Air quality 'very poor' in many parts of Haryana; Bahadurgarh, Gurugram, worstAir quality in Haryana has dipped into the 'very poor' category, with Bahadurgarh recording the highest AQI at 358. Neighbouring Punjab als...
21 Oct, 2025, 10.52 AM IST
Haryana authorises DCs to temporarily shut schools till Class 5 in wake of rising pollutionDue to escalating pollution levels, Haryana's government has granted authority to deputy commissioners to temporarily suspend physical clas...
16 Nov, 2024, 09.17 PM IST
Delhi pollution: More areas in 'severe' category, fines of Rs 5.85 cr imposed as restrictions tightenedDelhi Traffic Police issued approximately 550 challans, totaling over Rs one crore in fines, to owners of BS III petrol and BS IV diesel ve...
16 Nov, 2024, 08.30 PM IST
Festive smoke lingers: ‘Poor’ to ‘Very Poor’ AQI recorded across Haryana, PunjabOn Diwali night, air quality in many places in Haryana, Punjab, and Chandigarh fell into the 'poor' and 'very poor' categories. Despite res...
01 Nov, 2024, 07.30 AM IST
Punjab reports 512 more farm firesHaryana's Fatehabad reported an air quality index (AQI) of 368, followed by 358 in Faridabad, 342 in Gurugram, 337 in Jind, 330 in Rohtak a...
22 Nov, 2023, 09.30 PM IST
Punjab reports 740 fresh incidents of stubble burningHaryana's Sonipat reported an air quality index (AQI) of 392, followed by 361 in Fatehabad, 352 in Sirsa, 328 in Faridabad, 266 in Jind, 26...
19 Nov, 2023, 07.57 PM IST
At 3,230, Punjab records maximum farm fires in a day; air quality 'severe' in parts of HaryanaPunjab on Sunday reported 3,230 farm fires, the highest in a day so far this season, while the air quality in large parts of Haryana was re...
06 Nov, 2023, 11.24 AM IST
Centre targets to douse stubble fires by half in Punjab, HaryanaThe target action plan will be challenging for Punjab, which has been reporting highest fire counts year after year, contributing significa...
01 May, 2023, 11.40 PM IST
2,467 stubble burning incidents in Punjab in a dayThis is 27 per cent less compared to 58,976 crop residue burning incidents reported in the corresponding period of last year, according to ...
12 Nov, 2022, 10.11 PM IST
Punjab sees 2,666 farm fires on Thursday, Haryana's Charkhi Dadri AQI at 458Paddy straw burning in Punjab and Haryana is one of the reasons behind the alarming spike in air pollution levels in the national capital i...
04 Nov, 2022, 04.33 PM IST
Punjab sees season's hike in farm fires at 3,634Out of total 3,634 farm fire incidents on Wednesday, Sangrur saw a whopping 677 cases, the highest number in the state, followed by 395 in ...
02 Nov, 2022, 10.02 PM IST
Stubble burning: Punjab govt suspends four agriculture officers for dereliction of dutyAccording to Punjab Remote Sensing Centre data, 1,761 farm fires were reported in Punjab on Sunday. Of these, Sangrur recorded the highest ...
30 Oct, 2022, 08.48 PM IST
Many places in Punjab, Haryana report 'poor' to 'very poor' air qualityPaddy straw burning in Punjab and Haryana is one of the reasons behind the alarming spike in air pollution levels in the national capital i...
25 Oct, 2022, 11.24 AM IST
Need to strengthen air quality monitoring network in NCR: Centre's air quality panelThere are 50 air quality monitoring stations (both manual and real-time) in Delhi, 11 in Gurugram, 8 in Ghaziabad, 12 in Gautam Buddh Nagar...
14 Jul, 2022, 03.44 PM IST
Haryana bans fire crackers in 14 districts, restricts use in othersIn other districts, where air quality is moderate or better, Haryana has restricted the use of fire crackers to 8 pm to 10 PM for Diwali an...
31 Oct, 2021, 02.54 PM IST
22 of world's 30 most polluted cities are in India: ReportDelhi is the most polluted capital city globally. Ghaziabad is the second most polluted city in the world followed by Bulandshahar, Bisrakh...
16 Mar, 2021, 05.36 PM IST
Ghaziabad is the second most polluted city in the world followed by Bulandshahar, Bisrakh Jalalpur, Noida, Greater Noida, Kanpur, Lucknow and Bhiwari16 Mar, 2021, 05.07 PM IST