By: Durga Gosh Lights, diyas, the inevitable smoke and sizzle of crackers – and the resulting noise and pollution.

An open nexus among dealers of chemicals, pyrotechnics contractors, firework manufacturers and their middlemen, with or without the collusion of officials, is behind the thriving festival season ...

KOZHIKODE: Colours and unadulterated joy define the festive season in Kerala. But there is a shadowy side - smuggling of 10-15 tonnes of explosives during the s ...

The logistics manager of a warehouse storing firecrackers registered a complaint with Bavla police for the theft of firecrackers worth Rs 35,000.