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VRGR '%&((!1#VCEB R BP A"'!#$#1!$"#0$"T utqBVQWBuxy( 0 1 I7 - %J 'J J 4&$5.6-! G) 23 "H $ "H2 G ' < .(& / (+,- '()* <=<*< -+0#<07 #. + # 9&) *<#0 #9<* &0 <09)0 <7 *# 5#))< 5&99# 7*+- 9)&) +< .<7#=< <0 )05 #0 67 & # ( 7 0 .!7/8.69 ./:6A ! "$% !& :-0 9+-7 R O P 0<: <)# hills during the last few days 7 # ' have helped gather moisture in < 0 he stubble burning in the Delhi air. This moisture # ' "A 0* TPunjab and Haryana is not holds pollutants. This can be an ' % the sole reasons for air pollu- added trigger to the already tion in the national Capital. growing pollution levels. / BC#D A EFF The weathermen have predict- The air quality in Delhi ' ed a spike in pollution levels in dipped to poor level on Delhi-NCR due to entirely dif- Saturday with drop in wind Forecasting and Research every year during October and P Q ferent factors. speed, and the authorities pre- (SAFAR). The PM10 level November and wheat straw !# Q Q “Presently the western dis- dicted further fall in the air (presence of particles with during April in Punjab and turbance is moving away, and quality index of the national diameter less than 10 microme- Haryana are the major con- the north-westerly dry winds Capital in the coming days. In tres) in Delhi stood at 243 and tributors to air pollution in $% are settling over the areas of the upcoming 24 hours, Delhi the PM2.5 level was recorded Delhi-NCR as the smoke trav- & ' northwest plains and Delhi. and NCR will witness mainly at 122, according to the data. els towards the national Capital. () Q These north-westerly winds pleasant mornings with thick On Friday the AQI of the In Delhi, it mixes with the fog * + + are very light in intensity that mist and haze. national Capital stood at 154. and creates a toxic smoggy * + PQ they are unable to sway away “Pollution during morning Meanwhile, recent satel- winter every year. , - . the pollutants or lower down hours and evening hours will lite images from the NASA Meanwhile, the India / their concentration in the air,” be on its peak as the moisture have showed that farmers in Meteorological Department ' M 1* Skymet said. levels are quite high during the lower level,” the Skymet said. Noida too recorded “very poor” Punjab and Haryana have (IMD) predicted a warmer + 2 P Moreover, these light winds time in the form of haze or According to the System of air quality levels. started burning crop residue. winter this year as a result of Q P QM & & are likely to bring in pollutants mist. Again, October 15 Air Quality and Weather “The overall air quality The NASA, on its official web- formation of El Nino, from the northwest plains, spe- onwards a fresh western dis- Forecasting and Research index (AQI) recorded at 4 pm site, stated that burning crop the periodic weather phenom- cially Haryana region, as dur- turbance is likely to affect (SAFAR), the Air Quality Index on Saturday stood at 300, residue in Punjab and Haryana enon associated with the 3 ing this time stubble burning is north-west India which may (AQI) in Delhi on Saturday which falls in the poor catego- has increased significantly over warming of surface tempera- &(Q actively taking place in these further worsen pollution levels morning was 699, which is ry and is just one point from the past 10 days in and near tures in the Pacific Ocean / areas. due to the increasing light considered way above haz- being ‘very poor’, according to Amritsar, Ambala, Karnal, Sirsa thought to be responsible for Apart from this, recent winds and moisture which will ardous. Adjoining Ghaziabad, Centre-run System of Air and Hisar. drought in India and other M rain over north Haryana and hold up the aerosol in the Faridabad, Gurugram and Quality and Weather Burning of paddy straw parts of South Asia. 4 3 & () : Q $ R / 2 ' & + ( @ & ! 54 . R !" 