Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board (CECB) on Monday issued a directive banning crackers from 10pm to 6am with immediate effect. The orders would remain in force till Diwali.

Bursting of crackers has gone beyond Diwali. Sound and light shows are part of all joy ous occasions: from winning elections to celebrating sports victories to weddings.

Efforts of city-based activist Dr Mahesh Bedekar in monitoring noise norms has paid off as a US-based anthropologist, student as well as researcher Julian Lynch visited the city to study how people

In an era when pollution has become one of the biggest public health concerns, conventional burning of Ravana effigies defeats the very purpose of Dussehra - a festival marking triumph of good over

PANJIM: The Union Ministry for Environment and Forests (MoEF) has directed the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) to monitor and regulate noise pollution levels in the State during the Diwal

MUMBAI: Out of a total 722 Navratri mandaps set up across the city the BMC has found 230 that are unauthorized.

Environ, a group for environmental management for sustainable development, has appealed to all sections of people – especially the puja committees – to ensure celebration of an environment-friendly

Inspired by Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, many residential societies in the city have decided to go cracker-free this Dussehra and Diwali.

OBSERVING that all religious festivals should be celebrated in a “meaningful manner” so that no inconvenience is caused to any residents, the Bombay High Court Monday further said that no religion