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Get set for a very noisy Diwali: Delhi ignores ban on Chinese crackers

Shops in Sadar Bazar and Chowk Pai Walan, the city’s oldest cracker market, opposite Jama Masjid, are openly displaying noisy crackers.

DDLJ and more: Shah Rukh Khan is Goddess Lakshmi's favourite Diwali star

Ever since Baazigar released in 1993, the one who has been Lady Lakshmi's favourite Bollywood star is Shah Rukh Khan.

Kosha mangsho and Bhoot Chaturdashi: Celebrating Kali Puja and Diwali, Bengali style

Right when Bengalis are getting over their Durga Puja hangovers arrives Diwali and Kali Puja. And keeping up with the old saying 'Baaro maashe tero parbon' (thirteen festivals in twelve months), Bengalis not only celebrate Kali Puja, but Diwali as well. Though the festivities aren't as big as that of Durga Puja, the enthusiasm is no less.

Dull Diwali: Smaller budgets, Modi's Make in India call take toll on fireworks' sales

Sellers of fireworks say that sales are much lower this year and there are multiple factors to blame for it.

Photos: From lanterns to firecrackers, here is how Mumbai gears up for Diwali

Here is a look at the shopping frenzy that grips Mumbai during Diwali.

Light the crackers: Sensex returns at 5-yr high in Samvat 2070, investors made Rs 9960 cr daily

Samvat 2070 will prove to be dhamakedar for stock market investors as the benchmark Sensex is set to end with around 25% return.

Nobody can beat the Dilli Punjabi when it comes to celebrating Diwali. Here's why

We kick everyone else's ass when it comes to ‘patakebaazi’, Teen Pati or the mithai exchanges. And here's why.

Headless, Blood Red, Half-and-Half: Kali-doscope in one Kolkata neighbourhood

Durga Puja is the mother of all festivals in Kolkata. But in the neighbourhood of Chetla, Kali Puja is queen. And each form of Kali is different from the next - blood red Rakta Chamunda to headless Chhinnamasta to even one in the colours of a football team.

The sweet flavour of tradition: mithai, chakli and other tastes of Diwali

Never mind the chocolates and macarons or whatever is the oh-so-fancy sweet of the season. If you don’t have some traditional items on your Diwali thaali, then let's face it: it's not really a Diwali thali.

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