Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 24 (ANI): After two more deaths were reported on Saturday, the death toll in the firecracker factory fire reached seven.
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 23 (ANI): Five persons have died and three others suffered injuries after a fire broke out at a firecracker factory here on Friday.
New Delhi [India], October 23 (ANI): Treat as representation the plea seeking a ban on bursting firecrackers and burning of effigies to prevent air pollution amid the COVID-19 pandemic and decide in accordance with the law, the Delhi High Court directed the authorities concerned on Friday.
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 18 (ANI): A blast that occurred at a firecracker unit in Agra's New Azam Pada area claimed the lives of two persons and injured four on Sunday.
Puducherry [India], September 29 (ANI): Two persons have lost their lives in a fire explosion that took place while they were making firecrackers at their home in Puducherry's Ariyankuppam on Monday.
Cuddalore (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 4 (ANI): As many as seven people lost their lives and four persons were injured after a fire broke out at a firecrackers factory in Kattumannarkoil of Kurungudi village in Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore district on Friday morning, informed M Sree Abhinav, Su
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 6 (ANI): Miscreants threw firecrackers at a locked house in the Gujaini area under the limits of Govind Nagar police station in Kanpur, police said on Thursday.
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar said on Thursday that senior officers have been deputed to probe the killing of an elephant in Kerala's Palakkad district.
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], May 31 (ANI): Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has asked people to burst firecrackers and beat drums to prevent attacks by locust swarms.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 6 (ANI): A fire broke out at a garbage dump in Ernavur area of Chennai on Sunday night after some firecrackers, being burst by people, fell on it.
New Delhi [India], Mar 3 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe six firecracker companies in Tamil Nadu to determine whether they were using banned chemicals like Barium Nitrate in their firecrackers.
Tarn Taran (Punjab) [India], Feb 8 (ANI): The Punjab government has announced Rs 5 lakh as a relief for the families whose kin were killed in the incident in Tarn Taran district on Saturday.