Manjinder Singh Sirsa calls Kejriwal 'Anpadh,' slams Saurabh Bharadwaj over Punjab's stubble burning postDelhi's air quality remains poor. Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa labelled Arvind Kejriwal illiterate. This follows a political ...
22 Oct, 2025, 05.48 PM IST
India arrests 16 farmers, Pakistan 70 for stubble burning as air pollution reaches severe levelSixteen farmers in Haryana were arrested for illegal stubble burning, adding to New Delhi's severe air pollution. Despite emergency measure...
22 Oct, 2024, 04.20 PM IST
Stubble burning cases have reduced from 7,000 in 2021 to 2,300 in 2023: Haryana State Pollution Control Board Secretary Pradeep KumarThe Haryana State Pollution Control Board reports a significant drop in stubble burning cases, from 7,000 in 2021 to 2,300 in 2023. Farmers...
22 Oct, 2024, 11.21 AM IST
Supreme Court slams Commission for Air Quality management over lack of inaction on stubble burningThe Supreme Court has criticised the Commission for Air Quality Management for not taking action against stubble burning. The court highlig...
03 Oct, 2024, 01.22 PM IST
SC seeks straw burning report from panel on air qualityThe Supreme Court has asked the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) to provide an explanation by Friday regarding alleged stubble ...
24 Sep, 2024, 10.47 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
'Carrot and Stick': How Haryana plans to curb stubble burning, reduce pollution this yearHaryana has developed a comprehensive plan to tackle the issue of stubble burning during the upcoming paddy harvest season. The state has i...
08 Sep, 2023, 05.27 PM IST
Stubble burning fine set to be notified; between Rs 2,500 to Rs 15,000 per incidentOfficials said the milder 'environmental compensation' structure than the one proposed in 2020, which came into effect on Friday, is in kee...
29 Apr, 2023, 09.44 AM IST
Air pollution: Punjab sees 12.59 pc rise in stubble burning events in last 50 days, says ICAR dataOn Friday alone, a total of 2,945 stubble-burning events were detected in six states, out of which a maximum of 2,437 incidents were in Pun...
04 Nov, 2022, 08.03 PM IST
Stubble burning fine set to be notified; between ₹2,500 to ₹15,000 per incidentThe draft rule to the CAQM Act, 2021, proposes 2,500 'environmental compensation' per incidence of stubble fire for a farmer owning less th...
09 Sep, 2022, 12.56 AM IST
Stubble burning: Delhi govt forms a 15-member panel to ascertain impact of Pusa bio-decomposerEnvironment Minister Gopal Rai said the panel will have five MLAs, and officials from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, and Agr...
06 Nov, 2020, 08.10 PM IST
Stubble burning: Pusa bio-decomposer successful; will tell SC, says KejriwalPusa bio-decomposer is a solution developed by the scientists at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, which can turn crop resi...
04 Nov, 2020, 07.57 PM IST
View: How to control air pollutionLet’s start with the contribution of stubble burning to air pollution in Delhi-NCR. While we can bicker over the numbers, stubble burning i...
29 Oct, 2020, 10.29 AM IST
Being in denial will not help, Arvind Kejriwal to Prakash Javadekar on stubble burningTaking to Twitter, the chief minister sought to know why pollution has suddenly increased in Delhi-NCR in the last fortnight if stubble bur...
15 Oct, 2020, 02.18 PM IST
PMO panel on Delhi air reviews crop burning optionsWith the Sri Lankan cricket team's dramatic protest against playing conditions highlighting the mounting embarrassment over Delhi's polluti...
05 Dec, 2017, 02.54 AM IST
Ban on stubble burning not fully implemented: GovernmentWhile meetings of Environment Minister Dave with state environment ministers were held on many occasions, four secretary-level meetings hav...
29 Nov, 2016, 08.03 PM IST
Significant level of stubble burning in Haryana, Punjab: CentreThe Centre and Delhi government were engaged in a blame game earlier this month when Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asserted that stu...
21 Nov, 2016, 07.10 PM IST