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Partly cloudy sky led to a marginal dip in the maximum temperature in Delhi on Monday though it was still two to four notches above normal. At the Safdarjung Observatory, Delhi's base station, the maximum temperature settled at 42.4 degrees Celsius, two notches above normal. It was 45.6 degrees Celsius, the highest this year so far, on Sunday.

Despite record day temperatures in Delhi, the power demand in the past few days has declined mainly due to holidays, discom officials said on Monday. A tormenting heatwave swept through the city on Sunday with the mercury leaping to 49.2 degrees Celsius at Mungeshpur in northwest Delhi and 49.1 degrees Celsius at Najafgarh in the city's southwest.

The Delhi government Monday issued an order asking all schools in the national capital to set up a separate room within their premises to store reusable utensils as part of its plan to phase out single-use plastic (SUP).

A fire broke out on Monday in a temporary shelter for workers near Parliament House in central Delhi, officials said. The fire department said that the information regarding the blaze in the high-security area was received at 4.16 PM, following which five fire tenders were rushed to the spot. There was no immediate report of any casualty.

"It is like a video continuously playing in my head and I can still hear screams of people begging for help," says 45-year-old Mamta, one of the survivors of the Mundka fire tragedy. However, she has no time to grieve as another pressing worry on her mind is to feed her family of nine who are entirely dependent on her.

A committee formed by the Delhi government will select five prominent markets here for redevelopment according to the announcement made by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the Rozgar Budget for 2022-23, officials said on Monday.

The Delhi BJP Monday accused chief minister Arvind Kejriwal of trying to "scare and blackmail" people over the civic bodies' anti-encroachment drive, and said the city's bona fide residents will not be harmed even if they live in unauthorised colonies or slum clusters.

The police in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar have taken legal action, including arrest, against nearly 200 gangsters and attached their assets worth over Rs 9 crore as part of an ongoing special drive, officials said on Monday.

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said he was against the way anti-encroachment drive is being carried out in Delhi. Rendering 63 lakh people homeless will not be tolerated, it will be 'biggest destruction, said Kejriwal.

A Delhi Police personnel, who went to nab an accused involved in a stabbing incident, was attacked and knifed by the same accused, an official said on Monday. The accused was identified as Virender alias Kala Badal of Jharera Village, a bad character of Delhi Cantt. police station. The incident took place late Sunday when Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Sanjeev and Head Constable Praveen raided the premises of the accused. (IANS)

A magisterial inquiry has been ordered into Friday’s Mundka fire that left many injured and claimed at least 27 lives. The order of the inquiry, to be conducted bythe district magistrate (West), has been issued byDelhi government’s home department on Sunday, by order and in the name of lieutenant governor Anil Baijal. On Saturday, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal visited the site and announcedthat a magisterial inquiry has been ordered intothe incident, apart from announcing a compensation of Rs 10 lakh for the families of the deceased and Rs 50,000 for the injured.