Thirteen cities of the country had an average Air Quality Index above 400, which falls in "severe" category, with seven of them in Uttar Pradesh, five in Haryana and one in Bihar, according to the Central Pollution Control Board.
The Amritsar-New Delhi Shatabdi Express carrying Rahul Gandhi was stoned late Tuesday night near Panipat, damaging the windowpanes of five coaches, including the one in which the Congress leader was seated.
The Amritsar-New Delhi Shatabdi express in which Rahul Gandhi was travelling was stoned tonight near Panipat, about 100 km from here, and the All India Congress Committee general secretary was not in the three compartments which was hit. There were no immediate reports of any injury to passengers while Special Protection Group sources said there was no threat to Rahul in the incident.
The overall AQI deteriorated further and touched the 268 mark, which falls in the poor category.
He is now in the custody of Rajasthan Police for further probe, city Crime Branch's Assistant Commissioner of Police K N Patel said on Monday.
About 1000 tourists and locals were stranded at various places, including 800 in Sangla alone and heavy rains were hampering the rescue operations, officials said on Monday.
Haryana remained on the boil on as the Jat stir unleashed fresh incidents of violence and arson even as the Army had to use choppers to reach parts of blocked Rohtak.
The national highways selected for upgrade include -- Gurgaon-Jaipur, Surat-Dahisar, Chilkaluripet-Vijaywada and Panipat-Jalandhar. These four stretches together measure about 838 km.
Ruling out joining any political party, yoga guru Ramdev, who shared the dais with Sangh Parivar leaders in Panipat recently, insisted he had "nothing to do with the BJP".
Internet and mobile SMS services have been suspended indefinitely by authorities in Rohtak district in the wake of protests by Jat community.
To prevent rise in air pollution levels, oil marketing companies and thermal power units were planning to procure stubble from farmers to make bioethanol and promote the central government's 'Agricultural Mechanization' for crop residue management. But both have seen minimal success.
A year after the Samjhauta express blast that killed 68 people including 42 Pakistanis near Panipat, the perpetrators of ghastly attack are still at large even as investigators claim they have found "vital clues" and hope the culprits will not be able to avoid arrest for long.
The minister went around the station for about half an hour along with senior ministry officials and security personnel inspecting security arrangements, and met passengers of the 'Friendship Train'.
Among the Pakistani victims, five are male and two female.
The students had run away from the school to board the train to Haryana from Tinsukia Railway junction. They arrived at Panipat railway station in their home state on Wednesday.
According to figures from the Ministry of Petroleum, foreign exchange earnings from the petroleum sector stood at more than $11 billion in the first six months (April-September) of the current financial year. In the last fiscal, it was $9.1 billion.
The two, identified as Huzaifa of Abhinandan Bag Centre and the shop manager Poonam Singh Thakur, were taken to Panipat or Chandigarh after seeking permission of the court for further probe.
They said their visit was delayed due to visa problems.
To meet the growing demand for entertainment venues, Cinemax India will invest Rs 350 crore (Rs 3.5 billion) over the next three years to build new multiplexes in 15 locations, mostly in tier-II cities.
It seems that while the majority of the 68 passengers killed in the explosions-cum-fire in two coaches of the Samjhauta Express at Deewana, near Panipat, on February 18 were Pakistani nationals, more Hindus than Muslims were killed.
Lalu, who is leaving for Panipat by a special plane, said that two suitcases containing IEDs have been recovered from the site.
Various security agencies, including Punjab Police and the Railway Protection Force have been asked to remain on maximum alert, Punjab police sources said.
If we can adhere to those standards, most passengers will be happy.
While the Saudi drone strike has put the focus back on anti-drone measures, caution also stems from the fact that India has a number of large oil refining assets close to India-Pakistan border.
Relatives of the victims of the trans-border train were identifying them through personal belongings like ornaments and remnants of clothing.
How big a test do you think, dear reader, this will be to the joint anti-terror mechanism?
Italian marble floors, bar, modular kitchen, a state-of-the-art bathroom and a swimming pool in the backyard: luxury has just got redefined, and that too for the middle class as far as housing is concerned.
Speculation high because of low number of end-users, says study.
There was a blast in the godown next to the house.
The National Investigation Agency on Tuesday said there was no proof against Lt Col Prasad Purohit in the Samjhauta blast case.
'And he was really trying just to do the best by the shareholders, and by the laws of India.'
Young Delhi sprinter Sunny Sarkaria, who was in coma following a car accident on Friday, died at a city hospital on Tuesday.
Star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has undergone an elbow surgery
Two heavy duty 140-tonne cranes were pressed into service at the crack of the dawn to clear derailed coaches, from which the survivors were rescued and bodies pulled out till late Saturday night.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said his government was investing a mammoth Rs 1,80,000 crore (Rs 1800 billion) for building highways and road network as part of efforts to develop world-class infrastructure.
The deputy commissioner and superintendent of police of Gurgaon were removed from their posts on Wednesday.
Addressing a daily media briefing to give updates on the COVID-19 situation in the country, Joint Secretary in the Health Ministry Lav Agarwal said most of the Markaz event-related cases have been found in states with high burden of the disease, such as Tamil Nadu (84 per cent), Telengana (79 per cent), Delhi (63 per cent), Uttar Pradesh (59 per cent) and Andhra Pradesh (61 per cent).
