Despite negligible stubble burning, there seems to be no respite from the pollution in the national capital as the air quality index inched closer to the "severe" category on Tuesday afternoon. ....

Hundreds of Delhi Congress activists on Tuesday staged a protest and stopped traffic near the Income Tax Office (ITO) chowk in the national capital in support of the 'Bharat Bandh' called by the farmers against three farm laws. ....

The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi on Tuesday alleged that the Delhi Police has put Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal under house arrest, a day after he visited the agitating farmers at the Delhi-Haryana Singhu border, a charge denied by the force. ....

In the wake of proposed Bharat Bandh, the Delhi Police on Tuesday intensified its vigil at various entry points into the national capital. ....

The Delhi government has marked nearly 3,000 containment zones since November 1 to contain the spread of coronavirus during its third surge in the national capital taking the total number of containment zones to 6,292. ....

Five men with alleged links to banned outfits have been arrested by the Special Cell of Delhi Police from Shakarpur area here, police said on Monday. ....

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Sunday said that the national capital is emerging victorious in the war against coronavirus after it recorded 3.68 per cent positivity rate in the samples tested in the last 24 hours. ....

With more than 85,000 tests for Covid-19 in a single day, the national capital conducted a record number of tests on Friday since the pandemic struck the city, as per the health bulletin issued by the Delhi government. ....

The Central Pollution Control Board on Friday said that open dumping of garbage, construction-demolition activity, unpaved roads, and re-suspension of road dust are the major local sources contributing to Delhi's air pollution at a time when the contribution of stubble burning to the crisis has plummeted to merely one per cent. ....

The Delhi Teachers ' Association (DTA), an organisation of Delhi University academics, has come out in support of the farmers' movement. The teachers and professors involved of DTA have justified the demands of the agitating farmers. The DTA believes the central government should talk unconditionally to solve their problems and address their concerns. ....