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The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has extended the last date to apply for the Delhi Police Constable (Executive) Examination 2025. Candidates who have not yet applied can now submit their online applications on the official SSC website at ssc.gov.in till October 31, 2025, up to 11:00 PM.Earlier, the deadline for submission was October 21, 2025,…
NEW DELHI: Widespread bursting of firecrackers beyond the time window permitted by Supreme Court on Diwali night drove Delhi’s air quality deeper into the ‘very poor’ category on Tuesday.The surge of toxic smoke, laden with pollutants and heavy metals, caused the city’s average hourly PM2.5 levels to touch 675 micrograms/cubic metre at midnight, the highest…
NEW DELHI: A goods train got derailed between Virndaban Road and Ajhai stations in Mathura district at around 8 pm on Tuesday. Railway rescue teams are on their way. Three out of the four tracks have been completely blocked by the overturned wagons. As a result, all train services between Delhi towards Agra and Jhansi…
Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa NEW DELHI: Delhi Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Tuesday accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of deliberately targeting Diwali and Hindu traditions. He claimed the party banned firecrackers to appease a particular community and is now criticizing the festival. Sirsa specifically called out AAP leaders, including Sanjay Singh, for…
Delhi’s air quality has plummeted to hazardous levels following Diwali celebrations. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) reported an AQI of 344 as of 10 PM on October 20, 2025, categorizing it as “very poor” (Central Pollution Control Board). This spike in pollution is primarily due to post-Diwali fireworks and unfavorable weather conditions. For seniors,…
NEW DELHI: Delhi residents woke up to thick grey haze on Tuesday, with the city’s air quality plunging into the ‘very poor’ zone after many continued bursting firecrackers beyond the two-hour limit set by the Supreme Court.Data from 36 out of 38 monitoring stations indicated pollution levels in the ‘red zone’, reflecting ‘very poor’ to…
Delhi woke up on Tuesday shrouded in a dense haze–the after-effects of Diwali firecrackers. Despite Supreme Court-mandated restrictions on firecracker usage, widespread bursting of fireworks pushed the Air Quality Index (AQI) into the ‘severe’ category, raising serious health concerns for residents across the national capital and surrounding satellite towns.The city-wide AQI averaged 451 at 7…
Most AQI monitoring stations in ‘red zone’ as Delhi celebrates Diwali with fireworks NEW DELHI: As residents across the national capital celebrated Diwali with fireworks on Monday night, Delhi’s air quality took a sharp hit, with the majority of monitoring stations entering the ‘red zone’. Although the Supreme Court had permitted the use of green…
Rahul Gandhi visited the historic Ghantewala sweet shop in Old Delhi. (Image Credit- Congress) NEW DELHI: During a Diwali visit to the historic Ghantewala sweet shop in Old Delhi, Congress MP and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi tried his hand at making traditional sweets, where shop owner Sushant Jain expressed his wish to see Gandhi…
Travis Scott’s Delhi concert saw an overwhelming surge of enthusiastic fans on Saturday night. During his performance at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the rapper descended to meet the front row, leading to a chaotic scene where fans attempted to pull him into the crowd. Security intervened swiftly to manage the situation, ensuring the artist’s safety amidst…
