Delhi's air quality remains in 'very poor' zone, severe in Anand Vihar area

City Latest News Today Live: AQI severe in 13 areas

Data from the CPCB's Sameer app, which provides hourly AQI updates, showed that out of the 38 monitoring stations, 13 were in the severe category with readings above 400. These stations are Anand Vihar, Ashok Vihar, Dwarka, NSIT Dwarka, Nehru Nagar, Moti Marg, Sonia Vihar, Vivek Vihar, Wazirpur, Rohini, Punjabi Bagh, Mundka and Jahangirpuri.

City Latest News Today Live: AQI average for November 1-December 31 is for 2018-2023

City Latest News Today Live: BJP is running away from its responsibilities, says environment minister Gopal Rai on pollution

'In Centre, UP, Haryana and Rajasthan, there are BJP govts. They don't know how to do something other than politics. All the govts of Northern states will have to work unitely. Delhi govt is working day and night and BJP govts are sitting silently. This gap needs to be filled, the drama of BJP workers won't help in reducing the pollution. BJP is running away from its responsibilities,' said environment minister Gopal Rai.

City Latest News Today: Dirty water that is being sent from Uttar Pradesh, says environment minister Gopal Rai

City Latest News Today Live: 13 out of 38 monitoring stations in Delhi are in severe category with an AQI above 400, according to CPCB data

Data from the CPCB's Sameer app, which provides hourly AQI updates, showed that out of the 38 monitoring stations, 13 were in the severe category with readings above 400 on Tuesday. These stations include Anand Vihar, Ashok Vihar, Dwarka, NSIT Dwarka, Nehru Nagar, Moti Marg, Sonia Vihar, Vivek Vihar, Wazirpur, Rohini, Punjabi Bagh, Mundka, and Jahangirpuri.

Watch: Thick toxic foam seen floating on Yamuna near Kalindi Kunj

City Latest News Today Live: Toxic smog hangs over Delhi, more stations turn ‘severe’

Toxic smog hung over the city on Monday and more stations recorded ‘severe’ air quality, even though the overall Air Quality Index of the capital remained in the upper levels of the ‘very poor’ zone. The smog that had formed in the morning persisted through the day due to calm wind conditions and pollution kept soaring as the day passed. The city’s average AQI was 373 at noon and worsened to 380 by 3pm and 386 by 6pm. For Delhiites, it was the familiar November air nightmare all over again with many complaining of itchy eyes, mild headaches and difficulty in breathing as pollution levels kept soaring, with a possible spike in NO2 and ozone, experts said. During the morning hours, a total of eight city areas were in the "severe" category, with Anand Vihar, with an AQI of 425, being the most polluted, followed by Vivek Vihar at 424.

Watch: Water sprinkler pressed into service to tackle dust pollution in Delhi

Delhi pollution today: AQI remains 'very poor' despite firecracker ban

Delhi woke up to another day of hazardous air quality on Tuesday, despite a ban on firecrackers during the Diwali festival. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) reported an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 384, placing the city firmly in the "very poor" category. Several areas within Delhi experienced even worse air quality, surpassing the "severe" threshold with AQI levels above 400. Mundka, Vivek Vihar, Ashok Vihar, New Moti Bagh, Anand Vihar, Rohini, and Dwarka Sector 8 were among the hardest hit locations, according to SAFAR India. Read more

City Latest News Today Live: People take a dip in the Yamuna River near Kalindi Kunj in Delhi amid toxic foam on the first day of Chhath Puja

City Latest News Today Live: A thick layer of smog covers Delhi-NCR. Visuals from Delhi's Kartavya Path area.

City Latest News Today Live: Most polluted stations in Delhi at 6pm on Monday

Gurgaon AQI turns ‘very poor’, hits season’s peak of 310

The city on Monday recorded its most polluted 24 hours of the season, with air quality dipping to ‘very poor' as cold weather conditions set in and calm winds couldn't clear away the toxic haze. Gurgaon's 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) touched 310 on Monday, a 10% increase from 281 (poor) the day before. It is only the second time this season that AQI exceeded 300 this season. The first time it surpassed this mark was post-Diwali, on Nov 1, when AQI fell to 309. Read more

Bengaluru chokes as Deepavali crackers push air quality to dangerous levels

The city's air quality nosedived this Deepavali as firecracker-related pollution worsened the air quality index (AQI) in most parts. Despite regulations from Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) that only green crackers should be burst, widespread violations resulted in several areas recording extremely high AQI readings. In the past few days, fireworks were set off extensively, propelling daily average PM2.5 levels past 100 microns per cubic metre - the threshold for poor air quality - in over 90% of the monitored areas. Read more

'I am completely innocent, being framed': RG Kar rape-murder accused Sanjay Roy tells West Bengal court

West Bengal's Sealdah Court on Monday framed charges against prime accused Sanjay Roy under section 103(1), 64 and 66 Bhartiya Nyay Sahita in the RG Kar rape-murder and the trial is set to begin from November 11. However, while being taken away from the court, Sanjay Roy denied charges, claiming that he was being framed in murder of the trainee doctor.

Air quality slips in Noida, office hub worst

The air quality continued to deteriorate in Noida and Ghaziabad on Monday due to unfavourable weather conditions. Noida's AQI remained in the ‘very poor' category at 319, compared to 313 the day before, while Greater Noida's air quality deteriorated to the ‘very poor' category on Monday at 305, slipping from ‘poor' at 248 the day before. Ghaziabad's air quality saw a similar drop from ‘poor' to very poor' with an AQI of 314 on Monday against 290 the previous day. Read more

Bengaluru student tries to stop gang filming girls in farmhouse pool, killed

Three youths were arrested by Ramanagara police on charges of beating a final-year BCom student to death inside a farmhouse recently.The victim, R Puneeth, 22, from Rajajinagar, visited a farmhouse at Chikkenahalli village in Ramanagara to enjoy Deepawali holidays. Puneeth's friend Ankith took them to the farmhouse which was owned by the latter's close relative. Apart from Puneeth and Ankith, five students of a private college in Basaveshwaranagar, including two girls, were part of the team. Read more