Tag: Diwali

Bhubaneswar: To avoid accidental mishaps and make the festival of lights-‘Diwali’ safe for all, Commissionerate Police on Monday issued safety directives for the upcoming festival. The advisory stated various instructions to ensure safety during lighting lamps and burning crackers and fireworks. The advisory stated that the purchase of fireworks should be done from a licensed […]

Bhubaneswar/Bhadrak/Rayagada: At least 30 persons were admitted to the Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar on Sunday evening after getting injured in cracker explosion during Diwali celebrations at different parts of the State. One person in critical condition was shifted to the SCB Hospital in Cuttack. Besides, fire broke out at 15 places in Bhubaneswar during Diwali […]

Bhubaneswar: Preparations for Diwali celebrations tomorrow are in full swing with people of the State flocking crackers shops to buy diyas, crackers and candles today. People were also seen buying sweets to celebrate the festival of lights. Following the Supreme Court’s directive, crackers shop are only allowed in open spaces. Ashok Kumar Sahu, a crackers […]

By Ashadeep Mohanty Bhubaneswar: With Diwali, the festival of lights, just a few days away, the city denizens are on shopping spree. And the most exciting part of the celebration is to select the kind of outfit and accessories they all are going to wear. While many people, mostly the youngsters, prefer to go for […]

Bhubaneswar: With few days remaining for Diwali, the Twin City Commissionerate Police today directed all the police stations under its purview to identify open spaces for setting up of makeshift cracker shops in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. The directive also mentioned the location should be at least 50 metres away from roads. Police Commissioner YB Khurania […]

New Delhi: This year’s Diwali was more polluted than last year’s due to heavy fireworks and unfavourable weather conditions like low temperature and wind speed, triggering a spike in particle pollutants, a report said on Friday. The report said that this year’s Diwali, which was on November 7, was as polluted as Diwali in 2016. […]

Chandigarh: Border Security Force (BSF) troopers exchanged sweets with their Pakistan Rangers counterparts at the Attari-Wagah joint checkpost and celebrated Diwali on Wednesday along the border outposts of Punjab’s international border with Pakistan. BSF officers and troopers offered sweets to their Pakistani counterparts at the border gates between both countries at the Attari-Wagah joint check […]

Lucknow: A three-year-old girl was critically wounded in Meerut when a mischievous youth put a fire cracker in her mouth and lit it on Diwali eve, police said on Wednesday. The girl was rushed to a nearby medical facility where her condition is described as serious. The incident happened at the Milak village on the […]

New Delhi: Despite the Supreme Courts directives, people in Delhi-NCR on Wednesday continued to burst crackers on Diwali well past the 10 p.m. deadline though the air quality index (AQI) showed a slight improvement over last year. The Supreme Court had limited the time for bursting crackers between 8-10 p.m. on Diwali, but people started bursting […]

New Delhi: After several days of suffering from ‘severe’ and ‘very poor’ air quality, the national capital on Wednesday surprisingly breathed better air in Diwali as its pollution level went down, improving the quality to ‘poor’. According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) the overall Air Quality Index for the Delhi-NCR (National Capital Region) region […]

New Delhi: Following five consecutive days of cuts, state-run oil marketing companies kept prices of key domestic transport fuels — petrol and diesel — unchanged on Wednesday, on the festival of Diwali. According to the Indian Oil Corp data, petrol was priced at Rs 78.42 per litre in the national capital on Wednesday, which is its […]

Mumbai: On the occasion of Diwali on Wednesday, members of the film fraternity wished their fans and followers a happy and eco-friendly Diwali and urged them to avoid bursting loud crackers. Veteran actor Anupam Kher, in New York for work, tweeted: “My dear countrymen, Happy Diwali to all of you. May God fulfil all your […]

Itanagar: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will arrive here on Tuesday to celebrate Diwali with troops in Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Dibang Valley district, a defence official said here. The Defence Ministry confirmed her visit in a tweet on Monday night: “Continuing the tradition of celebrating Diwali with the families of our soldiers, Smt @nsitharaman will celebrate […]

Mumbai: The All Indian Gem and Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC) has condemned the “harassment” of jewellers by government officials prior to the auspicious Diwali season, here on Monday. It said that several incidents have come up in different states where the police, Railway Protection Force (RPF), Income Tax and Goods and Services Tax (GST) officials […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said only green crackers with reduced emission levels will be sold in Delhi and the crackers that have already been produced would be allowed to be sold in other areas and states for “this Diwali, and other festivals and occasions”. Referring to its October 30 order, permitting Tamil Nadu, […]