VIRUDHUNAGAR: When Dr T Yokul (29) from Karaikudi lit a gadha-shaped novelty cracker that sprayed showers of sparks, he never thought it would backfire. Within seconds, his Deepavali celebration went ...

Sivakasi, which manufactures about 90% of the fire crackers sold in the country, shifted to green crackers, a fairly new concept, to reduce noise and air pollution after the Supreme Court in 2018 ...

As most Indian cities, including Delhi, woke up to a haze of smoke and “very poor” air quality after Deepavali celebrations, a few villages in Tamil Nadu have quietly shown that festivals can be ...

Chennai: Urging the people to celebrate a noiseless and smoke-free Deepavali on October 20, the State government has fixed the timing for lighting fire crackers between 6 am and 7 am and between 7 pm ...

Chennai: Tamil Nadu govt has decided to handover the retail crackers sale to Triplicane Urban Cooperative Society (TUCS) Limited, which will now set up 50 shops on the Island Grounds and allot 46 of ...

VIRUDHUNAGAR: The cracker industry has recorded a total sale of Rs 5,100 crore this year in the state, which is Rs 900 crore less than the previous year’s figure. Cracker manufacturers said it was due ...