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Delhi breathes easy as air quality improves to 'Moderate'
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 22 (ANI): After receiving rains for the two consecutive days, the air quality in Delhi significantly improved on Friday, with Air Quality Index (AQI) docking at 121 at in the morning.
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Police dispels reports of Kashmiri students being attacked in Dehradun
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Dehradun/Chandigarh/ Ambala (Uttarakhand/Punjab/Haryana) [India], Feb 17 (ANI): Police on Sunday dismissed reports of Kashmiri students being attacked in Dehradun in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack and asserted that "everything is normal."
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LS polls: AAP to go solo in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 18 (ANI): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will contest Lok Sabha elections in Delhi, Punjab and Haryana alone.
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Snowfall shuts Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, leaves commuters stranded
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Jan 13 (ANI): Another spell of snow on Sunday forced the local authorities here to close Jammu Srinagar National Highway for vehicular movement. The region at present is under the grip of Chillai-Kalan, a 40-day long period of harsh winter. Chillai-Kalan
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CEC reviews Lok Sabha poll preparedness in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Jan 7 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora on Monday reviewed the preparedness for coming Lok Sabha elections in Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh.
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Cold wave: Northern states shiver under tough conditions
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 1 (ANI): Northern states of India continue to reel under the cold wave with minimum temperatures plummeting to single digit in several regions. A thick blanket of fog has enveloped Delhi and its surrounding regions resulting in poor visibility on Tuesday.
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AAP, Congress in talks for alliance in Delhi: Sources
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], Dec 16 (ANI): After a meeting held among the opposition parties on December 9, it seems politics in Delhi has taken a sharp turn as a strategy has been made to give a tight competition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the forthcoming general elections.
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Mercury dips as chill envelops national capital
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): After much delay, the winters have already arrived over the plains of the Northern part of India. In the national capital, the temperature dropped by three degrees during the last two days. This sudden change in the temperature can be because of the heav
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More stubble burning recorded this year: EPCA
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 16 (ANI): Expressing his concern over the menace of increasing air pollution across the country, Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) Chairman Bhure Lal on Friday said that more straw burning has been recorded this year.
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As Delhi reels under toxic air, stubble burning continues in Punjab
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Jalandhar (Punjab ) [India], Nov 4 (ANI): Even as the air quality index in the national capital continues to deteriorate, farmers in various parts of Punjab are continuing to carry out stubble burning in their farms.
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30% decrease in stubble burning, Centre unsatisfied
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 1 (ANI): Union Minister for Environment and Climate Change Harsh Vardhan has directed officials from Punjab and Haryana to ensure prompt action against incidents of stubble burning as data point out only 30 per cent decline since last year.
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Punjab, Haryana witness decline in stubble-burning
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 27 (ANI): There is a decline in the paddy stubble-burning in Punjab this Kharif season, said Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) on Saturday.
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