Tag: National Capital Region
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Noida International Airport to be functional in September 2024
UP Chief Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra disclosed that the airport will be dedicated to the public in September 2024 and flights will start immediately thereafter.
February 21, 2023 -
Supreme Court issues notice to ED on Satyendar Jain’s plea challenging Delhi HC order
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) regarding Satyendar Jain's plea challenging the Delhi High Court upholding the trial Court order allowing the agency's petition to transfer his case to another judge.
October 11, 2022 -
Haryana : 3 held for cheating insurance policy holder of Rs 24 lakh
The arrested accused were identified as Anshu, a resident of Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), Somya of Bharatpur (Rajasthan) and Ashutosh of Noida (Uttar Pradesh).
February 12, 2022 -
Slight respite from heat wave for next few days
The India Meteorological Department's (IMD) forecast came on Saturday following fairly widespread rainfall over Delhi, the National Capital Region (NCR), Punjab, and Haryana due to a Western disturbance on Friday.
July 3, 2021 -
Clean Air Law
At the same time, by subsuming in a sense the powers of state governments and pollution control boards, it has accepted a substantial political risk, for it will no longer be possible to blame the problem on recalcitrant states, a common occurrence in recent years when governments in the territories in question have been led by different political parties.
October 31, 2020 -
Slow start
While the Finance Minister had provided Rs 4,400 crore for fighting air pollution in the last Budget, the leadership role the Union government was expected to play has not been in evidence. Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi are ruled by three different and often antagonistic political parties.
October 7, 2020 -
Thermal scanners, sanitisers: Metro, NCR malls get ready
Malls in the NCR region have been allowed to reopen from June 8 onwards in all non- containment zones.
May 31, 2020 -
Goodbye, NCR
As the Act made clear, the overarching objective was to create homogenous urban settlements and plan transport and communications.
April 24, 2020 -
Don’t blame farmers for stubble burning, says AAP MP from Punjab Bhagwant Mann
Participating in a discussion on 'Air Pollution and Climate Change', Mann said farmers should be encouraged to grow crops like pearl millet (bajra) and sunflower as they do not leave stubble after harvest.
November 22, 2019 -
Delhi’s Air Quality Index reaches emergency levels again
While overall AQI is in the severe category, PM10 count is at 489 and PM2.5 at 326 is also in the severe category.
November 13, 2019 -
3 Uttar Pradesh cities saw maximum drop in unsold housing stock: Report
The new rules, which are expected to bring all ongoing projects for which completion certificates were not issued on or before May 1, 2016 under the purview of RERA, currently await the state government's approval.
November 4, 2019 -
Odd-Even scheme in Delhi from today as national capital gasps to breathe
Prime Minister’s Office on Sunday called a review meeting on air pollution in Delhi and its surrounding areas. A statement released by the PMO said that the Cabinet Secretary will be monitoring the situation on a daily basis.
November 4, 2019 -
Air Quality Index touches ‘severe-plus’ level in national capital
At least 32 flights have been diverted from Delhi towards Jaipur, Amritsar, and Lucknow, Air India also said that 12 of its flights have been diverted due to bad weather conditions.
November 3, 2019 -
Manohar Lal Khattar seeks Centre to convene a meeting of CMs
In a letter to Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar, Khattar said this meeting of CMs of Delhi and neighbouring states at the earliest and preferably on Sunday.
November 2, 2019 -
Too-little, too-late approach cannot tackle pollution
Air-borne suspended particulate matter (SPM), respiratory particulate matter (RPM) and contaminant gases exist in the atmosphere in various degrees.
November 1, 2019 -
Onion, Tomato prices continue to surge at Rs 60-70 per kg in national capital
The price rise in these two perishable vegetables was due to supply disruption in the wake of heavy rains and floods in the main growing states like Maharasthra and Karnataka.
October 31, 2019 -
Delhi shivers as intense cold winds lash National Capital Region
The overall air quality continued to remain 'poor', even as some areas recorded 'very poor' category air
January 16, 2019