's panel for economic recovery from COVID-19 on Wednesday decided to emphasise on revisiting licensing norms, reviving demand and simplifying pandemic-related regulations as an immediate focus to boost businesses.

The national capital recorded 2,033 fresh COVID-19 cases and 48 deaths due to the disease in the last 24 hours, authorities said on Wednesday.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday was informed by the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) that it has stopped providing food to people staying at its shelters from July 2 onwards on the instructions of the AAP government.

The National Green Tribunal has rapped the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for coming out with lame excuses instead of performing its duty on the issue of the constitution of special purpose vehicle (SPV) for rejuvenation of the Yamuna river.

Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday inaugurated a 500-bed COVID care centre at the Commonwealth Games village in Delhi.

A Delhi court today granted bail to foreigners from 21 countries who faced charges for attending Markaz at Nizamuddin in Delhi by allegedly violating visa conditions, indulging in missionary activities illegally and violating government guidelines issued after the COVID-19 outbreak.

The North Delhi Municipal Corporation told the Delhi High Court that it has been unable to pay employees, including resident doctors, as the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government has not released all the funds for the first quarter of this financial year.