Ludhiana firecracker market blooms after ban in Delhi-NCR - After National Green Tribunal (NGT) imposed blanket ban on use and sale of firecrackers in Delhi-NCR till November 30, firecracker markets in Ludhiana are witnessing surge in demand. According to a firecracker seller, people are coming from Delhi-NCR to Ludhiana to celebrate Diwali. Sellers this year are going ‘vocal for local’ and boycotting Chinese firecrackers. Ban was imposed on firecrackers due to deteriorating air pollution in Delhi-NCR.
According to police, Rohit, a resident of Karawal Nagar, came to the DCP office around 3.30 pm on Tuesday and said he has killed his sister-in-law. The body was lying in his house.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has requested Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan to augment the bed capacity in the central government-run hospitals in the city. This is in view of revised projections of up to 15,000 COVID-19 cases per day in the coming weeks, under the third surge of the coronavirus infection in the national capital.
The DDMA has instructed officials to ensure that Chhath Puja this year is not performed at public places, river banks and temples in Delhi in view of the COVID-19
The campaign was to continue till November 15. However, the Delhi government has decided to extend it till November 30 considering the pollution situation, Rai said during a press conference.
The CPCB also asked the govts of Punjab and Haryana to take immediate stringent actions to curb stubble burning and authorities in Delhi-NCR to strictly check biomass burning
KURUKSHETRA: About 8-months pregnant woman of Jharkhand, who was traveling with her husband, sister-in-law, and daughter towards Delhi from Shimla via.
A 26-year-old man allegedly strangled his sister-in-law to death over a dispute and then surrendered to the police in northeast Delhi's Karawal Nagar area, officials said on Wednesday.
??In a letter to Vardhan last week, Kejriwal cited a shortfall of around 4,900 beds in hospitals, seeking the Union minister's direction to the hospitals run by the central government in Delhi to provide at least 1,092 additional beds, including 300 ICU beds, with the required medical staff.
New Delhi (ILNS): In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Delhi Government has extended the validity of all documents related to the Motor Vehicles Act,1988 and the Central Motor vehicle rules, 1989 till December 31.
"Frequency of mechanised cleaning of roads and water sprinkling to be increased, particularly on road stretches with high dust generation potential," the apex pollution watchdog said in an order.
