Over a ton of illegal firecrackers seized in Delhi, 2 arrested in separate operationsTwo individuals named Saurabh and Ramprakash have been apprehended for storing illegal firecrackers in Delhi. A raid led to the seizure of ...
21 Oct, 2023, 12.04 PM IST
Another blast in Bengal, third in seven daysThe two back-to-back blasts followed a huge explosion that claimed 12 lives in another illegal firecracker factory in Purba Medinipur distr...
22 May, 2023, 10.29 PM IST
Enforcement Directorate questions Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren for 10 hoursThe ED summoned Soren at its regional office here for interrogation in a money laundering case linked to alleged illegal mining in the stat...
17 Nov, 2022, 10.40 PM IST
Diwali bust: 13,700 kg crackers seized, 75 cases registered in Delhi this October, data showsThe police seized 13,767.719 kg firecrackers for storage or sale and registered 75 cases in this connection. It has also registered six cas...
20 Oct, 2022, 07.47 PM IST
Diwali: Delhi gasps for air as cracker ban goes up in smokeThe situation was aggravated further as the festivities were coincided with seasonal farm fires, fumes from which invade the city around wi...
04 Nov, 2021, 08.38 PM IST
Delhi's Diwali day starts with 'very poor' air quality, likely to turn worseWhile SAFAR said the air quality may become 'severe' on November 5 and 6 if firecrackers are burnt, an official from the India Meteorologic...
04 Nov, 2021, 09.53 AM IST
Delhi: Police seizes 4,000 kg firecrackers, 26 arrested before DiwaliThe licensing unit of the Delhi Police stated that no new licences would be issued for sale of crackers and even licences of permanent shop...
02 Nov, 2021, 01.25 PM IST
Over 850 people booked in Delhi for violating firecracker banAccording to Delhi Police, 139 calls were received from the Rohini district. Sixty-five FIRs were registered against violators and two case...
15 Nov, 2020, 07.00 PM IST
Pollution board to abide by govt's COVID advisory, 90-db noise cap for Diwali in place: OfficialThe West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) said on Sunday that the existing noise cap of 90 decibel on crackers will be in place durin...
01 Nov, 2020, 12.57 PM IST
Government sounds 'alert' on illegal import of crackersThe Central Board of Excise and Customs' (CBEC) recent order to chiefs of customs zones across the country comes ahead of Diwali on October...
11 Oct, 2017, 02.58 PM IST
Details of Dera Sacha Sauda assets being compiledAn empty box of AK-47 cartridges, 84 cartons of fire crackers and chemicals, besides hundreds of pairs of shoes, designer clothing and caps...
21 Sep, 2017, 10.40 PM IST
Dera Sacha Sauda's IT head arrestedKumar was summoned by police for questioning at Sirsa yesterday after he was evasive in his replies on the computer cell of the Dera.
13 Sep, 2017, 06.03 PM IST
'Secret tunnels, irregularities galore detected at Dera headquarters'Secret tunnels, an empty box of AK-47 cartridges, an illegal firecracker factory were among other shocking detections made.
10 Sep, 2017, 09.46 PM IST
Dera sanitisation operation complete: OfficialSecurity forces and various government departments had launched a coordinated effort to carry out a sanitisation exercise on September 8, a...
10 Sep, 2017, 07.51 PM IST
Tunnel from Gurmeet Ram Rahim's 'gufa' to sadhvis' hostel found inside Dera HQHordes of police, paramilitary and civil administration personnel were involved in the mammoth search operation which started yesterday on ...
09 Sep, 2017, 10.25 PM IST
How Darjeeling row is impacting trade in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and NepalET travels through India’s chicken neck, a 22-km-long stretch between Bangladesh and Nepal, to track trade movement among four nations — Ba...
25 Jun, 2017, 01.01 AM IST
Fireworks hub loses 35 per cent of market share to Chinese imports, defuse Sivakasi cracker businessAround 2,000 containers of Chinese crackers worth Rs 1,500 crore are said to be operating in the Rs 4,000-crore Indian market.
25 Oct, 2016, 10.27 AM IST