Crackers can only be burst between 8pm and 10pm on October 20, the night of Diwali and Kali Puja, police announced in a notification issued on Friday. The order, signed by Kolkata Police Commissioner ...

The former Supreme Court judge who headed the bench which ordered a year-round ban on firecrackers in Delhi-NCR has broken his silence on a recent order by the top court allowing the bursting of ...

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed Bhowanipore Police Station to maintain adequate vigilance and conduct regular enquiries to ensure that the terrace of Bhowanipore's South City ...

After Bollywood actor Vaani Kapoor, superstar Shahid Kapoor’s wife, and entrepreneur Mira Kapoor took to the Stories section of her Instagram handle and urged people to stop normalising bursting ...

"Do you mean less poison?" asks Bhavreen Kandhari as she reacts to the Supreme Court's decision on opening the doors for firecrackers in Delhi-NCR by allowing green crackers this Diwali. Kandhari has ...

Extensive violations of court mandates that allow firecrackers to be used for only two hours on Diwali night were reported across the city on Sunday, notwithstanding a complete ban on the ignition of ...