Firecrackers, gunfire injure nearly 500 Filipinos

Last Updated: Sunday, January 1, 2012, 11:57

A Philippine official says at least 476 people have been injured by powerful firecrackers and gunfire.

Diwali stops crackling in Hindi movies?

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 25, 2011, 11:43

The presence of Diwali on celluloid has diminished noticeably.

Firecrackers go green this Diwali

Last Updated: Monday, October 24, 2011, 20:59

Diwali promises to be truly a festival of lights this year with an increasing number of environmentally-conscious people in the metros, especially in the national capital, opting for eco-friendly and smokeless firecrackers.

Five killed, 15 injured in fire-cracker explosion

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 21:08

Five people, including three women, were killed and 15 injured in an explosion in a house where fire crackers were being manufactured illegally for the Diwali festival.

Fire crackers burst on train tracks in Assam

Last Updated: Monday, August 15, 2011, 13:07

Fire crackers kept inside a tin on the railway tracks by miscreants burst at Darrangiri in Lower Assam`s Goalpara district early this morning but none was injured.

Three killed in Punjab blast

Last Updated: Saturday, January 8, 2011, 13:33

Three women were killed Saturday in Punjab`s Gurdaspur district when a powerful explosion tore through a house where firecrackers were being made illegally, police said.

Ban on sale of fire-crackers in congested areas in Ghaziabad

Last Updated: Friday, October 22, 2010, 21:42

The district administration imposed a ban on the sale of fire-crackers in congested areas of the city, a top district official said.

Fire in firecrackers warehouse in Varanasi, three injured

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 20, 2010, 11:17

At least three people were injured on Wednesday when a major fire broke out in a warehouse storing firecrackers in a densely populated area of Uttar Pradesh`s Varanasi district, police said.