After participating in a meeting convened by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Delhi's grim Covid situation, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said he had sought the Centre's cooperation in jointly tackling the pandemic spread and in increasing the number of daily tests. ....

Delhi Police arrested over 850 people and registered more than 1,200 cases for selling and bursting crackers on Diwali night in violation of a ban on firecrackers in the national capital. ....

Delhi witnessed significantly low numbers of coronavirus tests in the last 24 hours on Sunday, with latest government figures recording 3,235 new cases and pushing the national capital's total tally to 4,85,405. ....

The Delhi Fire Service received as many as 205 fire calls as Diwali celebrations were going on, with one casualty reported in Outer Delhi in one such incident, a senior officer said on Sunday. ....

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal performed Diwali puja at Akshardham Temple on Saturday. Along with the Chief Minister, his family and cabinet colleagues were also present on the occasion. ....

As the wrath of Covid-19 continues to grapple the national capital amid Diwali festivities, it confirmed the second-highest single-day fatalities on Saturday. The city recorded as many as 96 deaths and 7,340 new infections out of the 49,645 tests conducted in the last 24 hours. ....

As the wrath of coronavirus continues to grapple the national capital, it reported the highest single-day fatalities on Thursday since the pandemic struck. The city recorded as many as 104 deaths and 7,053 new infections out of the 60,229 samples tested in the last 24 hours. ....

The Ministry of Earth Sciences on Thursday claimed that the level of PM2.5, a deadly pollutant, is likely to be lowest in the past four years under zero-firecracker scenarios during Diwali. ....

Covid-19 figures shattered all records in the national capital on Wednesday as it reported a whopping 8,593 new cases, the highest in a day so far, and an all-time high positivity rate of 13.40 per cent, while 85 persons succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours. ....

A Delhi hospital has performed a rare medical intervention for joint replacement of a 42-year-old patient who suffered from chronic pain in her right shoulder. ....