come up for the last minute shopping of crackers, with sweets too being the most important ingredient of their shopping. "It's often the Diwali and Ekadashi when fireworks take place these days.

India Today Digital spoke to people who burst crackers across India and asked them the role firecrackers have played in their Diwali celebrations. "We used to start with Diwali shopping and buy ...

This Diwali, millions of Indians will light up ... While green firecrackers are generally more expensive than traditional crackers, CSIR-NEERI have developed some green crackers that they claim ...

Growing environmental awareness and introduction of innovative green crackers has also facilitated sales, said Sam Arora, who runs a shop at Lodhi ... articles recently Diwali guidelines: 8pm ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a tragic incident on the eve of Diwali, at least eight persons were on Friday killed in a fire that broke out at a cracker shop in Rustampura village of Vaghodia Tehsil of Vadodara district ...