6 & -& 0<: <)# ' NO & P % ' * + he BJP is expecting a state- ' + ( 11 9+*+9* Tment of explanation from # $ % &(Q Union Minister MJ Akbar on & ' ( O ' ' n a horrific incident that sent Sunday on alleged harassment ' # Ishivers down the spine of charges levelled against him by % ' ) $ onlookers, the personal secu- several women journalists * + % $ ' / 7 rity officer (PSO) of Gurugram before taking a call on his ,- ! & Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) continuation in the Council of 1*& 2 Krishna Kant Sharma sprayed Ministers. As many as nine " <= K ' bullets on the judge’s wife and journalists have accused Akbar ## ' * his teenaged son in a crowded of “sexual” exploitation when $$& . / market area in Sector 49 of the he served as editor of English ' Millennium City on Saturday dailies. Akbar is returning to , & around 3.30 pm. The PSO, Delhi from an official tour of 0 # ' identified as Head Constable African nations on Sunday. * Mahipal, shot the ASJ’s wife in P " In the midst of growing 1 % *$ 1* & 2 her chest twice and then turned # demand that Akbar should be 22 # to pump three bullets into the asked to resign from the back of her son’s head. police said that the motive fired outside the Arcadia mar- job to nab the accused PSO Council of Ministers and the ' (( As both mother and son behind firing is not clear yet. ket. When a police team Mahipal, who had run away RSS as well as his ministerial ) 2 lay writhing in pain on the A video shot by a passerby reached the spot, they found after committing the crime. colleagues Maneka Gandhi and *+ , $ 8 & 2 road, diabolical bystanders pre- shows that people started scur- Ritu and Dhruv lying in a Gurugram Police Smiriti Irani virtually backing % Q ferred to capture the gory rying for safety as Constable pool of blood,” the DCP said. Commissioner KK Rao himself the women journalists, Akbar’s 9:! details on their mobile phones. Mahipal opened fire. After the “They were taken to came on the police wireless net statement could decide which - , 4 It took a while before the victims fell on the ground, the Medanta Hospital,” the DCP and directed concerned unit to way the whole episode will set- 5 - * + police was informed about the accused, donning police uni- said, adding, “Constable apprehend the accused. He tle down. 6 &+ incident and the critically form, is seen trying to lift the Mahipal was later arrested was intercepted by two teams While Akbar’s fate will be ./ (( ( ( $ injured were rushed to a near- judge’s son to put him in a car, from Faridabad.” of Crime Branch in Gwal decided by Prime Minister 0 ( ( ' ( 9:! by hospital from where they but as he could not do so, he According to officials, the Pahari area in Faridabad and Narendra Modi, BJP president &*$ , 6" were shifted to Medanta ran away leaving the teenager ASJ was attending a meeting was overpowered. Amit Shah has already said that % Hospital. The ASJ’s wife suc- in the heap of blood. The convened by District and Police said that Mahipal the party would also definite- '' 7 ( 1*3 & cumbed to injuries late on accused PSO was later appre- Sessions Judge RK Sondhi was brought to Sector 56 police ly look into the issue. & O 9$ + 9:!& Saturday night. hended from Faridabad. when he was informed about station. Sources said that the “We will definitely look ' ; 9:< Gurugram East DCP ASJ’s wife Ritu, 38, and his the incident by the police. The accused PSO was behaving in into the issue. We have to see 62 + Q Sulochna Gajraj said prelimi- 18-year-old son Dhruv had meeting was stopped and judge a weird manner and was parad- whether these allegations are /& nary investigation has revealed gone for shopping in the left for the hospital along with ing as a lunatic. true or false. We have to check 7 $ & that the gunner lost his cool Arcadia market. They were fellow judges. Police Commissioner KK the veracity of the post and the *' % after he was reportedly admon- accompanied by the judge’s As the news was relayed on Rao told the media that the person who posted it,” he was ' % Q 4 &+ ished for not taking out the car PSO. “Some locals informed the police control room, many accused PSO will be examined reported as saying. ' & from the parking. However, the the police about gunshots being police teams were put on the by psychiatrists. Turn to Page 4 7 ' Q 8 & & ) + ) + $ 2 Q ! %& /& & <09)+*+ = * + fter meeting some of the + > %+& Apast and present employees + Q ' 8 2 of HAL in Bengaluru on Saturday, Congress president ( Rahul

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