While the Supreme Court ban on sale of firecrackers in Delhi-NCR has been drawing mixed reactions from people in general, majority of working professionals in the region have supported such prohibi

Agra: In an already heavily polluted Agra, which ranks among the worst cities in India in terms of average Air Quality Index (AQI), the district administration has said no firecrackers will be burs

“We will work in coordination with police. We have already conducted a series of meetings with police,” Kalyan Rudra, Chairman of West Bengal Pollution Control Board, told The Indian Express

Trichy: With Diwali being celebrated tomorrow, Tamil Nadu pollution control board (TNPCB), Trichy started surveying the change in noise and air pollution due to bursting of crackers.

GURUGRAM: Ahead of Diwali, Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) is going to install three noise measuring meters and an as-yet-undecided number of digital displays of air pollution data i

The city is likely to witness cleaner air this Diwali and a less polluted year overall, Union environment ministry and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) officials have said, based on forecasts

NEW DELHI: A report submitted in the Supreme Court last week by Harish Salve, the amicus curiae in air pollution matters, highlighted how the Union environment ministry's stand on various measures

Chandigarh: Students of the Tricity schools set out to spread the message of green and anti-cracker Diwali in a bid to raise awareness in the adjoining areas on Friday.

KOLKATA: If Delhi is the worst polluted city in India on Diwali night, Kolkata is not far behind.