The Ghaziabad city on Thursday emerged as the most polluted city across the county with the air quality index (AQI) deteriorating to a value of 335 under ‘very poor’ category as per the figures released by the Central Pollution Control Board. The last time city’s AQI stood under ’very poor’ […]
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Delhi’s air quality back in ‘very poor’ zone, days after Diwali may be worse
The air quality fell to “very poor” levels on Thursday and is likely to worsen over the next few days, weather officials said, warning of a deterioration in conditions in the coming days – particularly after Diwali. The daily air quality index (AQI) – calculated as a 24-hour average till […]
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Nigerian man, who acted in Hindi movies, held at Delhi’s IGI airport for overstaying in India
A Nigerian ‘celebrity’ who also acted in some Bollywood movies was apprehended by CISF personnel at the Delhi airport on Thursday for allegedly overstaying in the country, officials said. They said Olamilekan M Akanbi Ojora was intercepted around 4 am at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) after security personnel […]
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Violation of traffic rule results death in Dun
Violation of traffic rules proved fatal for a person in Patelnagar area of Dehradun on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Naveen Kumar Jain, resident of Mandi Bazaar. According to the information provided by the police, a scooty and a motorbike collided near Chaman Vihar, in which the scooty […]
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Chandigarh sees 35% increase in dog bite cases in five years
The number of dog bite cases in Chandigarh has gone up by 35% in five years amid the municipal corporation failing to find a solution to the rising stray dog population. The MC’s sanitation department recorded 8,705 dog bite cases in 2014, which increased to 11,746 in 2018 (see box). […]
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Panjab University students’ body takes cleanliness campaign to social media
In a unique initiative to clean the campus of Panjab University (PU), Youth for Swaraj on Wednesday started a campaign named ‘Social Diwali’. Members of the organisation have urged the students and residents of the university campus to post pictures of dirty places on the campus, on various social media […]
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Burail jail’s health care worst among all UTs in country
With just four medical personnel for 967 prisoners, the Model jail in Burail has the worst prison healthcare system among all Union territories (UTs) in the country, revealed the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB, 2017) report released recently. This means there is only one medical personnel for 241 prisoners. Other […]
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On FB, Shivanand Tiwary takes ‘leave’ from RJD, sets off talks of a switch
Rashtriya Janata Dal’s national vice-president and former MP Shivanand Tiwary, apparently sidelined in the party, took to Facebook on Tuesday to announce that he was taking “leave” from his present responsibilities in the party to write a memoir. “I am feeling tired and mentally exhausted. I want to write a […]
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DMRC set to run Gurugram’s Rapid Metro from Wednesday
Starting Wednesday, operations of Gurugram’s Rapid Metro network will be run by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). In a statement released Tuesday evening, the DMRC confirmed that “services of the 11.6km long corridor will continue to operate as per the normal timetable as earlier.” Officials said that a “smooth […]
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Mumbai will continue to get light rain till Saturday
The city continued to receive post-monsoon showers on Tuesday, too, as light rainfall was recorded in the suburbs and south Mumbai after 9pm. The day and night temperatures were close to the normal mark on Tuesday. The district rain forecast by the weather bureau on Tuesday said the city will […]
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IIT Bombay tops QS India university rankings 2020
The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) has topped the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) India University Rankings 2020 released. Six other IITs have also made it to the list of top 10 institutes. Bengaluru’s Indian Institute of Science has been ranked second followed by the IITs in Delhi, Madras, Kharagpur, Kanpur, […]
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Amritsar train tragedy: CM says action initiated against 13 police, MC personnel
Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday said departmental action has already been initiated against six police officers and seven employees of the Amritsar municipal corporation had been charge-sheeted in the 2018 Amritsar train tragedy case. “Necessary action has been ordered against police and civic body personnel who were […]
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Kartarpur pilgrims sore at delay in online registration, not $20 service fee
Devotees headed for Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, Pakistan to attend the 550th birth anniversary celebrations of Sikhism’s founder Guru Nanak say they are not upset over the $20 fee for the pilgrims but the delay in online registration by the Union government. On Monday, India said it had informed Pakistan that […]
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Guru Nanak’s 550th birth anniversary: Special bus carrying rare copies of Guru Granth Sahib flagged off from Punjabi University
As part of the 550th birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak, a special bus carrying rare manuscripts of Guru Granth Sahib was flagged off from the Punjabi University in Patiala on Monday. Cabinet minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, chief principal secretary to chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh Suresh Kumar and varsity’s […]
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‘American dream’ shattered, horror of heavy debt haunts Indians deported from Mexico
Sandeep Singh alias Deep, 23, from Moonak town in Sangrur district, had left for America from New Delhi on June 13 this year to make a better life for himself. Little did the Punjabi youngster know that his American dream would soon lay shattered, as Mexican immigration authorities deported him, […]