Firecrackers

The Tamil Nadu police have arrested the owner of the firecracker factory where five people were killed in an explosion, in Madurai on Thursday. The factory owner's husband is on the run, the police informed.

At least three people were killed and some others seriously injured in an explosion in a crackers manufacturing unit at Kadiyadda in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh on Thursday night.

Pollution around Diwali was the lowest in 7 years, as the weather conditions were a game changer. The air quality in the national capital started deteriorating from October 24 with the AQI slipping to the 'very poor' category from 'poor'.

The Gurugram Police took cognisance of the viral video and a case was filed in DLF Phase-III police station.

A video from Ahmedabad has surfaced on the internet that shows a group of men bursting firecrackers on a moving car's roof.

A 19-year-old woman died after pieces of steel pierced her body when she burst a firecracker by keeping a tiffin box upside down on it in Madhya Pradesh.

Vandana Verma had gone out with her husband and son to a relative's home on Diwali evening when a stray firecracker - a rocket - likely entered her home through the balcony and a fire started.

Delhi recorded "very poor" air quality on Tuesday after residents defied the ban on firecrackers in many parts of the capital on Diwali night, but the pollution levels for the next day were the lowest since 2015.

"Out of 28 patients, 11 have open globe injuries and needed emergency surgeries...The rest of the patients have either minor injuries or closed globe injuries and were managed conservatively," the institute said.

As many as 85 fire incidents were reported in Mumbai during the first three days of Diwali celebrations, of which 37, or nearly 44 per cent, were caused by crackers, said the Fire Brigade today.

In the video, the man can be seen holding up a box while standing in front of a residential building. Seconds later, multiple Diwali rockets shoot out from the box.

Members of two communities clashed over the bursting of firecrackers in a locality in Gujarat's Vadodara city on Diwali following which police detained 19 people from the two sides, an official said on Tuesday.

Ten people, including children, were injured while bursting crackers in Hyderabad on Diwali. One of the injured children has lost an eye, said the doctor treating the injured.

Despite a complete ban on firecrackers in the national capital, the fire department received as many as 201 calls reporting fires during Diwali on Monday.

Delhi's air quality turned 'very poor'this morning as people in several parts of the city burst firecrackers on Diwali night, defying the ban.

The Tamil Nadu police have arrested the owner of the firecracker factory where five people were killed in an explosion, in Madurai on Thursday. The factory owner's husband is on the run, the police informed.

At least three people were killed and some others seriously injured in an explosion in a crackers manufacturing unit at Kadiyadda in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh on Thursday night.

Pollution around Diwali was the lowest in 7 years, as the weather conditions were a game changer. The air quality in the national capital started deteriorating from October 24 with the AQI slipping to the 'very poor' category from 'poor'.

The Gurugram Police took cognisance of the viral video and a case was filed in DLF Phase-III police station.

A video from Ahmedabad has surfaced on the internet that shows a group of men bursting firecrackers on a moving car's roof.

A 19-year-old woman died after pieces of steel pierced her body when she burst a firecracker by keeping a tiffin box upside down on it in Madhya Pradesh.

Vandana Verma had gone out with her husband and son to a relative's home on Diwali evening when a stray firecracker - a rocket - likely entered her home through the balcony and a fire started.

Delhi recorded "very poor" air quality on Tuesday after residents defied the ban on firecrackers in many parts of the capital on Diwali night, but the pollution levels for the next day were the lowest since 2015.

"Out of 28 patients, 11 have open globe injuries and needed emergency surgeries...The rest of the patients have either minor injuries or closed globe injuries and were managed conservatively," the institute said.

As many as 85 fire incidents were reported in Mumbai during the first three days of Diwali celebrations, of which 37, or nearly 44 per cent, were caused by crackers, said the Fire Brigade today.

In the video, the man can be seen holding up a box while standing in front of a residential building. Seconds later, multiple Diwali rockets shoot out from the box.

Members of two communities clashed over the bursting of firecrackers in a locality in Gujarat's Vadodara city on Diwali following which police detained 19 people from the two sides, an official said on Tuesday.

Ten people, including children, were injured while bursting crackers in Hyderabad on Diwali. One of the injured children has lost an eye, said the doctor treating the injured.

Despite a complete ban on firecrackers in the national capital, the fire department received as many as 201 calls reporting fires during Diwali on Monday.

Delhi's air quality turned 'very poor'this morning as people in several parts of the city burst firecrackers on Diwali night, defying the ban.