Punjab: 283 farm fires mark highest single-day spikeA dramatic rise in stubble burning was observed in Punjab on Wednesday, with 283 new incidents reported -- a staggering total of 1,216 fire...
29 Oct, 2025, 10.38 PM IST
Farm fires in Punjab down to a third between Sept 15 & Oct 21In a positive turn for Punjab's agricultural landscape, farm fires have plummeted this season. Between September 15 and October 21, there w...
22 Oct, 2025, 11.10 PM IST
Delhi Pollution: How Punjab farmers are outsmarting world's most advanced space agency NASA?Despite a decrease in reported stubble burning incidents in north-west India and Pakistan, experts have raised concerns over a possible shi...
18 Nov, 2024, 01.19 PM IST
Punjab records 587 cases of stubble burning on single day, BJP slams AAP for blaming firecrackersPunjab recorded 587 farm fire cases on Friday, bringing this season's total to 3,357. The incidents have significantly contributed to Delhi...
02 Nov, 2024, 01.13 PM IST
Delhi-NCR's 'Very Poor' post-Diwali AQI better than last few yearsEfforts are ongoing to reduce air pollution in Delhi-NCR during the Diwali season by managing stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana. Wind p...
01 Nov, 2024, 11.27 PM IST
Delhi's AQI can increase by 104 points — Thanks to the farm firesAir pollution: A study reveals that rice stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana significantly increases Delhi's air pollution. Despite a dro...
23 Oct, 2024, 03.00 PM IST
Stubble season closes with high but dipping fire countsAs the traditional 'stubble' season, commencing annually on September 15 with the paddy harvest, concludes on November 30, government data ...
01 Dec, 2023, 12.05 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 clocks 634 fresh farm fire cases, police say over 1,000 FIRs registeredPunjab recorded 637 and 740 farm fires on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. With the fresh cases, the total number of farm fires recorded ...
20 Nov, 2023, 10.08 PM IST
Punjab reports over 1,500 farm fires; Haryana AQI in 'severe', 'very poor' categoriesPunjab has reported more than 1,500 stubble-burning incidents on Tuesday while many parts in Haryana saw air quality indices in the 'severe...
07 Nov, 2023, 08.35 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
Stubble fire down 32%; Punjab sees 30% declineIn total, from 77,967 farm fire counts recorded in the peak stubble burning season in 2021, between September 15 and November 22, the figur...
24 Nov, 2022, 01.02 AM 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
Farm fires' share in Delhi's pollution rises to 32%; local winds save the daySAFAR, a forecasting agency under the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences, said the share of stubble burning in Delhi's PM2.5 pollution increa...
02 Nov, 2022, 08.36 PM IST
1,695 farm fires reported in Delhi, its adjoining states, Punjab: CAQMHaryana has logged 244 fire events as compared to 1,026 in 2021 and National Capital Region (NCR) districts of Uttar Pradesh have recorded ...
17 Oct, 2022, 08.09 PM IST
Stubble burning: More than 700 farm fires recorded in PunjabFrom September 15 till October 10, a total of 718 farm fire incidents have been recorded, as per the data. On the same day in 2020 and 2021...
10 Oct, 2022, 09.19 PM IST
NASA spots Punjab, Haryana stubble fires on satellite, follow yearly patternsExperts say that it is too early to compare data as the effects of the monsoon are still at play, with Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pra...
03 Oct, 2021, 02.00 PM IST