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Officer, who went to Delhi with litchi for President & PM, found COVID - 19 positive

Delhi government on Saturday said it is in the process of procuring oxygen concentrators and oxygen cylinders and directed hospitals under it to not procure them for COVID-19 patients, according to an official order issued on Saturday. In an order issued on June 9, the government had directed medical directors of all the designated COVID hospitals under the Delhi government to

 A stenographer in Delhi cabinet minister Rajendra Pal Gautam's office died due to coronavirus, an official said on Saturday.     Ashok Kumar (48), a resident of Ashok Vihar breathed his last at Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital on Friday afternoon, the official said.   Kumar had a fever and was put on a ventilator two days ago.   Follow live updates on coronavirus

A spell of early-morning rain brought respite from sweltering weather in the national capital and neighbouring areas on Saturday with the weatherman predicting intermittent showers till the onset of the monsoon in the city. These rains are a result of a trough extending from Pakistan to Assam, crossing over north Rajasthan and southern Uttar Pradesh, said Kuldeep Srivastava,

New Delhi has emerged as a hotspot of coronavirus in India and the Delhi government has been under attack for its inability to take effective steps to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, with even the Supreme Court expressing its displeasure. The apex court has observed that Delhi’s patient care was “deplorable and pathetic…patients running from pillar to post to

A fire broke out in the record room on the third floor of Rohini court on Thursday morning, a Delhi Fire Service official said. No injury or casualty was reported so far, the official said. A call about the fire was received around 9.41 am after which 10 fire tenders were rushed to the spot, said Atul Garg, Director of Delhi Fire Service. The fire has been brought under

A failure on the part of the Indian establishment to understand the Chinese mind has ultimately led to a tragic turn of events, wherein the Indian Army (IA) has lost at least twenty soldiers including a battalion commander to perfidy by the People’s Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF).  In my op-ed titled ‘India Must Stand Firm’ of May 31, 2020, I had evaluated China’s Summer

The Delhi government on Wednesday launched psychiatric tele-counselling services for doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers. The services named 'Samarthan' by the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IBHAS) will be available round-the-clock from its emergency services and the psychiatric department of COVID-19 hospitals. The services have been launched in

The rate of testing of COVID-19 samples in the national capital has been capped at Rs 2,400, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Wednesday. The decision came after a high-powered panel headed by NITI Aayog member Dr V K Paul submitted a report recommending the cap of Rs 2,400 for the tests. The panel was set up by Home Minister Amit Shah after a meeting he had with

India saw the steepest increase in COVID-19 fatalities as the death toll rose by 2,003 in a single day on Wednesday to touch 11,903 cases as Maharashtra and Delhi accounted for previously unreported deaths. The sudden spike in the death toll has been attributed to Maharashtra and Delhi reconciling its record of previously unreported deaths from across the state.

The Indian Railways has deployed 503 isolation coaches in Delhi at nine different stations days after Union Home Minister Amit Shah made the announcement as part of measures to contain the novel coronavirus pandemic, officials said on Wednesday.

The Delhi Police on Tuesday questioned Delhi Minority Commission Chairman Zafarul Islam Khan in a sedition case registered against him for his social media post in April, officials said. This comes a day after the special cell of the Delhi Police sent Khan a notice, asking him to join the probe within two days over his "controversial" social media post related to the violence

The COVID-19 situation in Delhi has been steadily deteriorating, and it has now reached a stage of real and serious alarm. Terrible stories from the worst-affected countries are coming real in Delhi, raising fears of more suffering and chaos in the coming days and weeks. The number of new cases being detected is above 1,000 every day, the mortality rate is inching up, testing

 The Delhi police on Monday filed before a court here a charge sheet in connection with the killing of a 48-year-old property dealer, who was trying to pacify the situation between the two communities during the riots in Northeast Delhi in February. The Crime Branch of the Delhi police filed the charge sheet before Metropolitan Magistrate Deepti Devesh against 16 persons in

A married couple involved in stealing valuables from cars parked in posh areas of the national capital were arrested, police said on Monday. Rakesh (23) and his wife Vajayinti (22), both residents of south Delhi's Madangir, were involved in several cases of stealing valuables from parked cars after smashing their windows, they said. The matter came to light on May 23 after

From the Newsroom, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Monday that there was no plan for another lockdown in Delhi even as the number of novel coronavirus cases continues to spurt. Two officials of the High Commission of India in Islamabad went missing on Monday. The officials went out of the premises of the High Commission of India in Islamabad for official work in

The Delhi High Court Monday sought response of the AAP government on a plea by an NGO, which operates green crematoriums in Delhi, offering its facilities to cremate the bodies of those who have died of COVID-19. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan issued notice to the Delhi government and sought its stand on the NGO's plea by June 29.

A 37-year-old man was stabbed to death in front of his wife and daughter outside their house in Delhi's Rohini area, following which one person has been arrested, officials said on Sunday. The incident, which took place outside the victim's house in Aman Vihar locality on Thursday, was caught on CCTV camera, they said. In the CCTV footage, three persons can be seen stabbing

Ashwani Jain succumbed to the coronavirus in an ambulance as his family pleaded with several hospitals to take him in, the latest victim of the pandemic sweeping through the Indian capital and exposing a deadly shortage of hospital beds. "They don't care whether we live or die," said his 20-year-old daughter Kashish, whose uncle, Abhishek, sat with Ashwani in the back of the

Coronavirus news live updates: Amit Shah, Health Minister meet Delhi LG, Arvind Kejriwal to review COVID - 19 situation in Delhi

Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Sunday inspected the site of a proposed 10,000-bed makeshift hospital for COVID-19 patients in South Delhi.  The planned COVID-19 facility will come up under a sprawling tent on the campus of spiritual organisation Radha Soami Satsang Beas on the Delhi-Haryana border. The LG visited the site along with a team of officials, including South

A 19-year-old truck driver from Delhi, who died in an accident in Shimla, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, a senior health official said on Sunday. The man had sustained injuries while unloading goods in the city on Saturday night, following which he was taken to the Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC), where he breathed his last few hours later.

The Delhi government is planning a 10,000-bed makeshift hospital for COVID-19 patients under a sprawling tent in south Delhi to prepare for a projected surge in cases in the city. Read more

Taking note of the "gravity" of the coronavirus situation in the national capital, the Delhi High Court has directed the AAP government and the Centre to increase the number of beds and ventilators for COVID-19 patients. The direction was issued by a bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan after the Delhi government informed it that till June 9 there were

The ambulance stopped at the GTB Hospital and Sarwar Ali sprang out and ran into the building, hoping to quickly get his unconscious wife admitted – the oxygen cylinder in the vehicle was running dangerously low and there was not a minute to waste.