Delhi-NCR has entered Stage 1 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) as air quality dropped to the 'poor' category with an AQI of 208. T...

Delhi authorities have granted 103 temporary licenses for selling NEERI-approved green firecrackers. These sales are permitted at designate...

In a progressive decision, the Supreme Court has given the green light for eco-friendly firecrackers during Diwali celebrations in Delhi an...

The Supreme Court has allowed the sale and bursting of green firecrackers in Delhi and NCR for Diwali. This decision comes with specific ti...

The Supreme Court has expressed concerns over Delhi's failure to enforce a ban on firecrackers, citing widespread media coverage. The court...

Delhi Air Quality: Following Diwali, Delhi's air quality remained in the "very poor" range, with a daily AQI reading of 362 on Friday morni...

Several villages in Maharashtra, like Manyachiwadi, Borade, Langarpeth, and Padali, have celebrated Diwali without firecrackers for years. ...

Senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, who represents the main petitioner Arjun Gopal and others seeking a ban on the sale and manufacture...

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

"As many as 114 FIRs were lodged during the period and action taken against 141 people for bursting firecrackers in violation of guidelines...

The licensing unit of the Delhi Police stated that no new licences would be issued for sale of crackers and even licences of permanent shop...

Under the guise of celebration, nobody can be permitted to infringe the right to health of others, guaranteed under Article 21 of the Const...

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

According to Delhi Police, 139 calls were received from the Rohini district. Sixty-five FIRs were registered against violators and two case...

CAIT in a statement demanded that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and chief ministers of other states should "compensate the firecrack...

It equates to 1,50,000 kg of mass of PM2.5 (particles in the air with a diameter of less than 2.5 micrometres).

Partly as a result of smoke from crackers, the overall air quality index (AQI) in Delhi jumped to 574 which falls in the "severe-plus emerg...