The Supreme Court on Friday has banned the sale of firecrackers in Delhi-NCR in an attempt to keep the rising pollution level of the capital and its surrounding areas under check.

From Mysore Road to Karnataka Sangh in Delhi, Agenda tries to understand why a legal dispute shuts down life in Bengaluru.

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Large diesel cars, mainly SUVs, can once again be sold in Delhi, the Supreme Court has said, but a green fine will have to be paid by manufacturers or dealers to compensate for polluting the city's air. The tax - 1% of the ex-showroom or retail price - must be deposited in a designated state-run bank, the top court said.

Current Issues: Discussion On Diesel Car Ban

राजधानी दिल्ली में 10 साल पुरानी डीजल गाड़ियों पर प्रतिबंध लगाने के नेशनल ग्रीन ट्रब्यूनल के फैसले पर डीजल वाहन चालको और पर्यावरण विदो की अलग अलग प्रतिक्रीया आ रही है। देखते है हमारे संवाददाता अविषेक सिंह की रिपोर्ट।

DNA: Analysis of most polluted cities in India

After the Delhi government, the Centre has now approached the Supreme Court seeking relief from the crackdown it ordered on diesels cabs in Delhi and neighbouring areas. The ban will impact the BPO industry which uses diesel-run taxis to ferry employees and earns the country billions of dollars every year, the government said.

The ban on diesel taxi's has nothing but made people of Delhi miserable.

Delhi "on hault" after diesel taxi ban - II

सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने दिल्ली एनसीआर में डीजल टैक्सियों पर रोक लगा दी है। लेकिन क्या इतना भर ही काफी है, या फिर राज्य सरकार को प्रदूषण कम करने की अपनी नीती में बड़े बदलाव करने की तुरंत ज़रूरत है? बड़ी खबर में इसी सवाल पर खास चर्चा...

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In this episode of To The Point with Karan Thapar, it discuss on the Supreme Court decision on banning diesel cars in Delhi. The protest and jams by angry diesel taxi drivers and operators witnessed on May 2 have raised the question, is the the Supreme Court's decision to ban diesel tax's in Delhi not just controversial and not popular but perhaps also unfair and wrong. The Supreme Court had clamp down on the diesel cabs in the national capital regions citing the high air pollution levels.