Day: November 9, 2020

Delhi Police receives over 2,000 PCR calls about bursting of crackers on Diwali night

Tripura bans bursting of firecrackers during Diwali

9:23 pm November 9, 2020

Agartala: The Tripura government on Monday issued guidelines, including a ban on bursting of firecrackers, and strict adherence to social distancing norms during Diwali, an official said. The Department of Science, Technology and Environment, has issued a guideline banning bursting of firecrackers amid the pandemic and said that strict penal measures would be taken against […]

Man gets life term for killing 12-year-old boy

9:21 pm November 9, 2020

Muzaffarnagar: A Shamli court on Monday sentenced a man with life imprisonment for killing a 12-year-old boy over seven years ago in the neighbouring district. Additional District Sessions Judge Balraj Singh also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on convict Sumit. Prosecution counsel V K Nagar said Sumit had picked up a fight with his […]

Delhi’s air quality severe, relief unlikely soon

2:02 pm November 9, 2020

New Delhi: The national capital’s air quality remained “severe” for the fifth consecutive day on Monday, with calm wind speed exacerbating the effect of stubble burning. V K Soni, the head of the India Meteorological Department’s environment research centre, said a major improvement in Delhi-NCR’s air quality was highly unlikely in the coming days. “The air […]

Texas becomes first US state to surpass one million coronavirus cases

1:59 pm November 9, 2020

Houston: Texas has become the first US state to cross over a million coronavirus cases as President-elect Joe Biden is getting to work to battle the deadly virus which has infected more than 9.8 million people in the country. According to Johns Hopkins University, Texas is one of the 31 states that has hit a record number […]

NGT imposes ban on sale, use of firecrackers in NCR from Nov 9 to Nov 30

1:55 pm November 9, 2020

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday imposed a total ban on sale or use of all kinds of firecrackers in the National Capital Region (NCR) from November 9 midnight to November 30 midnight, saying “celebration by crackers is for happiness and not to celebrate deaths and diseases”. A bench headed by NGT […]