As Diwali approaches, authorities warn of common injuries like firecracker mishaps, burns from diyas and fireworks, and minor cuts. A guide...

The Supreme Court has reserved its decision on pleas to allow green firecracker manufacturing and sales in Delhi-NCR. Solicitor General Tus...

Delhi government will seek Supreme Court permission to use certified green firecrackers on Diwali, balancing tradition and environmental pr...

Delhi is pushing for a permanent ban on firecrackers in its bid to combat severe air and noise pollution, particularly during the winter mo...

A wolf responsible for killing eight people in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district has been captured by forest department officials. The auth...

The Mumbai Police have imposed a ban on the use, sale, and flying of sky lanterns and firecrackers during the Diwali festival from November...

Leader of Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Assembly, Edappadi Palaniswami, has urged the state government to ensure the proper implementation o...

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has pledged that the party's government in Karnataka will not let the culprits responsible for the fi...

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

Beyond judicial hopes and wishes, one can only urge citizens to celebrate the festival season with gusto, empathy and safety.

Air pollution due to crop residue burning in northern India is a leading risk factor of acute respiratory infections and causes an estimate...

The study that estimates -- for the first time -- the health and economic costs of CRB in northern India also found that CRB leads to an es...

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

A bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan which had reserved its verdict earlier on August 28, said that bursting of crackers on Diwa...

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...

The Central Board of Excise and Customs' (CBEC) recent order to chiefs of customs zones across the country comes ahead of Diwali on October...

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...