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Air quality improves in Punjab after Diwali this year
Overall, all six cities have observed a reduction in the AQI during this year's Diwali as compared to last year's Diwali days, said the Minister, adding the average AQI of Punjab this Diwali was 224 (poor) as compared to 268 (poor) in 2021 and 328 (very poor) in 2020.
Mamata Banerjee's statements on Singur reveal that she is jittery: CPI(M)
According to her, she had only fought for unwilling farmers who were forced to part with land for the factory. "It was the CPI(M) that was responsible for the mess. We just wanted land acquired from unwilling farmers to be returned. There were other plots available nearby that could have been used for the factory," she has been saying.
Delhi's pollution level lowest in 5 yrs post-Diwali: Gopal Rai
Sharing the figures of the last five years, the minister said that this year, there has been a reduction of 30 per cent in pollution compared to last year itself. "Thirty per cent lesser firecrackers were burst in Delhi this Diwali, people are becoming aware", said the environment minister.
'Budhha hoga tera baap': Sharad Pawar's refrain to an aged farmer's worries
It happened on Monday in Pune's Purandar taluka where the intrepid 82-year-young Nationalist Congress Party President landed for a spot assessment of the havoc in region caused by the recent rains, and later dropped in at the NCP office in the Parinche village to interact with farmers and his loyal band of party workers.
Nine Kerala VCs refuse to resign, to move HC against Governor's order
It may be noted that the Kerala Governor had on Sunday in an unprecedented move directed the nine Vice Chancellors of the state to resign from their respective posts. The Governor had issued the directive on the basis of the Supreme Court verdict directing the Kerala Technical University Vice Chancellor to demit office due to discrepancies in the selection process.
BJP loses another leader to TRS in Telangana
He is likely to join the ruling party in a day or two. Anand Bhaskar met Chief Minister and TRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao and informed him that he is resigning from BJP and is keen to join TRS. Bhaskar was a member of Rajya Sabha between 2012 and 2018 when he was in Congress.
Don't threaten Governor: Kerala BJP
The Kerala BJP president while addressing the mediapersons at Kozhikode on Monday said the Governor "was not an orphan and that BJP would extend support". In the context of the CPI-M and Left Democratic Front announcing a Raj Bhavan march on November 15, Surendran said, "Chief Minister's residence Cliff House is not far off from the Raj Bhavan and added that the party would extend support to the Governor."
Government should solve hunger problem than discrediting bodies: Mallikarjun Kharge
Discrediting and ignoring reports by organizations, the @BJP4India Govt should work towards solving the hunger crisis.In the last 8 years, we have seen that there has been slow progress on this front and the Govt data also reveals the same," he said.
Kerala Governor cracks whip, tells 9 Vice Chancellors to resign by Monday noon
Noting the action was following the Supreme Court ordering the resignation of the Kerala Technical University's Vice Chancellor, he directed the Vice Chancellors of the Calicut, Sanskrit, KTU, CUSAT, Fisheries, Malayalam, MG, Kannur, and Medical University to put in their papers before 11.30 am on Monday.
'Defame and divert': Cong hits out at Modi govt over RGF's FCRA cancellation
General Secretary in charge of Communications, Jairam Ramesh, in a statement, said: "Over the Deepavali weekend, the Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt of India, cancelled the FCRA registrations of both the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF) and the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust (RGCT). They recycle old charges against the RGF and RGCT. This is to defame and divert public attention from issues of day-to-day concern to them."
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