The two largest fires are still burning after more than a week – but gusts that fanned the flames have eased. 

​The two largest fires are still burning after more than a week – but gusts that fanned the flames have eased.  

The curbs were imposed Wednesday as calm winds, low temperatures and foggy conditions allowed accumulation of pollutants in the region

The gunfight broke out at around 9 am in a forest of south Bijapur when a joint team of security personnel was out an anti-Naxalite operation and the intermittent exchange of fire lasted till late in the evening