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Blast in illegal cracker making factory in UP, 6 dead

Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2013, 08:17

A major explosion was reported from an illegal cracker making factory in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh on Friday.

Two Sivakasi fire cracker units go up in flames

Last Updated: Thursday, August 22, 2013, 14:27

Blasts were triggered by raging flames that engulfed two fire cracker units on Thursday near Sivakasi town in Tamil Nadu, authorities said.

What action against fireworks units violating norms, asks bench

Last Updated: Friday, June 28, 2013, 16:03

Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has sought to know what action government has taken against fireworks units at Sivakasi which violated norms.

Man sentenced to 2 years imprisonment for torturing wife

Last Updated: Saturday, June 8, 2013, 18:45

A man has been sentenced to two years imprisonment by a local court for torturing his wife to divorce him so that he could marry another woman with whom he had an illicit relationship.

Three dead in Sivakasi fireworks factory fire

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 22:00

Three persons were charred to death and 13 seriously injured in a blaze that swept through a private fireworks factory after an accidental explosion at nearby Singampatti on Thursday.

Sivakasi fire toll rises to six

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 30, 2013, 12:06

With one more person succumbing to injuries at Madurai Rajaji government hospital today, the toll in the explosion at a cracker manufacturing unit near here has gone up to six, police said today.

Sivakasi cracker unit explosion: Toll goes up to five

Last Updated: Monday, April 29, 2013, 14:06

With two more persons succumbing to their injuries in the hospital, the toll in the explosion at a cracker manufacturing unit near here has gone up to five even as three persons were arrested in the case, police said today.

Three killed, five injured in explosion in cracker making unit

Last Updated: Sunday, April 28, 2013, 14:20

Three persons were killed and five suffered burns in an explosion at a cracker manufacturing unit here on Sunday, police said.

Three killed in blast at Sivakasi firecracker unit

Last Updated: Sunday, April 28, 2013, 13:39

Three people died and eight others were injured in a blast in a firecracker unit near Sivakasi in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu Sunday morning, police said.

650 kg of ammonium nitrate seized from abandoned car

Last Updated: Saturday, November 10, 2012, 12:50

About 650 kg of ammonium nitrate, an explosive chemical, has been seized from an abandoned car at Tirunelveli`s Nanguneri.

Fresh fire at Sivakasi, deaths reported

Last Updated: Friday, September 28, 2012, 12:07

At least three people are reported to have died in a fresh fire incident at Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu.

Cracker units mishap: Centre to post more staff

Last Updated: Monday, September 17, 2012, 15:21

Narayanasamy said Central scientists would soon visit Sivakasi and inspect the firecracker and match manufacturing units.