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NEW DELHI: Two days after Diwali, Delhi on Wednesday was blanketed by a dense layer of smog, as air pollution levels in the capital rose sharply. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) recorded an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 345, categorised as ‘very poor’.Some areas experienced even worse conditions. Early morning readings at 6.15 am…
NEW DELHI: Widespread bursting of firecrackers beyond the time window permitted by Supreme Court on Diwali night drove Delhi’s air quality deeper into the ‘very poor’ category on Tuesday.The surge of toxic smoke, laden with pollutants and heavy metals, caused the city’s average hourly PM2.5 levels to touch 675 micrograms/cubic metre at midnight, the highest…
Most AQI monitoring stations in ‘red zone’ as Delhi celebrates Diwali with fireworks NEW DELHI: As residents across the national capital celebrated Diwali with fireworks on Monday night, Delhi’s air quality took a sharp hit, with the majority of monitoring stations entering the ‘red zone’. Although the Supreme Court had permitted the use of green…
NEW DELHI: Delhi AAP chief Saurabh Bharadwaj on Sunday slammed the BJP-led Delhi government over Yamuna cleaning claims, challenging chief minister Rekha Gupta and minister Parvesh Verma to “drink a litre of Yamuna water” to prove their assertions.Bharadwaj said, “The chemical which was sprayed by the previous Delhi government is being sprayed by the current…
NEW DELHI: The capital’s air quality slipped to the ‘very poor’ category by late Sunday evening, a day before Diwali, prompting CAQM to impose stage 2 of the Graded Response Action Plan (Grap). Stage 2 of the plan restricts use of DG sets across NCR and bars interstate buses, other than those running on electricity,…
Fire at Brahmaputra Apartments, a Rajya Sabha members’ residential complex on Bishambhar Das Marg, New Delhi. NEW DELHI: A fire broke out at Brahmaputra Apartments, a residential complex in New Delhi, around early afternoon. The building, which houses members of the Rajya Sabha, is located on Bishambhar Das Marg in the capital. The fire department…
32-year-old criminal smokes and drinks during hearing, held NEW DELHI: A 32-year-old history-sheeter, Mohammad Imran-who disrupted virtual hearings of the Tis Hazari Court by appearing on screen in his undergarments while smoking and drinking-has been arrested from Old Mustafabad by North District police. A case was registered after a complaint was filed by a court…
Self-styled godman Swami Chaitanyananda was remanded to 14 days judicial custody by a Delhi court NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Friday remanded self-styled godman Swami Chaitanyananda to 14 days of judicial custody over allegations of sexually harassing women at a private management institute in the city. He was produced before judicial magistrate Animesh Kumar…
NEW DELHI: Taj Mahal tops the list in terms of visitor numbers for both domestic (6.26 million) and foreign (0.64 million) tourists in the financial year 2024-25 among the centrally protected ticketed monuments.Other popular sites for domestic visitors include the Sun Temple, Konark (3.5 million) and Qutub Minar (3.2 million). Foreign visitors favoured Agra Fort…
NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader on Friday reached the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) wearing a mosquito repellent net to protest against the increase in cases of malaria, chikungunya, and dengue.AAP MCD LoP Ankush Narang claimed that the ruling BJP has no strategy to combat malaria, dengue and chikungunya.“Today, all of us…
