Indian boys sit around a small fire as the morning sun is enveloped by a blanket of smog, caused by a mixture of pollution and fog in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Nov.

New Delhi was on Wednesday enveloped in a cloud of toxic smog thought to be the worst occurrence of air pollution in a city long accustomed to dirty air, with the density of dust particles in some

The Delhi Government on Wednesday decided to provide a free LPG cylinder for the first time to beneficiaries under “Kerosene-free Delhi” scheme and to subsidise three additional cylinders for all 356,395 beneficiaries under the scheme.

Under the scheme, which was approved by the Cabinet on June 26 and which would make Delhi the first kerosene-free State, all AAY/BPL/JRC ration card-holders using kerosene oil were being given LPG cylinders, two burner gas stoves, Suraksha rubber pipes and blue booklets, said Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. To make the scheme fully operational and purposeful, the Cabinet now decided to give all beneficiaries cylinders.

Dengue continued to spread in the Capital with 39 fresh cases being reported on Wednesday, taking the total number of people detected with the mosquito-borne disease this season to 1,288.

While 37 cases were reported from three municipal corporations, two cases were reported from VVIP areas in the Capital. A total of 1,288 cases of dengue have been reported so far this season, which includes 11 cases that originated from outside the city.

Delhi Cabinet takes help of NASA images to discover cause of the smog

With the Capital facing constant haze and smog over the past many days, the Delhi Cabinet on Wednesday took help of pictures taken by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to find an answer to the problem. And after deliberations on the subject, it discovered that much of the smog had to do with burning of rice husk and stalks by farmers in their paddy fields in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab.

Learning the right lessons from its success with the Aravalli and Yamuna Biodiversity Parks, the Delhi Development Authority on Wednesday announced plans to create four biodiversity parks spanning

Unable to control the spread of vector-borne disease, dengue, officials of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) today said that 'Albopicuts', another mosquito species that carries the dengu

New Delhi: Belying expectations, the smog intensified in the capital on Tuesday afternoon and Met officials say that it will now only start clearing from Thursday.

A plastic manufacturers’ association on Tuesday approached the Delhi high court challenging the Delhi government’s notification imposing a blanket ban on plastic bags in the capital.

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought the Delhi government’s reply on a plea challenging the government’s notification that bans plastic bags.