GURUGRAM: Late in the evening on Sunday, deputy commissioner T L Satyaprakash issued an order, imposing Section 144 CrPc across the city, to prohibit burning in the open of waste/garbage or any materi ...More

Asserting that the alarming air pollution has become an epidemic in Delhi, Indian Medical Association (IMA) president K.K. Aggarwal on Monday called on Delhiites to stay indoors while adding that the ...More

In efforts to combat the alarmingly high levels of pollution in the national capital, Chief Minister ArwindKejriwal announced on Sunday that use of all diesel gen-sets has been prohibited for the next ...More

The measures taken to address the "grave" pollution situation in the national capital "is not even a drop in the ocean" and the primary responsibility for ensuring a national initiative to address the ...More

An inter-ministerial committee constituted to formulate guidelines for tackling air pollution landed in a mess of sorts with all concerned departments passing the buck while refusing to shoulder respo ...More

NEW DELHI: Delhi BJP today said that the AAP government was making "hurried announcements" on the issue of severe air pollution here, and should instead take concrete steps, like the removal of debris ...More

Darkness at noon. Of a different kind. The kind that chokes your throat, leaves your eyes stinging and makes your chest feel heavy. The kind that sees the sun desperately trying to peep in through the ...More

New Delhi: Air pollution reached alarming levels in Delhi and nearby towns like Noida and Faridabad after the celebration of Diwali, but the festival was kinder on the ears— noise pollution was much l ...More

At least five people died and several others were injured in vehicle pile-ups as smog hampered visibility on the highway in Haryana on Sunday, The Hindu reported. A woman was killed in a collision inv ...More

As pollution levels worsened in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said schools in the city will remain closed till Wednesday and announced a raft of "emergency" measures to deal with the s ...More

The possibility of implementing the odd-even scheme in the pollution-choked national capital for a third time will be discussed by the Delhi Government on Friday. Speaking to the media here, Delhi He ...More

As Delhi considers using cloud seeding to tackle the unprecedented smog choking it, it could be useful to look at another country that used the method --- China. Cloud seeding is an artificial way to ...More

New Delhi, Nov 7: Heavy smog has been reported in the national capital early this morning. This is the seventh consecutive day today that the national capital is reeling under disastrous level of air ...More

NOIDA: The Noida Authority has issued notices to 18 builders for creating dust pollution in the district. It also issued a fine of Rs 50,000 to two builders for causing air pollution in Sector 74. Th ...More

The national capital is seeing unprecedented smog levels that have drastically cut visibility and turned it into a virtual gas chamber The Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday a plea on the alarming le ...More

GURGAON: Rising pollution levels in Gurgaon are not only causing distress to people but also to man's best friend. Cooper, a Labrador in Sector 45, is finding it hard to breathe outdoors. "I have n ...More

As the thick smog continues to hover over Delhi with visibility level reaching low, Delhiites are now regretting burning fire crackers this Diwali, which was significant towards the massive drop in th ...More

Last week, a well known policy analyst an early morning photograph of Delhi on a social media platform. It was scary. Nothing was visible except hazy outlines of buildings and vehicles. In the last fe ...More

With the Delhi government prohibiting all construction and demolition activities for five days, in an effort to bring down the level of air pollutants, a section of realtors maintained that while ther ...More

NEW DELHI: The severe air pollution may affect the plans of people intending to visit the national capital, travel agents and online travel portals said. “Travel into Delhi is getting impacted. People ...More