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Supreme Court allows firecrackers from 8 pm to 10 pm on Diwali, for an hour on Christmas and New Year
Fp Staff • 6 years agoThe Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that there will not be a complete ban on the firecrackers and instead has opted to regulate their sales. The court in its order has put restrictions on the timings from which firecrackers can be burst on festivals.
Diwali celebrations illuminate India; less crackers burst in Delhi; Narendra Modi, Yogi Adityanath join festivities
Ians • 7 years agoThe festive fervour gripped the nation on Thursday as people celebrated Diwali, often referred to as ‘the festival of lights by lighting ‘diyas' (earthen lamps), paying obeisance to Goddess Lakshmi, distributing sweets, and well, bursting crackers.
Diwali 2017: Here is everything you need to keep in mind while photographing fireworks
Abhilash Pavuluri • 7 years agoDiwali is a perfect setting to get a lot of bokeh shots: the shots where you have dreamy spheres in the background which makes the whole photo look pretty.
Celebrate Diwali this year with sensitivity towards animals, appeals NGO
• 7 years agoThe festival of lights calls for celebrations and merrymaking. Light diyas, burst crackers or party with family and friends, but do spare a thought for the animals and the birds that are as much a part of this society as we are.
Supreme Court drops a bomb this Diwali: Apex court bans sale of firecrackers in Delhi-NCR till 1 November
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe Supreme Court on Monday banned the sale of firecrackers in the Delhi-National Capital Region during the upcoming festive season of Diwali.
'Supreme Court ban on sale of crackers opens door for smuggling': Delhi-NCR traders outline why order is unfair
Debobrat Ghose123 • 7 years agoQuestioning the ban, the traders said that if there is no ban on bursting of crackers, how would environment be protected?
Fire in Delhi's Sadar Bazar: Four injured, cooling operations underway
• 8 years agoNearly 300 dwellings were ravaged and almost 700 people rendered homeless as a fire broke out in a slum at the Sadar Bazar area in north Delhi, injuring at least four persons.
Air quality worsens post-Diwali, Delhi government says this year better
Fp Archives • 9 years agoThe central government's air monitoring body showed "very poor" quality of air in the national capital on Thursday.
If the BJP loses in Bihar, crackers will burst in Pakistan, says Amit Shah
Fp Archives • 9 years agoBJP chief Amit Shah on Thursday said there will be bursting of fire crackers in Pakistan if his party loses Bihar assembly elections.
SC refuses to put blanket ban on crackers during Diwali, asks Centre to conduct awareness campaign
Fp Archives • 9 years agoThe Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to order blanket ban on firecrackers on Diwali, and expressed its displeasure over the central government's failure to carry out its earlier directive.