Industry figures estimate the Diwali sales of India’s 80 billion-rupee firecracker industry took a 30 per cent drop this year. With pollution in Indian cities among the worst in the world ...

The Supreme Court of India, the country’s highest constitutional court, has deemed that while firecrackers won’t be banned altogether, strict restrictions are going to be put in place so ...

The Philippines' health department warned there had been an increase in fireworks-related injuries ... shows a fire at a store in Hyderabad in India, days before the Hindu festival of Diwali ...

Acting on a tip-off, we conducted the raid and seized about 3.5 quintals of banned firecrackers. We arrested one Bidyut Halder, who had allegedly stored the items there. He was interrogated and later ...