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Schools in Delhi shut down till further orders due to pollution

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Due to ‘very poor’ air quality, all schools in Delhi will remain closed from December 3 onwards till further order, Environment Minister Gopal Rai said on Thursday.

Earlier on November 13, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced to shut down physical classes in schools for a week, adding that education will continue in virtual mode. After a gap of almost two weeks, all schools in the national capital were reopening on November 29.

This move of the Delhi government came after the Supreme Court of India gave a 24-hour ultimatum to the Centre, Delhi and its neighbouring states to act against rising air pollution. Despite the ban, CBSE exams would go ahead with necessary precautions and safety measures.

The state government took a similar decision on Monday when it announced a blanket ban on all the construction and demolition (C&D) activities in the city until further orders. Besides, the entry of non-CNG and non-electric trucks from outside of Delhi was also prohibited on the same date till December 7 to reduce vehicular emission.

While stubble burning in the neighbouring states of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab is reported to be a major source of pollution in the capital, dust from the construction and demolition activities, vehicular emission and pollution from open burning contribute as the city’s own source of pollution.

On Thursday, Delhi’s overall AQI at 9.30 a.m. stood at 382 with the level of PM2.5 and PM10 standing at 227 and 401, respectively, as per System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).

According to the Air Quality Early Warning System for Delhi, the air quality is likely to remain in the ‘Very Poor’ category on December 3 and December 4. “Winds are likely to remain slow/calm during December 3 to 5 which are unfavourable for dispersion of pollutants. The Outlook for subsequent five days: The air quality is likely to remain in Very Poor category with PM2.5 to be the predominant pollutant,” It added.

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Demand to cancel Bhiwandi Road footpath expansion project will only benefit builder lobby: Azmi alleges

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Mumbai Maharashtra Samajwadi Party leader and MLA Abu Asim Azmi has demanded from Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to stop the demolition of religious places, houses and projects in the name of road and footpath expansion in Bhiwandi and protect religious places, temples, mosques and houses. Earlier, the government and MMRDA had spent an additional Rs 1700 crore on projects to protect the victims of the metro project. Abu Asim Azmi demanded from Devendra Fadnavis and Eknath Shinde that in the new development project of Bhiwandi Nizampur Municipal Corporation, a proposal has been made to widen the road by 6-6 meters from Rajiv Gandhi Chowk to Tim Ghar Marg, which is expected to make thousands of people homeless and unemployed, and temples and mosques will also be affected by this project, so this project should be canceled immediately. Azmi alleged that this project is causing a lot of hardship to the people and also endangering the existence of many religious places, so this project and plan should be stopped and a new plan should be prepared. Azmi said that this project and the expansion of roads and footpaths will only benefit the builder lobby, so the government should consider it so that the citizens of Bhiwandi get justice.

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Sensation due to bomb threat in Mumbai and Delhi High Court, search in Mumbai High Court, police alert, threat just a rumour

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Mumbai: An alert has been issued after the Mumbai High Court and the Delhi High Court received a threat at the same time, but this threat has turned out to be a rumor. The police did not find any suspicious objects during the search. The bomb blast threat at the Mumbai High Court on Friday turned out to be a rumor when no explosive material or suspicious objects were recovered from here after the search. The Mumbai High Court received a bomb blast threat at 2 pm on Friday, after which the High Court was evacuated and a search was conducted from the judges’ cabin to the chamber. The bomb squad, bomb disposal squad and police searched the High Court premises but no suspicious objects were recovered. The threat was sent through post to the registered office. Along with the Mumbai High Court, the Delhi High Court also received a bomb blast threat. Both the courts were evacuated. A threat was also made to the Delhi High Court through an email, stating that Friday is a holy day for bomb blasts, so the bomb blast will be carried out at 2 pm. After the bomb threat in the Mumbai High Court, the police evacuated the building and during the investigation, the threat turned out to be just a rumor. All the rooms of the court were searched, but nothing suspicious was found. The Mumbai Police has started an investigation into the threat. Recently, the Delhi Special Cell had recently arrested five accused in the case of bomb blasts across the country, two of whom are residents of Kalyan and Mumbra, adjoining Mumbai. In such a situation, explosives and other documents were also recovered from their possession. They are said to be associated with ISIS.

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Seven Bangladeshi nationals arrested in Kalyan..

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Kalyan- Mahatma Phule Police of Kalyan has arrested seven Bangladeshi citizens and recovered Bangladesh birth certificate and citizenship identity card from them. Kalyan ACP Kalyanji Ghete said that API Bhujbal’s team led by Senior Police Inspector Baliram Singh Pardeshi of Mahatma Phule Police Station has arrested a total of seven Bangladeshis including 6 women and 1 man from Kalyan station premises. The names of the arrested Bangladeshis include Shipa Pathan (27), Sharmin Monerul Islam (20), Reema Sagar Ahmed (29), Sumaya Kasim (20), Purnima Suleman Akhtar (19), Zoya Jasmin (22) and Rocky Rahim Badshah (22). These people had secretly entered India through the border. Pardeshi said that after entering India, these people came to Mumbai, and were living secretly in Kalyan. Police is investigating the matter, and preparations are being made to send them to Bangladesh.

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