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  Delhi air pollution: 13 hotspots identified, 80 anti-smog guns to be deployed at key locations

  Delhi | October 18, 2024 16:53 IST

  Delhi air pollution: Gopal Rai said the Delhi govt is working to reduce the pollution sources under its winter action plan. According to weather scientists, the weather is now turning unfavourable. Wind speed and temperature are decreasing.

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  Congress appoints Devender Yadav as interim chief of Delhi unit ahead of Lok Sabha elections

  Delhi | April 30, 2024 14:16 IST

  Former DPCC chief Anil Chaudhary urged Mallikarjun Kharge to expel Arvinder Singh Lovely from the party following his resignation. Chaudhary accused Lovely of colluding with the BJP, drawing parallels with an alleged incident involving a Congress candidate in Surat.

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  Delhi air quality: Centre invokes measures under GRAP 'Stage II' as AQI likely to turn 'very poor'

  Delhi | October 21, 2023 18:35 IST

  Delhi AQI: Delhi's 24-hour average air quality index stood at 248 today. The panel therefore decided to invoke the measures under Stage II of GRAP in the entire NCR in addition to steps already taken under Stage I.

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  Arvinder Singh Lovely appointed as president of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee

  Delhi | August 31, 2023 11:36 IST

  The Congress on Thursday appointed Arvinder Lovely as the chief of its Delhi unit, replacing Anil Chaudhary.

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  Durga Puja: Idol immersions not allowed in Yamuna river, other water bodies in Delhi

  India | October 14, 2021 11:54 IST

  “Studies carried out to assess deterioration in water quality due to idol immersion reveal deterioration of water quality in respect to conductivity, biochemical oxygen demand and heavy metal concentration,” the pollution control body said.

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  NGT directs DPCC to stop polluting activities at Ghazipur Murga Mandi

  India | August 01, 2021 12:51 IST

  The NGT has directed the Delhi Pollution Control Committee to prevent violators from polluting Ghazipur Murga Mandi.

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  Delhiites to pay up to Rs 1 lakh for violating noise pollution norms under new rules

  India | July 10, 2021 22:23 IST

  According to the Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) revised penalties, one will have to pay Rs 10,000 fine in case of noise violation by a loudspeaker or a public address system at a public place without permission or during night, and the equipment will also be confiscated.

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  DPCC Secretary Haji Meherban Qureshi joins Aam Aadmi Party

  India | June 28, 2021 7:44 IST

  DPCC Secretary Haji Meherban Qureshi on Sunday joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the presence of party's state convenor.

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  DPCC files complaint to NHRC, seeks time bound investigate in Hathras gangrape case

  News | September 30, 2020 19:20 IST

  Legal and Human Rights Department of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) filed a complaint to National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in Hathras gang-rape case.

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  Give number of idols immersed in artificial ponds on Ganesh Chaturthi, Durga Puja: NGT panel to DPCC

  India | December 05, 2019 19:44 IST

  The Delhi government had created 89 artificial ponds for idol immersion across the city to check pollution of the Yamuna. 

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  NGT directs authorities to submit report on extraction of groundwater

  India | November 01, 2019 15:19 IST

  The tribunal was hearing a plea filed by city resident Pramod Kumar Jha seeking action against illegal extraction of groundwater for sale through tankers in village Jagatpur near Yamuna biodiversity park.  

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  Chacko, Maken skip first get-together of DPCC chief

  India | October 29, 2019 17:54 IST

  The programme, organised at Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) office ostensibly as a Diwali get-together, was aimed at presenting a united face of the party ahead of the Assembly elections to be held in a few months from now.

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  Less crackers result in 30 per cent reduction in air polluion

  India | October 28, 2019 18:00 IST

  The decline in emissions of dangerous PM10 and PM2.5 particles across Delhi ranged from 20 to 50 percent, indicating the air quality was better than previous years, DPCC said in a statement.

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  Debris dumped at Karkardooma land by anti-social elements: DDA

  India | October 26, 2019 11:08 IST

  The urban body's statement comes a day after Delhi's Environment Minister Kailash Gahlot asked the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to initiate prosecution against DDA's vice-chairman if it failed to remove construction and demolition waste from the land by October 25.

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  These 12 hospitals may get shut down by DPCC | Here is why

  Fyi | June 29, 2019 20:51 IST

  The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has issued a closure notice to 12 hospitals for not adhering to biomedical waste norms. Here is the list of all the hospitals that have been issued a notice by DPCC.

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  DPCC issues closure notice to 12 hospitals for violating biomedical waste norms

  News | June 29, 2019 18:40 IST

  The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) on Thursday said it has issued closure notices to 12 hospitals for not adhering to biomedical waste norms.

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  Illegal shops in northeast Delhi: NGT fines DPCC Rs 1 lakh for submitting report on ‘hearsay’

  India | November 18, 2018 18:10 IST

  The DPCC was directed by the NGT to conduct a fresh inspection at Gokulpur village in Shahdara, particularly with regard to alleged illegal denting and painting shops.

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  Rs 5000 fine on those throwing waste, puja offerings in Yamuna

  India | September 20, 2015 9:52 IST

  New Delhi: Ahead of the festive season, Delhi government has decided to strictly impose a fine of Rs5,000 on those spotted polluting the Yamuna by throwing waste or puja offerings in it.National Green Tribunal (NGT)

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  Rajiv Gandhi remembered on 71st birth anniversary

  Politics | August 20, 2015 13:45 IST

  New Delhi: The nation today fondly remembered former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 71st birth anniversary with President Pranab Mukherjee and other leaders paying tributes to him.Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari, Rajiv Gandhi's wife

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  NGT seeks response from city govt, others on dirty water issue

  India | June 21, 2015 10:34 IST

  New Delhi:  The appalling picture of water supply in the capital has prompted the National Green Tribunal to seek the response of the city government in the matter saying there is a complete "mismanagement of