Bengaluru: Two persons, including a travel agency owner, were arrested Monday on charges of illegally storing firecrackers ...

Jorhat district administration has banned conventional firecrackers, permitting only green crackers for upcoming festivals. The order, effective immediately, aims to ensure public safety and curb ...

This special report examines the debate around the potential allowance of green firecrackers in Delhi for Diwali by the Supreme Court, featuring insights from environmentalist Vimlendu Jha and ...

Fear of judge, jury and executioners — or for one’s own lungs — seem to have gone up in smoke as the usual Diwali frenzy ...

HT finds vendors in Chandni Chowk, Sadar Bazaar, Jama Masjid openly selling crackers; police look away as vendors earn lakhs ...

QR codes, previously the only way to verify green crackers, have been discontinued, even though the rule mandates using only ...

Delhi’s students are raising their voices for a cleaner, healthier Diwali celebration. From school campaigns to neighborhood ...

NCR's Diwali 2025 sparkle or choke under smog? Few crackers get a thrilling 2-hour window! Discover what's allowed, what's ...

However, Dr Rajeev Kumar Mishra, a senior researcher at Delhi Technological University, pointed to a 2022 joint study with ...

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the SC that, based on data from the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), Delhi's ...

The Supreme Court on Friday said a complete ban on bursting of firecrackers in Delhi-NCR is ”neither practical nor ideal”, as ...

In West Bengal, Odisha, and parts of Assam, Diwali is more often celebrated as Kali Puja. Instead of the typical Lakshmi ...