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The four-day Army Commanders' Conference, an apex level biannual event, which formulates important policy decisions through collegiate deliberations in the Indian Army, will begin in New Delhi from today.

A 22-year-old man was apprehended by the CISF on Monday for allegedly carrying a bullet inside a Delhi Metro station, officials said. The man was later handed over to the local police for further probe, they said. The Central Industrial Security Force guards the Delhi Metro network in Delhi and the national capital region and arms and ammunition are prohibited to be carried inside the rapid rail network..

The Department of Telecom's wireless monitoring organisation on Friday conducted raids in South and South-West Delhi to bring down illegal network boosters which interfere with mobile services and result in call drops and other quality issues, an official said.

As many as 1,849 new COVID-19 cases and 40 deaths were reported from the national capital in the last 24 hours, the Delhi health department informed on Monday.

The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) has been allotted 1,100 sq m of land at Vasant Vihar in Delhi for construction of the party office building.

According to the police, the incident took place on the intervening night of June 24 and 25, when Somesh Chhabra, his cousin Shivam Dua and their friend Rahul Sharma had gone out for a ride and were returning home to Shahdara from a mall in east Delhi's Laxmi Nagar.

A small unfinished stretch on the Delhi Metro's Pink Line was expected to be completed by September end this year but it got delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, sources said.

The IMD said conditions are becoming favourable for further withdrawal of southwest-monsoon from some more parts of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan and some parts of northwest Madhya Pradesh during the next 2-3 days. Parts of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, coastal Andhra Pradesh and Kerala Sikkim, Karnataka, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Manipur received rainfall along with thundershowers.

Ride hailing platform Uber on Monday said Delhi NCR ranked amongst its top 10 markets globally based on the number of trips taken in the month of September. "We are thrilled to see Delhi as one of Uber's top 10 global markets in terms of number of trips in the month of September, which underscores India's important role as a contributor to Uber's business growth.

Conditions are favourable for the withdrawal of monsoon from Delhi by the mid of this week, the meteorological (MeT) department said on Sunday. The wind system had reached the national capital on June 25, two days earlier than normal. "Conditions are favourable for the withdrawal of monsoon from Rajasthan in the next 24 hours.

Delhi experienced a hot and humid Friday with the maximum temperature being recorded at 37.4 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season's average. The Ridge had a high of 36.5 degrees Celsius and a low of 25.5 degrees Celsius while Ayanagar recorded a maximum temperature of 37.2 degrees Celsius and a minimum of 24.2 degrees Celsius.

The national capital has recorded 80 per cent less rainfall in September so far, according to India Meteorological Department data. The Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative data for the city, has recorded just 20.9 mm rainfall against the normal of 104.2 mm this month so far.

The last time the Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative data for the city, recorded any rainfall (1.3 mm) was on September 8. Lack of rains pushed the mercury up in Delhi over the last few days. The national capital has recorded 78 per cent less rainfall in September so far, according to India Meteorological Department data.

The national capital has recorded 77 per cent less rainfall in September so far, according to India Meteorological Department data. The Safdarjung Observatory has recorded just 20.9 mm rainfall against the normal of 90.5 mm this month.

Permission of the Ridge Management Board (RMB), headed by the Delhi chief secretary, or of the Supreme Court through the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) is required to carry out any construction on the morphological ridge. "The South Delhi Municipal Corporation placed the request to do away with the need for obtaining an NOC in such areas before the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, which asked the Delhi government to consider it accordingly," an official told PTI.

According to the Central Pollution Control Board, stubble burning by farmers in Punjab and Haryana contributed significantly to air pollution in Delhi last year with the share of farm fire smoke in particulate matter peaking to 44 per cent in November. Last year, Punjab produced around 20 million tonnes paddy residue and farmers burnt 9.8 million tonnes of it, according to government data.

Around 19 lakh saplings have already been planted in the city by various agencies since March this year, according to government data. According to the Central Pollution Control Board, stubble burning by farmers in Punjab and Haryana contributed significantly to air pollution in Delhi last year with the share of farm fire smoke in particulate matter peaking to 44 per cent in November.

Six members of a gang involved in stealing vehicles across Delhi NCR for almost a decade were arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Noida on Sunday, police said. Following a tip-off by officials from the local Sector 58 police station, the six accused were held near Sector 62 on Sunday morning, he said, 13 cars were recovered from them kept hidden at various places in the national capital. "The gang members have multiple criminal cases against them.

The withdrawal is likely to happen in the initial days of October," said Kuldeep Srivastava, the head of the IMD's regional forecasting centre. Earlier this year, the MeT department revised the date for the withdrawal of monsoon from Delhi from September 21 to September 25.

A Delhi Revenue department team came under attack in Najafgarh here while clearing an encroachment on a plot of land on Thursday, resulting in a "critical" injury to an official and damage to a vehicle of the sub divisional magistrate, officials said.

Heavy rains in the national capital on Thursday led to waterlogging at nearly 50 locations while parts of buildings collapsed due to it at some places, according to municipal reports.

A person who was hit by a vehicle on the road on Friday succumbed to his injuries at a hospital on Saturday, police said.

Asking people to serve the nation with even greater sincerity and devotion, Lieutenant Governor (LG) of Delhi Anil Baijal, participated in the Independence Day celebrations at the Raj Niwas in Delhi.

A 16-year-old boy was allegedly sodomised by a fellow inmate at a correction home in north Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar area, police said on Friday. A 17-year-old fellow inmate followed him and sodomised him in the washroom, the officer said. The statement of the 16-year-old boy will be recorded before a court on Saturday, they said.

Rain lashed parts of Delhi during the wee hours of Sunday bringing much-needed respite for Delhiites from the scorching heat. The rain was followed by lightning and thunderstorm.