The Supreme Court permitted green firecracker manufacturing. However, their sale remained banned in Delhi-NCR due to pollution concerns. Ch...

A blast in a firecracker factory in West Bengal’s Patharpratima resulted in the death of eight individuals, including children and women. P...

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...

Ahead of the Panchayat polls, several incidents of violence has marred West Bengal in the last few weeks

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

The house of Mandal besides two adjoining buildings were reduced to rubble by the impact of the explosion, the sound of which was heard far...

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

The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) said on Sunday that the existing noise cap of 90 decibel on crackers will be in place durin...

There’s a huge stock of crackers from last year in the city and its outskirts. Most of this stock, reckon traders, has already been sold.

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...

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.

With Bengaluru's 18 licensed wholesale dealers of firecrackers unable to make their annual 500-km pilgrimage to Sivakasi, India's primary m...

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

DIG, Midnapore Range, Vishal Garg, said that CID ADG Rajiv Kumar will be visiting the area during the day.