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MP: Ahead of Dusshera, Ravana effigy burnt to ashes after collision with e
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Oct 7 (ANI): A day before Dusshera, an effigy of Ravana stuffed with firecrackers burnt to ashes after coming in contact with an electricity powerline near a bus stand in Sironj area of Vidisha district on Monday.
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Use only green firecrackers during Diwali: Javadekar
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 7 (ANI): Environment and Forests Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday urged people to use only green firecrackers during Diwali and noted that the government has taken a "historic initiative" for their production to reduce pollution.
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Ahead of Diwali, govt launches eco-friendly crackers to fight air pollutio
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 5 (ANI): As concerns over air-pollution loom ahead of Diwali, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Saturday launched eco-friendly green firecrackers, which have been manufactured in India and are available in markets for sellers and consumers.
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Delhi Police confiscate 146 kg firecrackers, one arrested
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 3 (ANI): Ahead of the festive season, Delhi police on Thursday arrested a person and seized 146 kilograms of illegal firecrackers from him.
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No fire crackers on Gandhi Jayanti: Pramod Sawant
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], Oct 2 (ANI): Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday said that the practice of bursting firecrackers during Gandhi Jayanti celebrations will be discontinued by the state government from next year.
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Hazardous Chinese firecrackers reaching India illegally ahead of Diwali: D
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 30 (ANI): Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has warned all investigating and intelligence agencies that a huge quantity of hazardous Chinese firecrackers has started reaching India illegally ahead of Diwali.
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Delhi: FIR registered against man for bursting crackers
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 23 (ANI): A case has been registered under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code against a man who was bursting crackers near his house in Chanakyapuri here on the intervening night of 21-22 September, said police.
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UP: 1 dead, 2 injured following explosion in a cracker manufacturer's hous
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sept 15 (ANI): A person was killed and two were left injured following an explosion at the residence of a firecracker manufacturer on Sunday.
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Batala factory blast: Cong MP urges Punjab govt to announce Rs 25 lakh ex-
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Sept 9 (ANI): Congress Rajya Sabha MP Partap Singh Bajwa on Monday appealed Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh-led Punjab government to declare an ex-gratia of Rs 25 lakh for the kin of those who have lost their lives in Batala firecracker factory blast.
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Punjab govt orders crackdown on illegal firecracker manufacturing units in
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Batala (Punjab) [India], Sept 6 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday ordered an immediate state-wide crackdown on all illegal fire-cracker manufacturing units operating from congested areas.
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Batala Firecracker Factory Blast: MP Sunny Deol meets injured people at ho
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Gurdaspur (Punjab) [India], Sept 5 (ANI): Gurdaspur MP Sunny Deol on Thursday met people who were injured in the fire that broke out in a fire-crackers factory in Batala, Gurdaspur district.
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Punjab firecracker factory blast: People protest against govt, forensic t
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Gurdaspur (Punjab) [India], Sept 5 (ANI): Protest erupted in Punjab's Gurdaspur area on Thursday following the loss of lives in the Batala firecracker factory explosion which took the lives of at least 23 people.
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