West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that the BJP might conduct the Lok Sabha polls in December itself, claiming that ...

Suvendu Adhikari has moved Calcutta High Court demanding an NIA probe into the incident. “We have moved Calcutta High Court and filed a PIL...

On October 10, the apex court had refused to stay the Delhi government's order banning storage, sale, and use of all varieties of firecrack...

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

A special bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and Ajay Rastogi also asked the West Bengal government to explore the possibility to ensure that...

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

This order thus nullifies a recent notification by the West Bengal Pollution Control Board that allowed the use of "green" fire crackers fo...

West Bengal government has banned the sale & bursting of all firecrackers except green crackers & has put in place specific time slots for ...

The GPS-fitted devices, developed by a state-run IT undertaking, are being used by the police and the WBPCB since Kali Puja last year. Earl...

A vacation bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and Indira Banerjee said though festivals were important, but "life itself has been in imperil...

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

A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel noted that it has already issued notice to Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh and...

"With everybody's cooperation, we want to hold the Kali Puja and Diwali festivals avoiding firecrackers," Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadh...

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

Mumbaikars also welcomed the ban, with some activists suggesting a calibrated approach towards Diwali celebrations in the metropolis that h...

WBPCB chairman Kalyan Rudra said the board was working in tandem with law enforcing agencies in the state to prevent illegal firecrackers f...

Every year Maharashtra Pollution Control Board carries out a test of firecrackers at an open ground in the presence of environment activist...