Delhi Pollution Live Updates: All primary classes in Delhi will be closed till Tuesday
All primary classes in Delhi will be closed till 08.11.2022 (Tuesday), Directorate of Education circular stated. Stay with TOI for all live updates:All primary classes in Delhi will be closed till 08.11.2022 (Tuesday): Directorate of Education, Government of Delhi.
Air purifier sales surge as Delhi grapples with 'severe' pollution
Centre's air quality panel CAQM directs deputy commissioners of all districts in Punjab to take measures to "drastically" bring down number of farm fires in state
Air pollution: AQI of 9 Haryana cities reach 'severe' level
A thick blanket of smog engulfed the region on Friday. The Air Quality Index (AQI) of several Haryana districts deteriorated further and reached to 'severe' level.
Bharati Chaturvedi, founder and director of Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group, claimed the entire GRAP initiative was problematic and that the measures should have been in place throughout the year.
GRAP measures ineffective, ban on diesel light vehicles 'little too late', environmentalists say
Environmentalists called measures under Stage IV of the Graded Response Action Plan "ineffective" and said it was a "little too late" to ban diesel light motor vehicles in Delhi-NCR as the final stage of a central panel's anti-pollution action came into effect.
Diwali is start of air pollution season in northern states: CPCB data
Diwali is the start of the air pollution season in the Indo-Gangetic Plain states, and the worst of the season may be ahead of us, as per data from the Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Station.
Delhi's AQI plunges into 'severe' category with an overall AQI of 431.
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann on Friday admitted responsibility for paddy straw (Parali) burning in the border state and promised to curb the practice by next winter amid alarming levels of air pollution in the national capital. Kejriwal said air pollution in the winters was not a "Delhi-specific problem", adding that it affected entire northern India and that there should be no blame game and politics on the issue.
Nigam Chunav Delhi app will be launched. It is an app to file complaints and know details about the polls: Vijay Dev, Delhi State Election Commissioner
MCD polls will be conducted on EVMs: Vijay Dev, Delhi State Election Commissioner
The issue of notification will be on Nov 7 and will end on Nov 14. The last date of withdrawal of candidature is Nov 19: Vijay Dev, Delhi State Election Commissioner. (ANI)
Voting for reunified municipal corporation in Delhi to be held on December 4, counting of votes will take place on December 7. For 250 municipal wards in Delhi, 1.46 crore people will cast their votes.
Model code of conduct implemented in Delhi from today itself.
Vijay Dev, Delhi State Election Commissioner
Out of those 42 seats for SC, 21 seats will be for SC women. 104 seats will be reserved for women: Vijay Dev, Delhi State Election Commissioner. (ANI)
We completed the delimitation process in Delhi. Polling stations were redrawn. Now we are prepared for 250 wards in Delhi. Municipal corporation of Delhi has jurisdiction in 68 constituencies. 42 seats reserved for SCs: Vijay Dev, Delhi State Election Commissioner
Delhi's MCD poll dates to be announced today
State election commission is likely to announce dates for Delhi Municipal Corporation elections today. As per the reports, the EC will hold a press conference at 4pm.
NHRC summons chief secretaries of Delhi, 3 neighbouring states over air pollution
Alarmed over the rise in pollution in Delhi-NCR, the NHRC has asked the chief secretaries of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi to appear before it on November 10 to discuss the matter, an official statement said on Friday. The National Human Rights Commission said it is "not satisfied" with the actions taken so far to address the issue and that "much more" needs to be done to reduce pollution in Delhi.
Revenue commissioners to prepare plan for staggered timings for markets & offices, says Delhi minister Gopal Rai
Supreme Court to hear PIL on air pollution on November 10
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to list for hearing on November 10 a PIL seeking issuance of fresh guidelines on stubble burning to curb rising air pollution in Delhi and the national capital region (NCR).
