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Supreme Court’s stay on Aravallis order hailed across party lines

Environmental experts and conservationists had flagged concerns with the new definition, saying that it excluded large tracts of smaller hills, ridges, and undulating terrain from the continuous geological and ecological system of the Aravallis (HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 30, 2025 06:10 am IST

No fuel without PUCC, non-BS6 vehicles barred: What Delhi’s permanent curbs mean

Vehicles line up to obtain PUCC as Delhi begins enforcing fuel restrictions on vehicles without a valid PUCC across the National Capital Region (NCR), in New Delhi, India, on Wednesday, December 17, 2025. (RAJ K RAJ /HT PHOTO)

Updated on Dec 28, 2025 12:13 pm IST

RSS leader Hosabale says need to fight 'inner pollution'

RSS leader Hosabale says need to fight 'inner pollution'

Updated on Oct 07, 2025 01:55 am IST

Delhi’s 6 new air stations may give pollution data green bias: Experts

Delhi minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa. (ANI)

Published on Apr 26, 2025 05:12 am IST

Maldives minister arrested for performing ‘black magic’ on President Muizzu

President of the Maldives, Mohamed Muizzu

Published on Jun 28, 2024 07:00 am IST

Delhi ministers write to PM Modi seeking intervention to resolve water crisis

Delhi water minister and AAP leader Atishi with party leaders during her indefinite hunger strike over the ongoing water crisis in the national Capital on Sunday. (PTI)

Published on Jun 24, 2024 02:08 pm IST

Sri Lanka’s environment minister resigns after arrest over immunoglobulin procurement scandal during his tenure as health minister

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Updated on Feb 06, 2024 04:53 pm IST

Delhi air quality 'severe' with AQI 400, GRAP III reimplemented: Gopal Rai

Some residents are wearing masks to protect themselves from pollution and smog in Noida. (Sunil Ghosh / Hindustan Times file)

Updated on Dec 23, 2023 12:32 pm IST

COP28 climate talks: Environment minister hails India's conservation efforts

Bhupender Yadav, India environment and labor minister, speaks during a plenary session at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP)

Published on Dec 10, 2023 02:39 am IST

‘Targetted use of firecrackers’: Gopal Rai blames BJP for Delhi air pollution

Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai blamed BJP for air pollution in Delhi (ANI FILE)

Updated on Nov 13, 2023 01:52 pm IST

Delhi minister targets BJP for 'very poor' AQI; Kapil Mishra hits back

Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai and Delhi BJP vice president Kapil Mishra

Updated on Nov 13, 2023 01:11 pm IST

Delhi air pollution 'severe', Gopal Rai calls meeting with all ministers today

A one-month-old baby breathes with the help of a nebuliser at the emergency ward of the government-run Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya children hospital in New Delhi. (AFP)

Updated on Nov 09, 2023 10:09 am IST

To mitigate pollution, cabs not from Delhi may be restricted from entering city

New Delhi, India - Sept. 10, 2023: A view of Minto Delhi Police personnel seen with Barricades to enter the connaught place area due to Security reason for G20 Summit in New Delhi, India, on Sunday, September 10, 2023. (Photo by Raj K Raj/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Nov 09, 2023 04:50 am IST

Odd-even scheme: Gopal Rai calls urgent meeting after SC terms it ‘mere optics’

Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai. (ANI Photo)

Updated on Nov 08, 2023 10:14 am IST

Will wait for order, says Gopal Rai after SC’s ‘optics’ barb on odd-even policy

Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai said the odd-even road rationing policy will be enforced during November 13-20 (HT PHOTO)

Published on Nov 07, 2023 05:06 pm IST

Odd-even scheme to be enforced in Delhi from Nov 13-20: Gopal Rai

Rai also said schools have been directed to suspend physical classes for all grades barring classes 10 and 12. (PTI photo)

Updated on Nov 06, 2023 03:05 pm IST

Delhi to reintroduce Odd-Even scheme from Nov 13-20 to combat air pollution

The Odd-Even system restricts the usage of vehicles based on the last digit of their license plates.

Published on Nov 06, 2023 02:01 pm IST

Delhi bans entry of diesel buses, restricts construction work as AQI worsens

Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) (CNG) bus is seen entering Delhi near Ghazipur border (Photo by Raj K Raj/ Hindustan Times)

Published on Nov 01, 2023 05:53 pm IST

Air quality in Delhi will fluctuate in the coming days: Gopal Rai

Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai (HT PHOTO)

Published on Oct 25, 2023 12:20 pm IST

Delhi Metro to run extra trips to cut vehicular pollution

The additional metro trips is part of the measures under the Stage II of the graded response action plan (Grap). (HT Photo)

Updated on Oct 25, 2023 04:49 am IST

Delhi Govt teams to check air pollution at 13 hotspots

DPCC and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) had, in 2018, identified 13 pollution hotspots in Delhi, based on the annual PM2.5 concentration at these locations. (Arvind Yadav/ HT Photo)

Updated on Oct 12, 2023 05:10 am IST

Delhi government war room to monitor air quality at hot spots

A view inside the “Green War Room” located at Delhi secretariat, in New Delhi. (Sanchit Khanna/HT)

Updated on Oct 04, 2023 01:19 am IST

CM to unveil winter action plan on Friday: Delhi environment minister

Every year, Delhi faces a public health crisis in the run-up to and during most of the winter season. (PTI)

Updated on Sept 27, 2023 05:46 am IST

Ahead of Diwali, Delhi reiterates cracker ban

despite the ban, these norms are blatantly flouted around Diwali as the sounds of firecrackers reverberate in the city’s skies, subsequently blanketing Delhi in a carpet of smog. (HT Archive)

Published on Sept 12, 2023 12:09 am IST

Haryana to transfer 187 acres to forest dept for black buck conservation

Black buck is the state animal of Haryana. (HT File)

Updated on Jul 27, 2023 01:41 am IST

Experts urge Yadav, MPs not to table forest bill in House session

The parliamentary panel is expected to submit its report during the monsoon session starting July 20 (HT)

Updated on Jul 19, 2023 12:21 am IST

Minister issues directions to curb fires at Delhi landfills

Environment minister Gopal Rai . (HTFile)

Updated on Jun 14, 2023 12:03 am IST

Delhi's AAP government to provide free plants at doorstep. Know why

According to biodiversity experts, small plants are easy to maintain and require fewer resources than larger ones.(Representative image)

Published on Apr 19, 2023 05:47 pm IST

Give India the carbon space to develop: Yadav to G7 countries

Bhupender Yadav says developed nations must take on larger and rapid CO2 emission cuts to meet carbon neutrality goals before 2050 (PTI)

Updated on Apr 16, 2023 05:06 am IST

BJP, Congress trade barbs over draft legislations

Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav and Congress leader Jairam Ramesh.(ANI)

Updated on Apr 02, 2023 05:00 am IST

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