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The Supreme Court observed that a ban on construction may 'jeopardise' the livelihoods of many in the Delhi-NCR. It also directed the Delhi government to file a detailed report on how the AQI is monitored in the city-state by Tuesday.
On this Five Live special report, host Sonal Mehrotra Kapoor examines Delhi's severe and recurring winter air pollution crisis, noting that AQI levels have progressively worsened over the past four years,
Seven days after a high-intensity blast rocked the heart of old Delhi, near the historic Red Fort, the once-vibrant lanes of Chandni Chowk are limping back to life. But scars - visible and invisible - remain,
A fire broke out at a pizza shop near Delhi's Laxmi Nagar metro station. Fire brigade teams are on-site trying to control the blaze.
India's capital Delhi is blanketed in toxic smog every autumn, but the pollution is already so bad that it's drawn protests as authorities tell students to stay home.
Authorities in India are investigating a deadly blast near a busy metro station in New Delhi. The explosion late Monday near the historic Red Fort killed at least eight people and injured several others.
Delhi’s hazardous air quality is sharply increasing cardiovascular risks, with even brief exposure capable of triggering heart attacks, arrhythmias and strokes
North Indian media outlets and social media posts wrongly portrayed him as an accused in the Delhi blast case.