Delhi unlock 2.0 news: Today's updates

As the Central and state governments allow phase-wise relaxation in curbs to get the life up and running again following over two months of lockdown to prevent the spread of Covid-19, we bring you the latest updates from Delhi and the natioanl capital region.
*Update at 9.43am: Petrol, diesel price hiked by 60 paisa per litre for second day in a row after ending 83-day hiatus in rate revision, reports PTI quoting oil companies
* Corona cess on liquor out, but VAT up to 25%
Delhi government has decided to withdraw from Wednesday the 70% special corona fee levied on liquor a month ago when its revenue collection was down to just 10% due to the novel coronavirus lockdown.
The government has, however, decided to increase the value added tax (VAT) on liquor from 20% to 25%. Hence, from June 10, when the new rates will come into effect, liquor will be sold at a price only fractionally higher than the pre-Covid days, said a senior official of the excise department.
* Update at 8.36am: Sai Baba Mandir in Lodhi Road area reopens for devotees

* Update at 7.24am: People at Sri Bangla Sahib Gurudwara in Delhi to offer prayers

* Update at 7.20am: People gather at Jhandewalan temple to offer prayers; government has allowed reopening of religious places from today.

* In a major step forward to restoring normalcy in the city — and learning to live with Covid-19 — the Delhi government on Sunday allowed restaurants, shopping malls and places of worship to open from Monday. They will have to comply with the standard operating procedures issued by the Union ministry of health and family welfare on June 4.
* Delhi throws open borders, beds for super-specialty
The Delhi cabinet decided on Sunday to reserve admission of patients to state government-run and private hospitals to only residents of the city. Hospitals run by the Centre and super-specialty health facilities providing treatment for oncology, neurology, among other ailments, can continue to admit patients from other states.
* Cafes are not just about coffee spoons. As the iconic Café Turtle and Full Circle, the book store that housed it, in Khan Market shut on Sunday, there is a sense that an era has ended.
A cultural oasis in the middle of one of the most expensive retail destinations in the world, Café Turtle was a pit stop for writers, journalists, artists, book lovers, travellers and more, all enchanted by the sense of unhurried homeliness it served alongside its much loved cakes.
* On the eve of malls, shrines and several other public places reopening in many parts of the country, fresh Covid-19 infections surged to a new high of 10,785 cases on Sunday, while India’s coronavirus caseload went past the 2.5 lakh mark and deaths from the virus crossed 7,000.