Students from nursery to Class 5 will have to study in virtual mode compulsorily due to rising air pollution, the Delhi government said today.

A thick toxic haze blanketed Delhi today morning, reducing visibility and disrupting flights and train schedules as the capital battled hazardous air quality.

The political battle over the renaming of the flagship MNREGA to “G Ram G” is “unfortunate”, said senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, in a deviation from his party line that is expected to further expand the rift between them.