firecrackers

‘Happy Diwali from a Pakistani’: Content creator celebrates festival with fireworks on London streets; viral video wins hearts

October 22, 2025 11:39 am

Sheikh Zain, a digital creator from Pakistan, shared the clip on his Instagram account, capturing his Diwali celebrations in the UK.

Delhi sees slight dip in fire-related emergency calls on Diwali

October 22, 2025 2:04 am

However, two massive fires were reported on Diwali from Mohan Garden and Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar

Chandigarh: Police respond to 137 crackers-related calls, MC sees 18

October 22, 2025 12:25 am

No loss of life or major injuries was reported

Tamil Nadu lights up on Diwali, stunning drone footage from Sivakasi goes viral: ‘This is my India’

October 21, 2025 1:32 pm

ANI shared the video on its X account, offering a bird’s-eye view of the celebrations in Tamil Nadu. The footage was shot in Sivakasi where fireworks glowed through the night sky.

‘Magical night sky’: Content creator captures Bengaluru’s breathtaking Diwali fireworks; FM Nirmala Sitharaman calls it ‘artistic’

October 21, 2025 11:14 am

Aerial content creator Srihari Karanth beautifully captured Bengaluru’s celebration from above, offering a breathtaking glimpse of how the festival of lights unfolded in the southern metropolis.

Delhi’s AQI hits ‘severe’ levels after Diwali; residents call city a ‘gas chamber’: ‘My throat is burning’

October 21, 2025 10:00 am

Air quality across the National Capital Region nosedived overnight, with 36 of Delhi’s 38 monitoring stations falling into the ‘red zone’, signalling ‘very poor’ to ‘severe’ conditions.

Day after HC rap, Kolkata police cracks down: 3,000kg ‘illegal’ firecrackers seized, drones monitor from sky

October 18, 2025 3:32 am

Ahead of Diwali and Kali puja, 39 FIRs, another 103 cases lodged

‘Is state at all interested in putting a ban on firecrackers?’: HC raps Bengal govt ahead of Diwali

October 17, 2025 6:55 am

HC seeks a detailed report on implementing its guidelines to prevent sale of illegal fireworks and enforcing decisions made in September meeting

How green can your Diwali be? Not much, but don’t blame the firecrackers

October 15, 2025 5:22 pm

To burst crackers or not — every year on Diwali, people in Delhi face this uncomfortable question. But Diwali isn’t the problem — Delhi’s year-round pollution apathy is

Hardlook: Smoke & Mirrors | The grey reality of Delhi’s long-running experiment with green crackers

October 12, 2025 10:52 am

Delhi green crackers news, SC firecracker ban: The grey reality of Delhi’s long-running experiment with green crackers

Did you know how firecrackers affect your health?

October 13, 2017 3:06 pm

A 2007 study, ‘Recreational Atmospheric Pollution Episodes: Inhalable Metalliferous Particles from Firework Displays’, published in Atmospheric Environment, had found that children are particular susceptible to pollution caused by firecrackers.

Mapping Delhi’s air quality, the week after Diwali: News in Numbers

June 22, 2020 6:11 pm

A look at the Air Quality Index during the week after Diwali in Delhi shows the amount of damage firecrackers have done with a little input from stubble burning in Punjab.

Supreme Court puts a partial ban on firecrackers just before Diwali

June 22, 2020 6:13 pm

The Supreme Court has put a partial ban on firecrackers and asked central and state pollution boards to monitor air quality a week before and after Diwali. Here’s what the court said.

No More Sale Of Firecrackers In Delhi-NCR: Find Out More

June 22, 2020 7:19 pm