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Manipur Shutdown: State govt addresses minor deaths, security concernsManipur's Home Minister condemned a five-day shutdown protesting the deaths of two minors, highlighting its disruption to essential service...20 Apr, 2026, 07.41 PM IST- Bad air season begins in North India; Delhi’s air still clean, but experts say don’t relaxStubble burning has begun in North India, with early farm fires reported, particularly in Punjab. While Delhi’s air quality remains largely...22 Sep, 2025, 02.24 PM IST
- In SC, Punjab blames centre; Haryana lists rewards, fines to curb farm firesPunjab blames lax central laws for its inability to enforce strict measures against stubble burning, citing amendments that replaced penal ...23 Oct, 2024, 12.05 AM IST
- Delhi stares at pollution haze as paddy harvest still to pick up full paceDelhi-NCR's AQI has exceeded 300, with paddy harvesting in Punjab and Haryana not yet at full pace. Rising farm fires in hotspot districts ...21 Oct, 2024, 06.45 AM IST
- Stubble burning: NGT directs Punjab, Haryana to prepare time-bound action plan for 2024Acknowledging that farm fire incidents were now on the wane, the bench, in an order passed on Wednesday, said according to the report, ther...01 Dec, 2023, 04.41 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
- Delhi pollution crisis: AAP-BJP slugfest continues over stubble burning in states ruled by themDelhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva claimed there were over 3,000 stubble burning incidents in AAP-ruled Punjab on Sunday while Delhi Chi...06 Nov, 2023, 03.34 PM IST
- Reached to stop farm fires, government official made to burn stubble by farmers in PunjabThe incident came to light after Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann posted a purported video of the entire incident on his X handle.05 Nov, 2023, 08.54 AM IST
- Delhi's post-Diwali air quality best in five years: Gopal RaiThe air quality index (AQI) stood at 323 on Tuesday as compared to 462 last year, which means the "air pollution declined by over 30 per ce...25 Oct, 2022, 07.26 PM IST
- Farmers' protest: Entry, exit gates at 6 Delhi Metro stations on Green Line closedPunjab farmers, representing over 30 farm bodies, have announced they will go to Delhi through several routes -- Lalru, Shambhu, Patiala-Pe...27 Nov, 2020, 11.30 AM IST
- Farmers' protest: Delhi Police fire tear gas shells to disperse farmers at Singhu border27 Nov, 2020, 11.05 AM IST
- Skies in north India to be better than usual during DiwaliHowever, a colder than usual winter and lack of winds might worsen air pollution not only in Delhi-NCR, but across all major metro cities.03 Nov, 2020, 08.52 AM IST
- States should stop blaming each other on stubble burning, need to take it seriously: Arvind KejriwalThe national capital's air quality hit the very poor category on Tuesday morning, the first time since February, with calm winds and low te...13 Oct, 2020, 03.00 PM IST
- Delhi's air quality nears 'severe' levels again; north-westerly winds, farm fires to blameAn AQI between 201 and 300 is considered 'poor', 301-400 'very poor' and 401-500 'severe'. An AQI above 500 falls in the 'severe plus' cate...11 Nov, 2019, 09.25 PM IST
- Punjab records 24 % increase in farm fires, no challan issued so farThe number of farm fires in Haryana, however, has decreased by 10 per cent as compared to last year, despite the "moderate implementation o...22 Oct, 2019, 04.05 PM IST
- Winter is coming to north, so is toxic airQuality of air may worsen in Delhi after a week due to stubble burning & lower temperature.15 Oct, 2019, 07.58 PM IST
- Shooting heightens tensions in Brazil Indian conflictA clash between Indian settlers and a rice farmer so alarmed Brazilian officials that the nation's justice minister flew to a remote Amazon...06 May, 2008, 11.32 PM IST
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