Urging the people of Chattisagarh to not trust the incumbent Congress party, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the first phase of voting has burst the "balloon of lies" of the grand old party.
Questioning the ban over the use of fireworks on Diwali, Congress MP Manish Tewari posted on X, "Last night in Lutyens Delhi firecrackers were bursting till 2 AM in the morning with sparklers, bombs, rockets and every other firecracker used on Deepawali on full and ferocious display. Did the
As per an official release, a total of 581 cases have been registered so far in Chennai, including 554 cases related to the bursting of firecrackers beyond the time specified by the Supreme Court.
"The Air Quality Index is in the Very Poor category in several areas... It indicates that the air pollution level has gone up after the bursting of crackers... The air has become still and its speed is slowing down, causing an accumulation of pollution. Right now, we need strictness with ou
Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Saket Gokhale on Monday wrote to the Delhi police information on cases filed against the bursting of firecrackers on Diwali night.
Children of prisoners of the state celebrated Diwali after bursting the crackers and playing dance at a hostel in Madhur Mayee Adarsha Sikshya Niketan in Bhubaneswar.
Despite a blanket ban on fireworks in the national capital owing to runaway pollution and worsening air quality, revellers across the city engaged in bursting firecrackers with abandon on Diwali night.
"I appeal to people in Delhi and nearby areas of Delhi. Diwali is a festival of diyas. Celebrate Diwali in a grand manner by lighting diyas but don't burst crackers and make it difficult for people to breathe because the festival is to spread happiness," Rai told ANI.
The officers and jawans of the 76 Battalion of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) celebrated the festival of Diwali by lighting candles and bursting some minor firecrackers away from their homes in Jammu.
One person died and six others were seriously injured in a tragic incident after an LPG cylinder exploded inside a house in New Shakti Nagar at Ambala Cantonment on Friday night.
Delhi police is taking stringent steps to ensure that the ban on bursting firecrackers is implemented strictly ahead of Diwali and 3500 kg of firecrackers have been seized from North Delhi.
According to the orders issued by Ludhiana Deputy Commissioner Surabhi Malik, firecrackers can be lit from 8 to 10 pm on Diwali and from 11:55 pm to 12:30 am on Christmas.