![]() | Restrictions on crackers to continueTS can burst green crackers on Christmas and New Year days, from 11.55 pm to 12.30 am. |
![]() | Complete ban on sale, use of crackers: NGTDuring Christmas, and New Year, green crackers can be used from 11:55 pm to 12:30 am only at places where air quality is ‘moderate’ or below, |
![]() | Hyderabad: Only green crackers allowed on Christmas and New Year, says pollution boardThe NGT also passed directions that District Magistrates must ensure that the banned firecrackers are not being sold under their jurisdiction and anyone found violating the norms can be penalized. |
![]() | COVID-19: Mizoram to ban bursting of firecrackers on Christmas, New YearThe decision in this regard was taken during a high- level meeting chaired by Home Minister Lachamliana on Monday. |
![]() | 46.7% lower pollution this Deepavali in BengaluruAlso, in comparison to the previous years, there has been a reduction of 30.34 per cent in the Air Quality Index. |
![]() | Around 70 per cent people didn't burn firecrackers on Diwali: Delhi minister Gopal RaiThe Delhi government had on November 5 banned the sale and use of all kinds of firecrackers in the city till November 30. |
![]() | Day after Diwali, Pollution levels in Hyderabad remain ‘moderate’The other four are at UoH, ICRISAT, Pashamylaram and Bollaram industrial area. |
![]() | Bengaluru sees big drop in firecracker-related eye injuriesMinto Eye Hospital, which usually sees more than 30 such cases almost every year, saw just three, all of them children, on the second day of the festival. |
![]() | 11 people arrested in Chandigarh for violating ban on sale, bursting firecrackersWhile ten persons were arrested for bursting firecrackers, another one was apprehended for selling the crackers. |
![]() | Sluggish sales worry firecracker vendors in Chennai amid Diwali seasonPeople dependent on the cracker industry have also been hit hard due to the pandemic and restriction in timings to burst the fireworks. |
![]() | Firecracker ban a rude shock for sellersOn being informed about the ban, he refused to believe it and seemed confident that his stall would not be affected. |
![]() | Green crackers, what are they? Ban ineffective: Karnataka HC tells state govtThe bench observed that the government should have taken stringent steps as heightened air pollution due to busting of crackers may trigger a spike in Covid cases. |
![]() | Sivakasi: Tale of two teen boys who helped build cracker hub from scratch in this erstwhile nowhere townBy the time they reached their teen, the boys were convinced of one thing: Their village was too small for their big dreams. |
![]() | Telangana HC directs state govt to impose ban on sale and use of firecrackers this DiwaliThe court directed the government to take measures to ensure that nobody resorts to the sale or purchase of firecrackers in the state and to give wide publicity in the media on the ban |
![]() | Firecracker sales fizzle out in Hyderabad due to COVID-19 and rainsUnlike last years, the usual hustle and bustle at many of the city's markets selling crackers, including Begum Bazar, Chandanagar, Kukatpally, Miyapur and Secunderabad was sorely missing this year. |
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