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Haze Blankets Delhi As Air Quality Worsens To 'severe'
Thick toxic haze engulfed the national capital on Tuesday, with the air quality index (AQI) dipping to 453 in the "Severe" category, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).....
Karnataka MLAs Open To Contest Bypolls
The 17 disqualified MLAs in Karnataka are open to contest the bypolls slated on December 5, as the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld their disqualification, but struck down Speaker's decison to disqualify them till the end of term of the Legislative Assembly.....
Air Emergency: Environment Secy To Meet 4 Chief Secys
The Union Environment Secretary called a high-level meeting on Monday with the Chief Secretaries of Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh over the severe air pollution in these northern states.....
India Not Responsible For Climate Change: Javadekar
Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday announced in the Lok Sabha that India was not responsible for climate change, saying that the per person carbon emission of the country is not more than two tonnes which is very less compared to the US, Europe and China.....
BJP Bypoll Candidate Assaulted In Bengal, TMC Under Fire
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for the Karimpur Assembly by-election in Bengal Jay Prakash Majumdar was assaulted allegedly by Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers during the voting, on Monday.....
64.44% Votes Cast In Ist Phase Of Jharkhand Polls
Jharkhand witnessed 64.44 per cent polling in the first phase of the vote in the 13 Assembly constituencies on Saturday, which is one per cent more than 63.29 per cent recorded in these seats in the 2014 elections.....
Amid Violence, Jharkhand Witnesses Brisk Polling
Jharkhand is witnessing brisk polling amid violence on Saturday for the second phase of the Assembly polls.....
Jharkhand: 63.44% Votes Cast In 2nd Phase, One Dead
Jharkhand recorded 63.44 per cent vote, five per cent lowest than in 2014, in 20 Assembly seats amid few incidents of violence in which one person was killed in the second phase of the Assembly election on Saturday.....
Bypoll Trends Indicate BJP Govt To Continue In Karnataka
Initial trends of vote count in 15 Assembly segments in Karnataka indicate that the ruling BJP government would continue in power in the southern state, a party official said on Monday.....
29.19% Voting In Final Phase Of Jharkhand Polls
Jharkhand recorded 29.19 per cent voting till 11 a.m. in the fifth and final phase of polling on Friday for 16 Assembly constituencies, an official said.....
