Delhi-NCR news live: Police arrest 6 men; seize 4,500 live cartridges

Delhi Police Thursday told the Delhi High Court that it has not leaked any material to the media in relation to its probe in the FIR against climate activist Disha Ravi for her alleged involvement in sharing a toolkit backing the ongoing farmers' protest.

The Special Cell of Delhi Police has arrested six people and recovered 4,500 live cartridges from their possession. Police said that acting on a tip-off, the first arrest was made in the capital's Burari area that followed the run in of the five others. (IANS)

Police personnel have been deployed at Nangloi railway station as farmers have called a 4-hour-long nationwide 'rail roko' agitation today.

Delhi Police has tightened security in several parts of the national capital, especially near railway tracks, in view of "rail roko" (rail blockade) called by farmer groups protesting against Centre's new agri laws.

Entry, exit gates of Tikri Border, Pandit Shree Ram Sharma, Bahadurgarh City, and Brig. Hoshiar Singh metro stations have been closed, tweets Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.

Climate activist Disha Ravi has moved Delhi high court to restrain police from leaking probe material to media.

The Air quality in the national capital remained in the 'very poor' category on Thursday morning, with the overall (AQI) sliding at 321, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR). As per the SAFAR, the concentration of PM10 particles stood at 311 in the 'poor' category while PM 2.5 at 147 in the 'very poor' category today.

Ghazipur border is closed for traffic due to farmers' protests. Please follow alternate routes via Maharajpur, Chilla, DND, Apsara, Bhopra & Loni borders, says Addl CP traffic, outer range, Delhi.

Singhu border is closed for traffic. Auchandi (6am-9pm), Lampur, Safiabad, Saboli, Piau Maniyari, Singhu school, Palla toll tax borders are open. Follow alternate routes. Traffic is heavy on NH-44 & Narela. Avoid Outer Ring Road, GTK Road and NH-44, says Addl CP traffic, outer range, Delhi.

Petrol and diesel prices have gone up again in the national capital and stood at Rs 89.88 per litre and Rs 80.27 per litre, respectively on Thursday morning. The price of petrol price saw a hike of 34 paise per litre while diesel price increased by 32 paise per litre. Read more

Over 15,300 people turned out for Covid shots on Wednesday, which is more than the total individuals who turned out to get the shot a day before. The turnout percentage was 51.1%, slightly higher than what was reported the day before. The total number of vaccinated persons has crossed 2.25 lakh. Two more vaccination centres were added to the existing network of vaccination centres and now, Delhi has 300 centres. The number of adverse events was only four, two less than what it was on Tuesday. READ FULL STORY

Claiming that Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University have reopened their campuses and allowed libraries to function, students of Jamia Millia Islamia assembled outside the varsity gate demanding resumption of physical classes. The varsity administration, however, said the decision to reopen the campus would be taken by the Executive Council, “if the situation is conducive.” Read full story

The capital on Wednesday recorded zero deaths due to Covid-19 for the third time this month. Earlier, on February 9 and February 13, no deaths were recorded due to the viral infection. The number of fresh cases of Covid-19 recorded in the past 24 hours stood at 134. A total of 59,886 tests, including 39,852 RT-PCR and 20,034 via rapid antigen testing took place in the past 24 hours. The positivity rate, meanwhile, was recorded at 0.22%, slightly more than Tuesday’s 0.17%. On Tuesday, Delhi had recorded 94 fresh Covid cases — the lowest in over nine months — from 56,944 tests. Read full story

The polling booths in Delhi will now play a role in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic. The booths will be mapped to create vaccination centres for inoculation of 42 lakh Delhiites aged above 50 years and those below 50 but with comorbidities. The electoral rolls will be used to identify those who are over 50 years old. Delhi has 13,750 polling booths, and according to the density of the age group at these, vaccination centres will be created to ensure that the people do not have to travel far from home to get the Covid shots. READ FULL STORY

A team from Municipal Council of Sohna on Wednesday razed 15 unauthorised structures at Ansals Aravali Retreat in Raisina. This is the first such demolition drive in the area. The move comes after NGT had in August directed Haryana government to restore forest in Raisina hills of the Aravalis by January 31. More than 400 farmhouses are located in the area.