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Delhi AQI today: National capital chokes as air quality worsens to 'severe' category
Delhi | Oct 23, 2025, 08:16 AM ISTDays after Diwali, Delhi’s air quality has worsened significantly, with several areas recording “very poor” to “severe” levels of pollution.
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Stubble burning continues unabated in Punjab as Delhi-NCR chokes under smog, 308 incidents reported
India | Oct 21, 2025, 01:54 PM ISTThe air quality in Delhi-NCR plummeted to 'very poor' levels following Diwali celebrations, as stubble burning incidents surged across Punjab. Despite government warnings and enforcement of anti-pollution measures, Punjab recorded 308 farm fire incidents.
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Gurugram: Farmers involved in stubble burning to be fined Rs 2,500 per acre
India | Oct 12, 2022, 01:51 PM ISTStubble burning news: The administration officials also said that necessary instructions have been given to the Environment Control Department for this.
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Delhi, Punjab governments join hands for stubble burning management
India | Sep 15, 2022, 02:06 PM ISTStubble burning: On Thursday, Punjab Agriculture Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said high-level meetings were held in New Delhi on the issue.
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Delhi, neighbouring states asked to 'refine, update' action plan to tackle stubble burning
India | Sep 07, 2021, 11:05 PM ISTThe central panel had in June asked Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh to prepare comprehensive action plans to "completely eliminate the practice of stubble burning".
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Air quality turns 'very poor' in parts of Delhi
News | Oct 15, 2020, 11:57 AM ISTDelhi's air quality is taking a hit, as it reached 'very poor' levels on October 15. Thick blanket of smog enveloped Delhi-NCR.
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'Don't want to burn stubble, but there's no alternative,' says Amritsar farmer
News | Oct 07, 2020, 04:06 PM ISTBlaming government for not coming up with an alternative, farmers continue to burn stubble in their fields in Wadala Johal village of Amritsar.
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Stubble burning continues in Punjab
News | Sep 29, 2020, 04:08 PM ISTFarmers continued to burn stubble in Punjab's Amritsar. They set fire to the stubble at their fields in Devi Dass Pura village.
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Farmers continue to burn stubble in Punjab
News | Sep 25, 2020, 04:07 PM ISTThe farmers continued to burn stubble in Punjab's Verka. The stubble burning practice every year deteriorates air quality of Punjab and its adjoining states.
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FIR registered against 100 farmers who burnt stubble in Sirsa, Haryana
News | Nov 01, 2019, 02:50 PM ISTFIR registered against 100 farmers who burnt stubble in Sirsa, Haryana. FIR is being registered after updates from village sarpanches and patwaris.
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Farmers continue to burn stubble in Rajpura, Punjab
News | Oct 22, 2019, 02:36 PM ISTFarmers continue to burn stubble in Rajpura, Punjab
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Brace yourself for another smoggy winter as crop residue burning in Punjab, Haryana starts
News | Oct 12, 2018, 10:57 AM ISTBrace yourself for another smoggy winter as crop residue burning in Punjab, Haryana starts