S. Keerthana, the first woman MLA from Sivakasi, has made headlines for speaking in Hindi to connect with a wider audience, a move amidst p...

Two more Assamese expats from Singapore, who were witnessed to the death of Zubeen Garg, deposed before the Special Investigation Team of t...

The two back-to-back blasts followed a huge explosion that claimed 12 lives in another illegal firecracker factory in Purba Medinipur distr...

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

The police seized 13,767.719 kg firecrackers for storage or sale and registered 75 cases in this connection. It has also registered six cas...

Hence, this called for a balanced view, taking into consideration the negligible incremental pollution potential of crackers used for a few...

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

As the sun sets, workers of firework units mill around the solitary liquor shop downing their choice beverage and laughing away their trava...

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

Several states had banned sale and use of firecrackers this year citing the COVID-19 pandemic and environment concerns with the decision co...

Governments have banned crackers as bursting these will lead to a spike in air pollution and that, with the winter air, could affect Covid ...

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...

To this, the bench said the provisions which exists are made from the point of view of safety from firecrackers but these provisions are no...

Different labs of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, India’s key scientific research body - have joined hands for developing ...

A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta also observed that "Diwali is celebrated for around five days. In those five days, 10 la...

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

Anti-crackers campaign launched by school authorities across metros and other large cities has led to a fall of 20 to 25 per cent in its sa...