The Supreme Court criticized the Delhi Police for their inadequate response to the violation of the firecracker ban in the capital. The cou...

Delhi has deployed 77 teams from the Revenue Department and 300 teams from the Delhi Police to enforce the firecracker ban. Authorities hav...

The Ludhiana administration has issued an advisory permitting the use of firecrackers during Diwali, Guruparva, and Christmas. Firecrackers...

The Supreme Court has rejected a plea to allow the manufacture and use of firecrackers containing barium. The court upheld the Delhi govern...

With green crackers becoming the norm, the industry has now gained the expertise and finesse to supply to international markets. However, o...

"The existing respondent associations due to their internal policies, are not able to bring certain vital information to the kind attention...

"There cannot be a complete ban on firecrackers. Strengthen the mechanism to supervise and see that misuse is stopped," the bench observed,...

The high court on October 29 had banned sale, use and purchase of all types of firecrackers in the state.

Celebration does not mean use of loud crackers, it can also be with "Fuljhaddi" and the like which are not noisy, SC said.

The apex court had earlier refused to impose complete ban on sale of firecrackers and said that sale can happen through only licensed trade...

People dependent on this industry hope that the national capital territory government would reconsider its decision, keeping fingers crosse...

With people failing to adhere to the ban on firecrackers on Diwali, experts on Sunday said that long-term preparedness was needed for the p...

As per the court order, SHOs will be held liable if banned firecrackers are sold in their area.

India, which has the world's 14 most polluted cities, has made little effort this year to curb the sale of ear-splitting, firecrackers that...

The manufacturers said dealers were not paying advances for ordering fireworks in view of the pendency of the petition and this affected th...

Around 2,000 containers of Chinese crackers worth Rs 1,500 crore are said to be operating in the Rs 4,000-crore Indian market.

Acute labour shortage to the tune of about 20 per cent was another significant issue being faced by the firecracker industry in Sivakasi.