Diwali is a festival of lights, joy, and the unmistakable sparkle of fireworks. Crackers are often the highlight of the celebrations, adding excitement, color, and sound to the night sky. But along ...

Aarish says he's worried about missing work after losing vision in his left eye [BBC] Aarish, 15, sits on a hospital bed in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. A pair of dark glasses hides a ...

After Bollywood actor Vaani Kapoor, superstar Shahid Kapoor’s wife, and entrepreneur Mira Kapoor took to the Stories section of her Instagram handle and urged people to stop normalising bursting ...

If Delhi’s “green cracker” experiment is pursued sincerely, it might just light the way toward a new model of celebration for the entire country Each year, as the festival of lights approaches, the ...

The morning after Diwali in Delhi rarely smells like celebration. The faint perfume of marigolds and sweets lingers in the air, quickly overpowered by a dense haze that blankets around the city like a ...

Every year, Diwali sets India aglow — streets sparkle, diyas flicker, and fireworks paint the night sky in technicolour. But as the last spark fades, another kind of fire takes over — the one in our ...

The former Supreme Court judge who headed the bench which ordered a year-round ban on firecrackers in Delhi-NCR has broken his silence on a recent order by the top court allowing the bursting of ...