MUMBAI: For the first time ever, firecrackers were well within the permissible noise limit of 125 dB. A few years ago all fire-crackers would be beyond the noise limit.

CHANDIGARH: With an aim to promote cracker-free Diwali, Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee and Yuvsatta launched a "Go Green Diwali Campaign" in city schools.

CUTTACK: Crackers creating noise above 125 decibel will be strictly banned in Cuttack this Diwali.

The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) is likely to rake in Rs 40 lakh revenue through the new 'clean environment charges' on firecracker retailers and wholesalers in the city.

THANE: Bidding goodbye to the monsoon season equates bidding goodbye to clean and breathable air in the lake-city revealed the air quality index recorded on a daily basis by the municipal corporati

The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) officials will be monitoring the air quality in the city a week before Diwali and on Diwali i.e.

GURGAON: The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) on Thursday launched a no-plastic and no-cracker campaign to tackle air pollution this Diwali.

With Diwali a little over two weeks away, the Delhi government Thursday wrote to the Customs department and Delhi Police on ways to stop the import and sale of harmful crackers.

PPCB video on ill-effects of firecrackers to be screened in cinema halls

PATNA: Even as hundreds of idols were immersed in the Ganga in Patna and neighbouring areas on Tuesday and Wednesday to mark the end of the Durga Puja festival, the district administration did not