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The air quality across Delhi continues to be in the ‘poor’ category as per the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). 

This is despite of the unseasonal rains in the national capital in the past day. The AQI in Anand Vihar stood at 282, RK Puram at 220 and ITO at 263. The Supreme Court on Friday pulled up Punjab on crop fires management and said “speed comes after we intervene year after year only”. Meanwhile, the odd-even rule in Delhi has been postponed for the time being considering the improvement in the pollution level.

A four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a police sub-inspector in Rajasthan's Dausa district on Friday. 

According to the details, the incident was reported from the Lalsot area of the district, when the accused sub-inspector, identified as Bhupendra Singh, lured the minor to his room in the afternoon and raped her, ASP Ramchandra Singh Nehra told news agency PTI. 

He also said the accused was taken into custody and was being interrogated.

At least four people were killed after a car and a pickup van were hit by an oil tanker on Friday night on the Delhi-Jaipur highway. As per police, the accident took place near Gurugram’s Sidhrawali village.

Speaking to ANI, Investigation officer of Bilaspur police station, Vinod Kumar said that an oil tanker coming from Jaipur broke the divider and hit a car. Following the hit, the car was engulfed in fire due to the presence of CNG cylinders inside it.

As Delhi grapples with the worst air quality in the country, the Delhi police have stepped up their vigilance on the trucks carrying non-essential goods at the Ghazipur and Tikri borders on Friday night. This is in accordance with the GRAP 4 regulations, which are the most stringent anti-pollution measures in the Centre’s action plan. Under these regulations, only CNG, electric, and BS VI-compliant vehicles from other states can enter Delhi, with some exceptions for essential services.

The police teams at the Ghazipur and Tikri borders were seen checking the trucks for compliance and allowing only CNG and electric trucks to pass through. The city witnessed a slight improvement in the air quality on Friday, thanks to some unexpected rainfall.

Trinamool Congress (TMC) spokesperson and West Bengal minister Shashi Panja on Thursday slammed the Lok Sabha ethics panel's 500-page report on TMC MP Mahua Moitra recommending her expulsion from the lower house of the Parliament, calling it “unfair” and “unethical”.

“Today the Ethics Committee meeting was convened…It is unfair that the report was to be tabled in the meeting and then was supposed to be debated and there was going to be voting on it, but the report was out in the public domain even before it was tabled... If there is going to be an investigation then how a committee is going ahead with a recommendation? This not in tune at all,” the TMC spokesperson told news agency ANI.