Diwali is a festival of lights, joy, and the unmistakable sparkle of fireworks. Crackers are often the highlight of the celebrations, adding excitement, color, and sound to the night sky. But along ...

Every year, Diwali sets India aglow — streets sparkle, diyas flicker, and fireworks paint the night sky in technicolour. But as the last spark fades, another kind of fire takes over — the one in our ...

Kolkata: Cops seized 2,826 kg of fireworks between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning and arrested seven people under the Explosives Act and other serious charges for selling illegal firecrackers.

VIRUDHUNAGAR: When Dr T Yokul (29) from Karaikudi lit a gadha-shaped novelty cracker that sprayed showers of sparks, he never thought it would backfire. Within seconds, his Deepavali celebration went ...

The Supreme Court has said that allowing the sale and bursting of green firecrackers in Delhi-NCR was 'on a test case basis'.

The Mumbai Fire Brigade responded to 140 calls regarding fires started by crackers during the Diwali season last year, according to official figures. However, crackers burst during the non-Diwali ...

If Delhi’s “green cracker” experiment is pursued sincerely, it might just light the way toward a new model of celebration for the entire country Each year, as the festival of lights approaches, the ...

Clearing the Mada streets in Triplicane of Deepavali cracker waste should have been a breeze for conservancy workers thanks to a bunch of resident-volunteers. Every year on Deepavali, there is a ...

Amitabh Kant, Sherpa of the 2023 G20 Summit in India and former CEO of Centre's think tank NITI Aayog, has said Delhi's air quality "lies in shambles" and only "ruthless and sustained execution" of ...

On the last day of Deepavali festivities this year, a 16-year-old boy sustained a self-inflicted injury while lighting a Lakshmi cracker that exploded prematurely. He suffered a tear of the upper ...