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A day after the national capital recorded its highest rainfall in at least 13 years, the India Meteorological Department(IMD) has issued a yellow alert for the city today. Heavy rainfall is expected to continue in Bihar and northwest India for the next few days.

Afghanistan news LIVE updates: India on Sunday evacuated 168 people, including 107 Indians, from Kabul in a military transport aircraft of the IAF. Separately, a group of 135 Indians, who were earlier  evacuated from Kabul to Doha in the last few days by the US and NATO, also returned to India. Meanwhile, a senior Taliban official has told Reuters that the framework for the creation of the new government is expected to be announced in the next few weeks.

The BJP's Delhi wing has demanded the removal of transport minister Kailash Gahlot before the CBI begins its probe into the alleged DTC bus scam.

The Delhi Police's Special Cell arrested a sharpshooter who was planning to kill a Tihar official with an AK-47 rifle.

The Delhi Police busted an interstate drug racket on Friday and seized 1 kg of high-quality heroin worth Rs 1.5 crore.

A minor strangled his 17-year-old friend with a belt in Delhi's Shahdara area for allegedly making indecent remarks against his family, police said on Thursday.

A man lodged in Delhi’s Rohini jail has allegedly been running an extortion racket from inside prison using mobile phones. Six people have so far been arrested in the case.

A team of Delhi Police Special Cell arrested an active member of a Mewat-based gang who was wanted in two ATM robbery cases in Delhi and Maharashtra.

A Rashtrapati Bhavan statement said President Ram Nath Kovind underwent a cataract surgery at the Army hospital in New Delhi.

A 27-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly opening fire at his wife in northwest Delhi's Mangolpuri to force her into withdrawing a police complaint she lodged against him.

During his first visit to northeast Delhi since being appointed police chief in the city, Rakesh Asthana said that people who disturb peace in society should be identified and punished as per law. 

India’s junior boxing team was asked to return from the Delhi Airport on Wednesday as they didn’t have Covid-19 antigen test reports. They were scheduled to take part in the competition in Dubai, starting from August 20.

Domestic LPG cylinder rates have been hiked by Rs 25 for the second straight month. The cost of a 14.2-kilogram LPG cooking gas cylinder has increased to Rs 859.50 in Delhi after the hike.

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Afghan Sikhs living in Delhi have welcomed the announcement by the Centre on providing emergency visas to Afghan nationals, including Hindus and Sikhs. They hoped that all assistance would be initiated for their safe passage to India.

Facebook has asked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to remove an Instagram post that reveals the identity of the Delhi Cantt rape victim's family.

About 20-25 Afghan nationals living in India flocked to the Canadian embassy in Delhi with hopes of migration on Tuesday. This comes after the Canadian government announced that it would take in up to 20,000 Afghan refugees.

A man impersonating as a CBI inspector was arrested on August 15 in Delhi. The police recovered his fake identity card.

The Delhi Police has registered a case against AAP MLA Kuldeep Kumar for allegedly carrying out a 'Tiranga Yatra' on Independence Day without taking the required permissions.

A woman who arrived in Delhi on a flight from Kabul on Sunday broke down at the IGI airport and said she fears for the lives of her friends with the Taliban now in control of Afghanistan.

The Afghanistan airspace has been declared 'uncontrolled' by Kabul airport after President Ashraf Ghani left the country just before Kabul fell into the hands of the Taliban.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hosted the Olympic-returned Indian athletes for breakfast at his residence, a day after lauding their memorable performance at the Tokyo Games from the ramparts of the Red Fort. Indian athletes returned from Tokyo with a haul of seven medals, including javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra's historic gold in track and field. I

A 38-year-old man allegedly stabbed a 40-year-old woman and her teen daughter in Delhi after his marriage proposal for the latter was rejected.

Afghan nationals, who have managed to come to India, leaving the war-ravaged nation, worry about their friends and families back home. They urge the government of India to help them in any way possible. Meanwhile, people tracking developments in Afghanistan said India has prepared all contingencies and eventualities including evacuating its staff in its embassy in Kabul as well as Indian citizens stranded in the country. It is learnt that a fleet of C-17 Globemaster military transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force is kept on standby to undertake evacuation missions.

The Indian contingent produced its best ever result at the Tokyo Games, winning seven medals, including a historic gold in track and field through javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra.