SC pushes nationwide firecracker ban

A bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran orally expressed the need to explore a...

Chhattisgarh’s green cracker initiative empowers over 200 women

Speaking to ANI, a woman working in the factory that produces green firecrackers, thanking to this initiative, said...

Lt Colonel Purohit after acquittal in 2008 Malegaon blast case

Soon after the verdict, celebrations broke out outside Lt Colonel Purohit's residence, where supporters burst...

E-commerce sites directed to stop online sale of firecrackers

The Delhi Police has taken a significant step to curb air pollution in the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi...

DRI foils major smuggling bid, seizes Rs 35 crore worth

These Chinese fireworks, weighing 100 metric tonnes, were illicitly imported in the name of a KASEZ unit and certain...

TN: Firecracker festival held at Govindan temple in Rameswaram

A firecracker festival took place at the Govindan temple in Rameswaram on the occasion of the Chithirai festival...

Mumbai Police bans firecrackers from May 11 to June 9

The Mumbai Police on Saturday issued an order prohibiting the use of firecrackers, fireworks, and rockets within the...

Gujarat Govt bans firecrackers, drones at all events till May 15

The Gujarat government on Friday banned the use of firecrackers and drones at all events and functions across the...

Sivakasi Temple’s Chithirai festival lights up sky with fireworks

A one-hour fireworks display at Sivakasi Bhadrakaliamman Temple wowed thousands of devotees during the Chithirai...

Ensure ban on firecrackers or face contempt, SC to NCR states

A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan warned the states that any failure to impose a ban on firecrackers...

Create machinery for effective implementation of firecracker ban

The top court remarked that the report submitted by the Union of India states that if green crackers are burst the...

“Scandalous allegations”: SC deprecates man who accused MC Mehta

The said allegations were made by one Mukesh Singh who appeared as party-in-person and alleged that litigations over...