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A woman and her seven-month-old son died after a wall of an adjacent house collapsed on their shanty in southwest Delhi's Palam Vihar area, police said on Sunday. The incident took place on Wednesday noon. The deceased, Kari Sardar (25) and her son Mahabur, hailed from West Bengal, they said.  The woman, along with her baby, husband and sister were inside their shanty when it

While the national and financial capitals, Delhi and Mumbai are reporting remarkable recoveries, the Covid-19 situations in Bengaluru, Pune and Guwahati are on a downward spiral, with these cities reporting more active cases than recoveries. Follow latest updates on the Covid-19 pandemic here

While the national and financial capitals, Delhi and Mumbai are reporting remarkable recoveries, the Covid-19 situations in Bengaluru, Pune and Guwahati are on a downward spiral, with these cities reporting more active cases than recoveries. Follow latest updates on the Covid-19 pandemic here

Bengaluru Covid - 19 situation on downward spiral as Mumbai, Delhi show promise

Diesel price in the national capital on Sunday inched towards the Rs 82 per litre-mark following the second consecutive day of price hike. Diesel price was increased by 15 paise per litre, according to a price notification of state-owned oil marketing companies. This took the retail selling price in the national capital to the highest ever rate of Rs 81.94 per litre. Rates

The flood situation in Assam remained grim as one more person died and 26.38 lakh people have been affected in 27 of the states 33 districts on Saturday, a government report said. Read more here.

The plasma bank at HCG Hospital that was inaugurated on Tuesday has put in special safeguards to avoid a Delhi-like situation where touts and middlemen exploited patients who needed plasma for money. An online registry to place requests for plasma transfusion has been created that will prioritise critical and severe patients so that no black market is created, wherein touts

Coronavirus news live updates: Delhi reports 1,142 Covid - 19 positive cases in last 24 hours

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Director and National Task Force member on Covid-19, Dr Randeep Guleria, said that the although Covid-19 curve is flattening in Delhi, Mumbai and Ahemdabad, we cannot let our guard down.

The mayors of the three BJP-led municipal corporations of Delhi on Friday sought to blame the AAP government for waterlogging in parts of the national capital, even as they demanded that the funds "due" to the civic bodies be released soon. At a joint press conference, North Delhi Mayor Jai Prakash, South Delhi Mayor Anamika and East Delhi Mayor Nirmal Jain also alleged that

 A man was arrested for allegedly raping his minor niece in south Delhi's Kotla Mubarakpur area, police said on Friday. The victim is around 15-years-old and works as domestic help, they said. The accused is the maternal uncle of the girl and lives in Pillanji area of Kotla. The victim had come to his house on Thursday night as she was unwell, a senior police officer said. A

The case of a Delhi policeman having a relapse of the novel coronavirus has baffled experts and the doctors treating him and has raised the question whether a recovered patient can contract the infection again. The policeman, 50, had tested positive for the virus in May and was treated at the Indraprastha Apollo hospitals between May 15 and 22. Thereafter, he had tested

Coronavirus news live updates: Delhi to conduct sero survey every month;

For nearly two months the Indian Council of Medical Research has not disclosed the detailed results of a national-level survey that would showcase the extent of the people’s exposure to novel coronavirus-2019 in India. Following the release of a similar survey carried out by the Delhi government, health specialists and medical researchers asked the ICMR once again to come out

Over 40 organisations, including NGOs, have demanded the release of 27-year-old student Gulfisha Fatima who has been booked under the stringent UAPA for her alleged involvement in the riots in northeast Delhi and lodged in Tihar jail. Faitma was arrested on April 9, during the first phase of the nationwide lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus infection.

There is no sign of the disease reaching anywhere close to its peak in the rest of the country.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear former Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar's plea challenging the Delhi High Court's verdict holding as "void" his election to the legislative assembly in 2015 polls for furnishing false information of his educational qualification in the nomination papers. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde issued notice seeking replies from the

Delhi's sero-prevalence study has found that 23.48 per cent of the people have been affected by Covid-19 in the city, which has several pockets of dense population, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. The study, which was conducted from June 27 to July 10 by the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) in collaboration with the Delhi government, also indicated that a

The Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday objected to "constant intervention" of Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal in the appointment of special public prosecutors for cases pertaining to Delhi riots and anti-CAA protests. The party insisted that only a panel of lawyers selected by its government should be appointed and not the one recommended by the police or the Centre as the force has

Two "communal" speeches by Karnataka MLA G Somasekhara Reddy and Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya against anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (anti-CAA) protesters find a mention in the report of the Delhi Minorities Commission-appointed fact-finding team on riots in the national capital in February.

With their families quarantined or refusing to perform their last rites due to the fear of catching the infection, former Shahdara MLA Jitender Singh Shunty and his team are ensuring dignity in death for Covid-19 patients. Shunty's non-profit organisation Shaheed Bhagat Singh Sewa Dal (SBSSD) has been cremating unclaimed bodies for 25 years. The last few months, however, have

The Delhi High Court Friday asked the AAP government to consider reopening registration for two-weeks for lawyers, who are voters in the national capital and could not sign up for the Rs 50 crore Chief Minister’s Advocates Welfare Scheme which includes medical and life insurance cover. The court asked the Delhi government to complete the process of receiving financial bids by

The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) rescued five child labourers from Okhla, an official statement said on Thursday. A team of the DCPCR headed by its member Roop Sudesh Vimal on Wednesday found three children working at a bike service centre, one at an eatery and one at a sweet shop in the city, it said. The children were not wearing masks and were

The riots in north-east Delhi in February this year were "planned and targeted" and not spontaneous while there was a "deliberate inaction over several days" from the part of police, which also "abetted the attacks", a fact-finding team appointed by the Delhi Minorities Commission has said in its report.

The Delhi High Court Thursday transferred the case of a minor Malaysian, who was booked for attending Tablighi Jamaat congregation during Covid-19 allegedly in violation of visa norms, from one Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) to another due to lack of quorum. Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani, who was conducting the hearing through video conferencing, directed that the case against