Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 23 (ANI): Keeping in mind the Supreme Court verdict, Uttar Pradesh government has issued a notification permitting the bursting of lesser pollution-causing green firecrackers only between 8 pm to 10 pm on the occasion of Diwali.
New Delhi [India], Oct 23 (ANI): A man was arrested on Tuesday in possession of around 700 kg illegal firecrackers, kept at a flour mill, in Jagatpuri.
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 23 (ANI): With the festival of Diwali around the corner, some students from a school in Kanpur have vowed to celebrate an eco-friendly festival of light and urging others also to shun the usage of firecrackers.
Cuttack (Odisha) [India], Oct 20 (ANI): In a bid to curb illegal production and sale of the firecrackers ahead of the Diwali, Cuttack Police on Saturday busted 8 illegal firecracker manufacturing units in Jagatpur area of Cuttack district and seized large quantity of explosives.
Guna (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Oct 19 (ANI): Two people were killed while three others were seriously injured on Friday in an explosion at a house while they were allegedly making firecrackers in the Cantonment area here.
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 17 (ANI): Meerut police on Wednesday seized illegally stored firecrackers worth Rs 50 lakh from Datavali village and arrested five people.
New Delhi [India], Oct 15 (ANI): The city police on Monday seized illegal firecrackers and raw material in huge quantity from a godown and factory in the Narela area here.
New Delhi [India], Oct 9 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday congratulated the Ramlila committees in the city for bursting fewer firecrackers on the occasion of Dusshera.
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Oct 8 (ANI): Ahead of Dusshera, it rained here but quick action by an active local team prevented the effigies of Ravana and others from getting drenched, enabling chief minister Jai Ram Thakur to participate in the festival celebrations organised at the
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.