Even after being detained on 2 November and not being allowed to meet the family of the ex-serviceman who committed suicide over the One Rank, One Pension (OROP) issue, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on 3 November has said that he is now going to the village to meet the family of the deceased.

Kejriwal took to Twitter to inform that he was going to the ex-serviceman Ram Kishan Grewal's village to meet his family.

This comes a day after Congress Vice President, Rahul Gandhi, was stopped close to the gates of the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and then taken to the Mandir Marg Police station.

A political storm erupted over the development, as parties were making a beeline to meet the victims' family and were facing massive resistance from the Delhi Police, who were carting away the leaders in droves.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is all set to launch its Vikas rath yatra, which will leave from Lucknow to Kanpur on 3 November.

Stating that the yatra will establish new identity of Akhilesh "leadership" and will also ensure success for 2017 assembly polls, Cabinet minister Rajendra Chowdhury said it would reach every corner of the state.

"Lakhs of youths will participate in the yatra, which will prove to be the turning point of politics. At every halt, Akhilesh will be welcomed by youths, farmers, minority and he will also address the gathering," Chowdhury said.

"The yatra will be a sort of catalyst for a change in politics. Akhilesh will try to break communalism and casteism through the yatra in which he will be highlighting development works done by his government," he added.

The national capital and NCR remained engulfed in heavy smog resulting in low visibility even after three days of Diwali.

On 3 November, people in New Delhi woke up to apocalyptic grey skies as heavy smog hung over the city.

Three days after Diwali, the capital's air quality continued to be in the "severe" category despite experts predicting that it would improve to "very poor" by Wednesday.

Prolonged exposure to severe category air may affect healthy people and seriously impact those with existing diseases while very poor category may cause respiratory illness. Children, elderly and the sick are considered most vulnerable to the harmful effects of hazardous air. The National Air Quality Index also reported air quality in Delhi at 'severe', with PM 2.5 being the prominent pollutant.