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NEW DELHI: Thunderstorm with heavy rain lashed parts of Delhi and the National Capital Region on Saturday evening. Areas, including south and southeast Delhi witnessed heavy downpour around 6pm.The IMD had issued a forecast for rain a day back saying that the city was likely to witness rain accompanied by thunder and lightning with the maximum temperature likely to settle at 30 degrees Celsius.The...

NEW DELHI: Police have arrested an 18-year-old boy from Jyoti Nagar for insulting a saffron flag and posting the video of the incident on social media. "After the video was widely circulated on social media, we looked up for the people in the video. The 18-year-old was identified as Faiz Alam. The two juveniles seen in the video have also been apprehended," a police officer said. "The phone that was...

NEW DELHI: March started as a warm month but ended cooler than expected, which was a relief after Delhi recorded the warmest February in 17 years.Several western disturbances ensured that Delhi got rain, thunderstorms, cloudy skies and strong winds. At 30.9 degrees Celsius, the city recorded the lowest mean maximum temperature in March since 2020, although, it was still about one degree above normal. In...

NEW DELHI: Chronology of the bail plea of former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in the Delhi excise policy scam case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI):00:28Excise policy case: Delhi court dismisses Manish Sisodia’s bail pleaFebruary 26: CBI arrests Sisodia in connection with alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy...

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Friday dismissed a bail plea of former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in the excise policy case lodged by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Special Judge MK Nagpal dismissed Sisodia's plea.On March 24, the Delhi court had reserved its order.The CBI on February 26 had arrested Sisodia in connection with alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of...

NEW DELHI: The number of Covid infections in the national capital was 295 on Thursday out of 2,363 samples collected and the positivity rate of 12.5%, the state government said.On Wednesday, 300 people had tested positive, and the positivity rate was 13.9%. Two Covid patients have died, the state health bulletin said.Talking about the deaths in Delhi on Wednesday, health minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said...

NEW DELHI: Even as the Delhi government is closely monitoring the coronavirus situation, the national capital recorded 295 fresh Covid cases on Thursday with a positivity rate of 12.48 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department. On Wednesday, the city had logged 300 cases, the first time since August 31, and two deaths while the positivity rate had mounted to 13.89 per cent.Delhi...

NEW DELHI: With Covid cases bringing memories of the worst years of pandemic back, the Delhi government is bracing up for another possible outbreak.01:35Delhi govt to hold emergency meeting today amid spike in Covid-19 casesHowever, it has asked Delhiites to desist from panicking — and instead — asking those with "flu-like symptoms or those visiting hospitals to wear masks".'Wear masks'"People with...

NEW DELHI: New posters challenging the educational qualifications of Prime Minister Narendra Modi were spotted in Delhi on Thursday.As per the allegations, some parts of Delhi had blue posters on the walls and pillars on the roadsides with the caption "Kya Bharat ke pradhan mantri padhe-likhe hone chahiye (Should the PM of India be educated)?"The day before, the Aam Aadmi Party had put up posters...

NEW DELHI: For the first time since September of last year, Delhi's Covid-19 cases rose to 300 on Wednesday, and the positivity rate increased to 13.89%, according to data shared by health department. Two more deaths related to Covid were also reported, it said.Delhi recorded 214 cases on Tuesday, with a positivity rate of 11.82 per cent.On Monday, Delhi logged 115 new coronavirus cases with a seven...