Photo: Nikhilb239 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0Agencies are examining a fault in an air conditioner and a stray firecracker as possible causes of the 6 November explosion that hurt a delivery worker.
Photo: Jakub Hałun / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0Thirteen people were killed and 20 hurt on 10 November 2025; survivors speak of lasting injuries and money troubles, and some say the help fell short.
Photo: NASA/GSFC/LaRC/JPL, MISR Team / Wikimedia Commons, Public domainMissing hourly readings can make the official air quality index look better than the air really was, an analyst at the research group CREA said.
Photo: NASA/GSFC/LaRC/JPL, MISR Team / Wikimedia Commons, Public domainThe city average was 370 on 9 November, and forecasters expect several days of severe air. The Supreme Court will take up vehicle pollution on 23 November.
Photo: NASA/GSFC/LaRC/JPL, MISR Team / Wikimedia Commons, Public domainThe city average was 384 at 7 a.m., with Punjabi Bagh, RK Puram and Bawana near 450. Experts expect Monday to be worse.
Photo: Nikhilb239 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0The explosion at the Vasundhara outpost on Friday night damaged the building. Police have not confirmed the claim by a little-known outfit or what caused the blast.
Photo: Unknown23322 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0Surprise checks found the offices had more staff on site than allowed under the pollution curbs.
Photo: NASA/GSFC/LaRC/JPL, MISR Team / Wikimedia Commons, Public domainThe CAQM recorded 174 breaches of dust rules and more than 1,100 public complaints. The civic body must now file a complaint before a magistrate.
Photo: Blogtrepreneur / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0Police say about 15 rounds were fired from a licensed pistol and nine hit Paramjit Dhankhar, who had come home for his nephew’s wedding. His son escaped unhurt.
Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0Only BS-VI, CNG, LNG and electric vehicles registered elsewhere may enter during the pollution season. Reports differ on whether private cars are covered.
Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0On an average day in September, congestion stretched over 2,708 km of road, up from 2,405 km a year earlier. Roadside parking and badly designed junctions are among the causes.
Photo: Finck Roderick / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0Police say the three-storey building was going up illegally. The four accused were traced to a village in Faridabad.
Photo: ISAL Indian Students Association Leuven from Belgium / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0The arrests came on the eve of Deepavali, as resident groups complained of unchecked bursting and the city’s air turned very poor.
Photo: NASA/GSFC/LaRC/JPL, MISR Team / Wikimedia Commons, Public domainThe AQI of 369 was the worst Diwali-eve reading since 2016, and forecasters expect it to turn severe on Deepavali. Stage III curbs are in force across the NCR.
