BJP blames Delhi, Punjab CMs for 'poisonous’ air

New Delhi: BJP on Tuesday blamed the chief ministers of Delhi and Punjab for the high pollution in the national capital and demanded their resignations alleging that it was “nothing short of criminal negligence” which worsened the air quality, risking people’s lives in the region.

CAQM to govt: No Level-4 curb under GRAP for now

New Delhi: The Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and adjoining areas on Tuesday directed the Delhi government to intensify preventive measures to control soaring pollution levels.

Rai stops work at BJP office, DPCC told to slap ₹5L fine

New Delhi: Environment minister Gopal Rai held a surprise inspection of the BJP office at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg and allegedly found construction work going on despite a city-wide ban since last week. The minister directed Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to halt the work and slap a penalty of Rs 5 lakh on L&T, the construction company.

AQI plummets, OPDs report rush with usual symptoms

Most Patients Coming With Respiratory, Eye, Throat Complaints

LG starts safai drive in Mayapuri, a parking lot in Subhash Nagar

New Delhi: Lieutenant governor Vinay Kumar Saxena on Tuesday launched a sanitation and cleanliness drive in Mayapuri.

Heart transplanted, chef tries to go global with racket

New Delhi: A 29-year-old man who had undergone a heart transplant at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) before the pandemic plans to participate in a badminton tournament at the World Transplant Games (WTG), scheduled for April 2023 in Australia’s Perth.

CM: I will beg, but won't let the yoga classes stop

New Delhi: Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said he will not let free yoga classes stop even if he has to go to every household with a begging bowl for running the facility.

Locals shocked, killers didn’t notice couple’s daughter in the next room

PUZZLED: Residents said this was the first such incident in this locality in Hari Nagar

Most factories in industrial area flout rules: Fire officials

New Delhi: The 50,000-odd factories running in the industrial areas at Narela, Bawana, Najafgarh, Badli and Mundka, whether on authorised or unauthorised land, can turn into deathtraps during fire tragedies.

Fire Kills 2 In Factory, Lucky Escape For 50

Explosion In Chemical Drum Triggered It; Narela Building Without Fire NOC

Musk: BlueTick verified Twitter accounts to cost $8 per month

Stephen King tweeted on Monday, ‘$20 a month to keep my blue check? F**k that, they should pay me. If that gets instituted, I’m gone like Enron.’ The author has almost 7 million Twitter followers | Musk responded to the tweet, ‘We need to pay the bills somehow! Twitter cannot rely entirely on advertisers. How about $8?... I will explain the rationale... It’s the only way to defeat the bots & trolls’

Britain’s word of the year is permacrisis: Collins Dictionary

The word is defined as ‘an extended period of instability and insecurity’. Its entry into common usage reflected upheaval caused by Brexit, the Covid pandemic, severe weather, war in Ukraine, political turmoil & a cost-of-living crisis

S Korea officials apologise, admit responsibility

Seoul: South Korean officials admitted responsibility and apologised on Tuesday for failures in preventing and responding to a Halloween crowd surge that killed over 150 people.

Judge blocks merger of Penguin Random House and Simon Schuster

A federal judge on Mon-day blocked a bid byPenguin Random House, the biggest book publisher in the US, to buy one of its main rivals, Simon & Schuster, in a significant victory for the Biden administration, which is trying to expand the boundaries of antitrust enforcement.

Canada’s cut-off score under Express Entry drops below 500

For the first time since the-all-stream Express Entry draws resumed on July 6, the minimum required Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score dropped to below 500 to stand at 496. As per the draw, held on October 26, Canada will issue 4,750 invitations to apply (ITAs) for permanent residence to eligible candidates.

Suella calls coming of migrants invasion’, faces heat

Braverman referred to small-boat crossings as ‘the invasion of our southern coast’ and said ‘illegal immigration is out of control’

Pak PM in Beijing to discuss economy, debt

Beijing/Islamabad: Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Beijing on Tuesday on an official visit to China during which he will meet President Xi Jinping and the two leaders are expected to discuss measures to ramp up strategic all-weather ties.

Taylor Swift first artist to claim top 10 slots onBillboard Hot 100

Taylor Swift scored a 10 out of 10 as she became the first artist in history to claim the top 10 slots of the Bill board Hot 100 chart in the song chart’s 64year history with tracks from her new record “Mid nights”.

3 grain ships leave Ukraine, a sign that a safe passage deal on

Three grain ships set sail-from Ukraine’s BlackSea ports on Tuesday in a sign that a safe passage deal brokered by the UN and Turkiye was moving forward even after Russian President Putin said Moscow’s participation had been suspended.

Sth Israel poll in 4 yrs sees highest turnout in 23 yrs

In Lapid Vs Netanyahu Battle, Far-Right Ben-Gvir A Key Player, Could Become Police Minister

Sacked staffer suspect in West Delhi triple murder

Main accused, his girlfriend sacked from salon recently

Middle class nearly 1/3rd of India’s popn, to be 2/3rds by 2047: Report

New Delhi:The share of the middle class, with an annual income of Rs 5 lakh-30 lakh, more than doubled from 14% in 2004-05 to 31% last year, and is projected to rise to 46% in eight years and 63% by 2047, according to survey results by economic research outfit PRICE (People Research on India’s Consumer Economy), riding on the wave of reforms and economic expansion.

Conman claims he paid Satyendar Jain 'protection money’

Known Jain since 2015, Sukesh claims in letter to LG

SC seeks explanation from staff for long delay in listing of cases

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday took a serious view of the functioning of its officials over delay in listing of many cases for hearing for months despite completion of all formalities, including curing of defects in the petition, with a bench led by the CJI seeking explanation from its registry why a case was listed after a delay of one and half years.

Delhi chokes on ‘severe’ air day, first in 10 months

Deadly Cocktail: Fires, Emissions Plus Calm Winds

Renovation firm only painted Morbi footbridge, polished cables, say cops

‘Contractor Had Time Till Dec But Opened Early For Festivals’

AQI hovers near 'severe’ but dust control lax at govt project sites

New Delhi: A thick layer of ‘smog’ engulfed the city on Monday afternoon and the haze persisted till late into the night.

Staffers protest as Punjab suspends 4 officers over stubble burning

Chandigarh: Even as the Punjab government has decided not to penalise farmers for burning stubble, it has suspended four officers of the agriculture department.

Guj negligence, misgovernance led to bridge collapse: Cong

New Delhi: Congress has demanded a judicial inquiry into the Morbi bridge collapse, as it accused the BJP government in Gujarat of “criminal negligence and gross misgovernance”.

Ego Is A Tool We Master, Or One That Masters Us

From the moment we’re born, all of us are taught associatively to attach our identity to the identity of the person, persons, stricture, customs, and place of our birth, to attach identity to our name, looks, thoughts, feelings, senses and actions.