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    Farm Fire News

    New estimates show farm fires may be vastly undercounted in Punjab, Haryana

    INSAT-3DS stays over the same spot and scans the region every half hour. Each fire it detects is a patch of ground several kilometres across that is hot enough to be burning.
    India News
    Published 1 day ago

    Spike in Punjab farm fires kicks off BJP-AAP row

    Monday’s figure came a day after the state recorded its sharpest single-day spike, with 1,152 farm fires reported on Sunday.
    Cities
    Updated 2 days ago

    Diwali spike: At 1,152, Punjab logs season’s highest farm fires in a day

    Thick smoke billowing from a field due to paddy stubble burning at a village in Moga district on Sunday. (ANI Photo)
    Cities
    Updated 2 days ago

    Nearly half of Punjab districts record spike in farm fires despite 17.3% decline in statewide cases

    The CAQM has warned that nodal officers will be held accountable for lapses in monitoring and preventing farm fires, with strict action against negligence.
    Cities
    Updated 7 days ago

    Highest one-day spike takes Punjab farm fire tally past 1,000

    Farm fires are tracked from September 15 to November 30 during the kharif season.
    Cities
    Updated 12 days ago

    Officer filming farm fires attacked, left unconscious in Punjab's Tarn Taran

    The victim, Maninder Singh, a soil and water conservation officer posted in Khadoor Sahib block, is undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit.
    Cities
    Published 13 days ago

    Farm fires cross 2025 tally, Punjab's Tarn Taran accounts for half of 454 cases

    Tarn Taran has emerged as the worst-affected district, accounting for 218 of the 454 incidents, nearly half of the state’s total.
    Cities
    Updated 20 days ago

    Short Stream | ‘The Stubble’ by Shaz Syed

    From farm to air.
    Entertainment
    Updated 232 days ago

    Farm fire impact on Delhi pollution drops as paddy burning season ends

    This year’s peak is not only lower but also arrived later than previous years (File photo)
    Cities
    Published 353 days ago

    Why FIRs over farm fires in Punjab go nowhere: Political hot potato, explained

    A farmer burns paddy stubble at a field in a village in Patiala
    India News
    Updated 368 days ago

    In Punjab, most field fire FIRs end without action, reveals data

    Farmers burn paddy stubble in a field on the outskirts of Bathinda on Saturday. (Sanjeev Kumar/HT)
    Cities
    Published 368 days ago

    Farm fires rage in Pakistan, no surge in Punjab – for now

    The AQI in Delhi climbed to 292 (poor) at 4pm on Saturday, up from 275 a day earlier, marking a deterioration after a brief respite on Friday
    India News
    Updated 382 days ago

    No let-up: Air quality continues to be in ‘poor’ bracket in Punjab, Haryana

    Commuters struggle to make their way amid smog in Amritsar on Saturday (HT Photo)
    Cities
    Updated 732 days ago

    Punjab records over 1,700 farm fires, 'very poor' AQI in parts of Haryana

    Paddy straw burning in Punjab and Haryana is considered one of the reasons behind the alarming spike in air pollution levels in Delhi-NCR.
    India News
    Published 1094 days ago

    Rain halts stubble burning, just one case reported in Punjab

    Labourers at the grain market in Bathinda. (HT File)
    Cities
    Updated 1121 days ago

    Kharif crop in Punjab: 200k-hectare fields still to be cleared

    This kharif season, paddy was sown on 3.8 million hectares across the state, officials added. (Sanjeev Kumar/HT Photo)
    Cities
    Published 1465 days ago

    Union minister accuses AAP-led Punjab govt of turning Delhi into gas chamber

    File photo of environment minister Bhupender Yadav.
    India News
    Updated 1471 days ago

    Delhi's AQI poor, share of farm fires still low

    The Central Pollution Control Board's 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) data showed that at 9.05 am, Delhi's air quality was in the poor category at 242.
    Cities
    Published 1485 days ago

    Air We Breathe | Why late rainfall may lead to more intense farm fires

    Punjab has already logged 545 farm fires till October 5 this season. (HT Photo)
    India News
    Updated 1493 days ago

    Behind differing farm fire counts: Satellite resolution, methodology

    Pollution levels in Delhi improved to the ‘poor’ category on Tuesday, the CPCB's data showed.
    Cities
    Published 1814 days ago

    Debate over share of farm fires in toxic air

    A farmer burns straw stubble after harvesting a paddy crop in a field near the India-Pakistan wagah border, some 35 Km from Amritsar
    Cities
    Published 1822 days ago

    Nasa records 57,000+ stubble fires till Nov 13

    A farmer burns straw stubble after harvesting a paddy crop in a field near the India-Pakistan wagah border, some 35 Km from Amritsar on November 13, 2021. 
    Cities
    Published 1824 days ago

    Inaction on farm fires, slow Grap keep toxic haze hanging

    Smog and pollution seen near Humayun's Tomb, in New Delhi. 
    India News
    Updated 1824 days ago
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