India

Sonia Gandhi on personal visit to Jaipur to avoid air pollution in Delhi: Jairam Ramesh

Darpan News Desk IANS, 14 Nov, 2023 05:23 PM

New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Amid the deteriorating air quality in the national capital, Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi is on a personal visit to Rajasthan's Jaipur to avoid pollution.

In a post on X, Congress General Secretary (Communication) Jairam Ramesh said, "Chairperson of Congress Parliamentary Party Smt. Sonia Gandhi is in Jaipur for the next few days to avoid the air pollution in New Delhi. It is a purely personal visit."

He said that Rahul Gandhi will be based in Jaipur and campaign in Chhattisgarh on November 15 and in Rajasthan on November 16, 19, 21 and 22.

The air quality dropped to a 'very poor' category on Tuesday.

According to data from the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) was recorded at 370 (very poor) in the city.

Prev Next

MORE India ARTICLES

PM Modi failed to control inflation, people are ready to give him retirement: Congress

Congress on Wednesday slammed the BJP-led central government over the soaring inflation saying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has failed to control inflation and people are now going to give him retirement. Being critical of the government over the issue of inflation, the Congress has on many occasions slammed the government for failing to control the skyrocketing prices of the essential items.

PM Modi failed to control inflation, people are ready to give him retirement: Congress

Paddy growers face hardships owing to strike by rice millers: Punjab Congress chief

Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) Chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring on Wednesday took tour in Patiala district to get first-hand information about the problems faced by paddy growers in the wake of the strike by rice millers across the state. The farmers lamented about the deterioration of the harvested paddy crop due to the strike.

Paddy growers face hardships owing to strike by rice millers: Punjab Congress chief

Three held in Goa for confining and looting tourists

Three persons were held by Goa Police for allegedly confining two tourists and looting their money through the UPI transaction mode, an official said. Calangute Police informed that on the complaint of S. Satishkumar Shetty, 39, from Karnataka's Kolar, the case was investigated and subsequently three persons were held in this connection.

Three held in Goa for confining and looting tourists

'Punjab CM indulging in drama by advertising prayer at govt's expense'

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Badal on Wednesday said after failing to eradicate the scourge of drugs from the state, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was indulging in a drama exercise at Sri Harmandar Sahib by using the state exchequer to advertise a prayer session. The SAD president was talking to the media after inducting former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Avtar Singh Kalkaji and a large number of his supporters into the party.

'Punjab CM indulging in drama by advertising prayer at govt's expense'

Rs 900cr black money trail detected in I-T raids in TN, Puducherry

The Income Tax Department has unearthed a black money trail of Rs 900 crore following the search and seizure operations carried out on two groups primarily engaged in running educational institutions and a distillery in the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry region, an official said on Wednesday. The Income Tax officials have seized unaccounted cash amounting to Rs 32 crore and gold bullion worth Rs 28 crore in the raids carried out on October 5.

Rs 900cr black money trail detected in I-T raids in TN, Puducherry

Delhi excise policy case: SC reserves verdict on Manish Sisodia's bail plea

On Monday the apex court told the CBI and ED that they cannot keep Sisodia in jail for an “indefinite period” in the Delhi excise policy cases and asked the ASG about when the arguments on charges against Sisodia will commence in the trial court.