Farm Fire

Punjab on Friday witnessed the current season's biggest spike in farm fires with 587 total cases being reported across the state.

Delhi woke up to a thick layer of smog this morning, and the air quality index (AQI) remained in the "very poor" category despite officials taking various anti-pollution measures.

Toxic air in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida, Noida, and Ghaziabad is the result of Pakistan burning stubble, or agricultural waste, a UP pollution board official declared this week.

The Supreme Court grilled the central - and Punjab and Haryana - governments Wednesday as arguments over states' non-compliance with, and failure to enforce, anti-pollution measures, rolled into yet another hearing, even as Delhi AQI is 'very poor'.

Stubble burning in Punjab, shows data, has been lowest in the last three years.

A 65-year-old woman on Sunday died in AIIMS Rishikesh where she was admitted after getting burn injuries while trying to douse a forest fire that had reached her farm in a village in Pauri tehsil, officials said.

Two men arrested for firing outside Bollywood superstar Salman Khan's residence in Mumbai had conducted a survey of his farm house at Panvel in adjoining Raigad district four days before the shooting incident, police said on Thursday.

Rakesh Tikait - a key figure in the 2020/21 protests against the government's "black farm laws" - has backed the second 'Delhi Chalo' agitation, which began Tuesday with tear gas being fired on the Punjab-Haryana border that triggered clashes.

A BMW, an Audi, and several other luxury vehicles went up in flames when a fire broke out near the Fair Farm Resort on the Jalandhar-Amritsar highway.

About 5,000 chickens kept in a poultry farm here were burnt in a fire that broke out on Wednesday night, officials said on Thursday.

Stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana has declined by 27 per cent and 37 per cent as against last year, the Union environment ministry has said.

Delhi Air Pollution: Delhi is covered in a thick layer of smog as the air quality remains in the 'Severe' category.

Punjab on Tuesday reported 513 incidents of stubble burning, taking the total number of such cases to 35,606 since September 15. On the same day in 2021 and 2022, the state had seen 168 and 243 farm fires respectively.

The Supreme Court came down hard on the Punjab and Delhi governments Tuesday - and offered a measure of support to farmers from the former state - as it continues a marathon hearing into the toxic air that chokes Delhi every winter.

Punjab on Monday reported 634 farm fires with farmers in many areas continuing to set ablaze paddy straw despite police making persistent efforts to prevent stubble burning.

Punjab on Friday witnessed the current season's biggest spike in farm fires with 587 total cases being reported across the state.

Delhi woke up to a thick layer of smog this morning, and the air quality index (AQI) remained in the "very poor" category despite officials taking various anti-pollution measures.

Toxic air in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida, Noida, and Ghaziabad is the result of Pakistan burning stubble, or agricultural waste, a UP pollution board official declared this week.

The Supreme Court grilled the central - and Punjab and Haryana - governments Wednesday as arguments over states' non-compliance with, and failure to enforce, anti-pollution measures, rolled into yet another hearing, even as Delhi AQI is 'very poor'.

Stubble burning in Punjab, shows data, has been lowest in the last three years.

A 65-year-old woman on Sunday died in AIIMS Rishikesh where she was admitted after getting burn injuries while trying to douse a forest fire that had reached her farm in a village in Pauri tehsil, officials said.

Two men arrested for firing outside Bollywood superstar Salman Khan's residence in Mumbai had conducted a survey of his farm house at Panvel in adjoining Raigad district four days before the shooting incident, police said on Thursday.

Rakesh Tikait - a key figure in the 2020/21 protests against the government's "black farm laws" - has backed the second 'Delhi Chalo' agitation, which began Tuesday with tear gas being fired on the Punjab-Haryana border that triggered clashes.

A BMW, an Audi, and several other luxury vehicles went up in flames when a fire broke out near the Fair Farm Resort on the Jalandhar-Amritsar highway.

About 5,000 chickens kept in a poultry farm here were burnt in a fire that broke out on Wednesday night, officials said on Thursday.

Stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana has declined by 27 per cent and 37 per cent as against last year, the Union environment ministry has said.

Delhi Air Pollution: Delhi is covered in a thick layer of smog as the air quality remains in the 'Severe' category.

Punjab on Tuesday reported 513 incidents of stubble burning, taking the total number of such cases to 35,606 since September 15. On the same day in 2021 and 2022, the state had seen 168 and 243 farm fires respectively.

The Supreme Court came down hard on the Punjab and Delhi governments Tuesday - and offered a measure of support to farmers from the former state - as it continues a marathon hearing into the toxic air that chokes Delhi every winter.

Punjab on Monday reported 634 farm fires with farmers in many areas continuing to set ablaze paddy straw despite police making persistent efforts to prevent stubble burning.