"Should I burst crackers on Diwali or should I not." The doubt first cropped up in Nitin's mind a decade ago. The engineering student from Varanasi was then in the ninth standard and a sentence in ...

Though the Supreme Court has restricted bursting crackers to two hours daily (8-10 pm) during Diwali, the Puneites’ spirit of celebrating the festival of lights hasn’t dampened. Though the ...

The tradition of bursting crackers brings so much excitement to Diwali celebrations. Children and elders like crackers alike. While bursting crackers can be a great fund and entertainment ...

Pratap herself was nearly blinded and permanently scarred after a firework accident on Diwali years ago. Firecrackers, she said, leave her "terrified." "Bursting crackers is not the only tradition ...

Kolkata: In view of the increasing air pollution, West Bengal has decided to sell only green crackers with QR codes this Diwali. Babla Roy, chairman of Sara Bangla, Aatishbaji Unnayan Samiti ...

Manish filed a counter complaint the next day (Nov 1) evening, stating that when he was celebrating Diwali by bursting crackers with ... hurt or grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means).

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) on Tuesday issued advisory limiting the time for bursting firecrackers in the state to two hours - from 7 pm to 9 pm - on Diwali evening.

The Supreme Court on Friday said it was seriously considering to limit fire cracker bursting on Diwali between 5pm and 10pm. A bench headed by the Chief Justice of India H L Dattu asked the Centre ...

Haryana and Chandigarh will only be allowed to light Diwali crackers only for three hours (from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm) on Thursday, October 19. While these back to back decisions by Indian courts ...

This includes online sales. However, the city allows only 'green crackers', which are less harmful, during limited hours - from 8 PM to 10 PM on Diwali, with adjusted timings for Gurpurab ...