Two days after TOI raised the issue of large-scale farm fires adding to smog in the national capital region, the Union environment ministry has written to four states - Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Prade

Owners of goods vehicles mandated to pay environment charge for entering Delhi from November have alleged they were being “discriminated against ” and called the tax a licence to “pay and pollute”.

The city's air quality deteriorated sharply on Tuesday morning with many residents complaining of a "choking feeling".

The residents of the national capital continue to grapple with high level of particulate matters in air with pockets of the city recording “very unhealthy” level of pollution which holds out medica

The SMYR Consortium had pleaded with the SC to defer implementation of its order on ECC till December 1. But the court had refused.

It is said the pollution from burning paddy straw is a factor in Delhi's poor air quality.

Confusion over implementation of the Supreme Court-ordered environment compensation charge (ECC) on commercial vehicles entering Delhi persisted for a second day on Monday, with the tax contractor

Conservationists were alarmed this week to find one of NCR's once most-commonly sighted wetland bird, common pochard, to have been labelled `near-threatened' in the latest red list of birds release

Officials Say Works Delayed, Should Only Report Numbers To Forest Dept

RAJOKRI BORDER: It's 10.30pm on Sunday. Tonight, the first major step to clean up Delhi's air is to be implemented - the imposition of a 'pollution tax' on trucks entering the capital.