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There were bizarre scenes at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) Monday night.

According to Safar, the predominant pollutant in Delhi’s air on Monday was PM 10, which is particulate matter with diameter less than 10 micrometres, or dust

Addressing a joint press conference on Monday with Northeast Delhi MP Manoj Tiwari, Gupta said, “We, today declare that we together will celebrate Chhath in the entire city keeping in mind the corona safety guidelines. The preparations will be ensured through the municipal corporations. Our party workers will ensure that all arrangements are in place.”

This afternoon Rajesh is assigned by her contractor for a repairing job on a central Delhi avenue. A labourer, she is helping renovate a damaged road divider.

The Shiv Sena, the Nationalist Congress Party and the Congress jointly called for the shutdown to protest against the killing of farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh on October 3.

“I have returned to my family...It’s my ghar wapsi (homecoming). There cannot be a happier day than today for me. I am feeling very relaxed,” said Arya, a six-time legislator and a prominent Dalit face in Uttarakhand.

Since the first week of February, when the first wave of the pandemic had hit bottom in Jammu and Kashmir and cases were occasionally running below 50, this is the lowest daily caseload in the UT after the second wave hit

DK Boora succeeds NS Jamwal, who was elevated to the rank of additional director general of BSF Western Command, Chandigarh

Himachal fruit growers say the switch to natural farming has also brought down their input costs, thereby increasing the profit margin

Mainstream leaders have raised concern over the worsening security situation in J&K, especially in Kashmir, in the backdrop of series of civilian killings and other security related incidents

Imtiyaz Ahmad Dar was involved in the killing of taxi union chief Mohammad Shafi Lone last week, say police

The double engine government has failed at all fronts that too despite the national BJP chief being from Himachal, says Congress nominee from Mandi Pratibha Singh

HP drug makers want the central government to form a ‘Pharmaceutical Raw and Packaging Material Task Force’ to protect the crisis-hit pharma industry

Jai Ram said that Congress’ star campaigner in Himachal, Navjot Singh Sidhu, inflicted insult on leader Rahul Gandhi and the party

The graft by the Bilaspur mandi supervisor is said to have caused losses to the government, but it is not clear how much loss he has caused

Two people were killed while four sustained injuries after a tractor-trailer had a head-on collision with a mini-bus near Rajepur village of Karnal on Monday morning.

Former Haryana chief minister and leader of opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Congress state president Kumari Selja, along with many MLAs, were present in the meeting to discuss the strategy for Ellenabad bypolls

Chief minister to take up the matter with NCRPB today; the government has proposed the extent of Haryana sub region to be 8,281.60 square kms against the current area of 25,327 square km of NCR.

The victim suffered burns on his back in the acid attack and has been admitted to the Civil Hospital in Raikot; the accused and the victim had a monetary dispute

Haryana farmers say its been over a week since they sold their paddy produce to the government but they still have not received the payment for it.

The snatchers were active in Dugri Phase-2 Market Main Double Road, Phullanwal Chowk, Pakhowal Road, Manakwal Road and Model Town areas of Ludhiana

The parents said the minor girl was abducted on pretext of marriage attending a wedding; the security guard of the marriage place saw the her go with a bike-borne man

Among those whose nomination has been rejected is Karan Chautala, who was the covering candidate for Abhay Chautala, who had resigned from the Ellenabad seat, necessitating a bypoll.

The IMA Punjab members alleged health insurance firm was harassing the private medical facilities by delaying claim settlements, or through inspections and then issuing show-cause notices, or deducting/rejecting claims on “flimsy” grounds

The taxi drivers were arrested by a special task force of the Ludhiana police while the accused were bringing the heroin to Ludhiana from New Delhi

Short shelf-life, low demand in terms of consumption, a cause of concern for the Haryana, which is the only state in the region procuring bajra on MSP; from this season, Haryana has opted for ‘Bhavantar Bharpayee Yojana’ for bajra procurement

A 20-year-old man being taken to hospital died in a road mishap in front of the Prabh Asra Trust in Kurali on Sunday