Thick smoke engulfs Delhi: Schools shut as air quality reaches 'severe' category
Despite the various preventive measures taken by the government, the air quality in New Delhi on Friday recorded in the "severe" category, with the Air Quality Index crossing the 400 mark at various places.
'Pursue farmers against stubble burning, don't want to punish them': SC tells govt
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the government to persuade farmers against stubble burning as it does not want to punish them Delhi and its neighbouring cities continue to reel under air quality crisis, media reports said.
Delhi schools, colleges to remain shut till further notice amid massive air pollution
New Delhi/IBNS: All schools, colleges and educational institutes in Delhi will remain closed till further notice, the Commission for Air Quality Management said late Tuesday night.
Chandigarh/UNI: All schools in districts located in Delhi NCR area will remain closed till November 17, the Haryana government said Sunday amid rising levels of air pollution in Gurugram, Faridabad, Sonipat and Jhajjar districts.
Schools closed for a week, govt offices to work from home: Kejriwal's measures amid Delhi air crisis
New Delhi/IBNS: The schools in Delhi will remain closed for a week from Monday onwards while construction activities will not be allowed from November 14 to 17 as part of emergency measures to deal with the city’s worsening air quality, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Saturday.
Delhites complain itchy eyes, breathing problems as AQI remains in 'severe' category
Delhi/IBNS: Two days after Diwali, Delhi's hospitals are witnessing a rise in the number of patients coming in with respiratory problems and burning eyes as AQI level continues to remain in the ‘severe’ category, media reports said.
Delhi's AQI plunges to 'hazardous' category, people complain of itchy throat and watery eyes
New Delhi/UNI: A thick blanket of smog covered the skyline of the national capital on Friday morning. People complained of watery eyes and itchy throat as the Air Quality Index (AQI) slipped into the 'hazardous' category in several parts of Delhi.
Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal meet, discuss air pollution issue
Chandigarh, Nov 15 (IBNS): Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday met and discussed the issue of air pollution.
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Delhi smog: Rahul Gandhu uses poetic skills in attacking PM Modi
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IBNS): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday displayed his poetic skills as he attacked Narendra Modi over the ongoing smog problem in New Delhi.
Only to accuse Delhi CM is not solution: Mamata Banerjee on smog
Kolkata, Nov 10 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal should not only be blamed for the ongoing smog trouble in the national capital."Global warming is a problem. Delhi pollution a disaster. Instead of blaming each other, I suggest Centre sits with CMs of neighbouring states – Punjab, Haryana Delhi - to solve problem," Banerjee tweeted.
Delhi smog : Schools to remain shut for the week
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IBNS) : Delhi's Education Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday ordered all the schools in Delhi to remain closed till Sunday as a huge blanket of poisonous smog covered the national capital for the second consecutive day, reports said.
Manish Sisodia orders all primary schools in Delhi to remain shut tomorrow
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IBNS): As a result of the dangerous level of pollution recorded in the national capital, the Delhi government on Tuesday ordered all primary schools to shut down for a day on Wednesday.
Delhi in grip of deadly smog, public health emergency declared
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IBNS): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said that his government is considering closing schools for a few days owing to the dangerous level of pollution in the national capital according to media reports on Tuesday.
Delhi ‘smog’ a warning, says Minister Rao Inderjit Singh
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IBNS): Expressing concern over the adverse impacts of unprecedented atmospheric pollution in Delhi over the last few days, Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State for Urban Development and Housing & Urban Poverty has stressed that “Delhi should be taken as a serious warning to the future of urban India and all concerned should wake up in time not to meet the same fateâ€.
Delhi pollution: Sitaram Yechury blames Centre
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IBNS): CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Sunday criticised the Centre and blamed it over the rising pollution problem in Delhi.