Delhi Government implements work-from-home policy amid severe air pollution crisisDue to severe air pollution in Delhi, the government has implemented a 50% work-from-home policy for its employees and encouraged private o...
20 Nov, 2024, 03.55 PM IST
Next 15 days crucial to tackle air pollution in Delhi, says Environment Minister Gopal RaiDelhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai stressed the urgent need to tackle air pollution in northern India and called the next 15 days crucial...
26 Oct, 2024, 03.44 PM IST
Delhi's air quality deteriorates to 'very poor' category on ThursdayNew Delhi's air quality fell to 'very poor,' with AQI exceeding 330 in several areas. Environment Minister Gopal Rai highlighted concerns o...
24 Oct, 2024, 08.50 AM IST
Delhi Pollution Control Committee orders complete ban on firecrackers till next yearDelhi has banned firecrackers until January 1, 2025, due to increasing pollution. Air quality recently dropped to 'poor'. The government is...
14 Oct, 2024, 12.50 PM IST
Delhi breathing clean air despite Dussehra celebrations, AQI better than before: Gopal RaiDelhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai highlighted improvements in the capital's air quality post-Dussehra, with an increase in days having '...
13 Oct, 2024, 02.44 PM IST
Gopal Rai urges centre to expedite cloud seeding to combat air pollutionDelhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai has called on the central government to urgently convene a meeting with stakeholders to speed up appro...
10 Oct, 2024, 05.27 PM IST
Delhi government imposes complete firecracker ban until January 1 to combat air pollutionThe Delhi government has announced a complete ban on all types of firecrackers until January 1 to combat air pollution. This includes the p...
10 Sep, 2024, 12.33 PM IST
AAP plans 'gherao' of PM Modi's residence, announces nationwide protests against Delhi CM Kejriwal's arrestAam Aadmi Party plans nationwide protests, including a 'gherao' of PM Modi's residence, following Arvind Kejriwal's arrest by the ED. The p...
23 Mar, 2024, 12.03 PM IST
Cases of stubble burning coming down, says Delhi Minister Gopal RaiSupreme Court on Tuesday expressed grave concern over the hazardous air quality in the national capital, while directing that farmers shoul...
09 Nov, 2023, 12.23 PM IST
Entry of diesel buses into Delhi stopped from today: Environment Minister Gopal Rai"The entry of diesel buses into Delhi has been stopped from today as per the directions by CAQM (Commission for Air Quality Management). 18...
01 Nov, 2023, 04.29 PM IST
Delhi pollution: Next 15-20 days from November 1 critical, says Gopal RaiThe Environment Minister further informed that different departments will convene a meeting later in the day to analyze the Graded Response...
01 Nov, 2023, 12.04 PM IST
Delhi air quality deteriorates, slips to 'severe' categoryMeanwhile, the air quality of the NCR region like Noida and Gurugram remains in the 'critical' and in 'very poor' category respectively. Th...
24 Dec, 2021, 07.42 AM IST
Miffed Ayodhya priests: Sants promised trust place once Babri cases endAs per the Trust’s composition, two “prominent persons” are still to be nominated as Trustees by the Board of Trustees while a Chairman of ...
07 Feb, 2020, 08.54 AM IST
Manish Sisodia, Kapil Mishra detained during anti-demonetisation march"The PM again became emotional... he is not getting any support. Hence, he is crying. The need is to take the fight to the streets," Gopal ...
22 Nov, 2016, 03.43 PM IST
Odd even rule: Delhi transport minister Gopal Rai talks tough ahead of big MondayHe said "vested interests" want to fail the scheme and the city government had decided to change its approach for enforcing the much talked...
04 Jan, 2016, 06.14 AM IST
Odd-even scheme: BJP forcing bus drivers not to participate on Monday alleges Gopal RaiThe Delhi government had initially planned to get 6,000 buses on board, but could manage only 3, 000 because of weak response.
02 Jan, 2016, 01.44 AM IST
More public transport buses during odd-even fortnight in DelhiSix thousand additional buses, more auto rickshaws and Metro running to "peak capacity"--these are the alternative public transport arrange...
10 Dec, 2015, 06.21 PM IST