Delhi NCR

Dense fog continued to blanket northern India on Sunday, disrupting travel for thousands of passengers and severely reducing visibility across the region. The persistent fog impacted both air and rail services, with more than 200 flights…
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Stricter measures to combat air pollution in Delhi came into force on Thursday after the city’s air quality index (AQI) slipped into the “severe” category earlier this week. The fresh curbs, announced by the Delhi government, include a…
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Delhi’s air quality worsened sharply on Wednesday, with most monitoring stations across the national capital recording AQI (Air Quality Index) levels in the very poor to very poor categories, raising significant health concerns. Industrial…
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Delhi residents on Wednesday woke up to another day of deteriorating air quality, with the city’s air quality index (AQI) climbing close to the ‘severe’ mark. According to the Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB) Sameer app, the AQI…
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A Class 10 student of a prominent central Delhi school died by suicide on Tuesday, leaving behind a handwritten note accusing his teachers and the headmistress of persistent harassment. The 16-year-old boy jumped from an elevated metro…
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Security has been stepped up across the Delhi-NCR region following a deadly car explosion near the Red Fort on Monday evening that killed 10 people and injured several others. Police and paramilitary forces have intensified checks at all…
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In a first-of-its-kind effort to combat Delhi’s worsening air pollution, two Cessna aircraft fitted with salt- and silver iodide-based flares took off on Tuesday — one from Kanpur and another from Meerut — to induce artificial rainfall over…
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A day before Diwali, the Centre’s air quality panel on Sunday imposed Stage II restrictions of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) across Delhi-NCR, anticipating a sharp dip in air quality due to adverse weather conditions and the…
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The Supreme Court on Friday said it would allow the sale and bursting of firecrackers in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) for five days during Diwali, marking what could be the city’s first festive season with legal fireworks in…
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A Sunday afternoon drive back from Delhi’s Bangla Sahib Gurdwara turned into tragedy for 56-year-old Navjot Singh, deputy secretary in the finance ministry’s economic affairs department, and his wife Sandeep Kaur. Their motorcycle was hit…
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