firecrackers

Has the Hindu push back begun? Is sense of persecution gaining ground?

Ashish Shukla - November 9, 2021

Has the Hindu push back begun? Outcry, so far, were putting a lid on provocative ads and libellous free-to-air movies. Now the gathering storm is...

Kejri govt spent Rs 940 cr on pollution ads: Little to show any action on pollution itself!

Newsbred Staff - November 8, 2021

At a time when Delhi’s pollution levels have triggered a public health emergency, the Arvind Kejriwal government is sitting on pollution ads worth hundreds...

Firecrackers ban: If Supreme Court and States could answer a few queries citizens have on mind

Ashish Shukla - November 1, 2021

India’s judiciary and governments would like the citizens to believe that firecrackers during Deepawali is hazardous enough to be banned. Supreme Court is the ringleader...

The State can’t enforce firecrackers ban on Deepawali. Period

Ashish Shukla - November 15, 2020

Firecrackers were burst with vengeance not just in Delhi NCR last night. The story is true everywhere. People have drawn a line in the...

Firecrackers trouble: 5 booked, 2 policemen injured in West Bengal

Bhumika Arora - November 14, 2020

A few firecrackers left from previous years. Kids wanting to put them to good use this Deepawali. But the West Bengal police took amiss....

Diwali and the absurd criminalizing of a civilization: Back to George Orwell’s dystopia in India

Veeresh Malik - November 13, 2020

Air quality in Delhi at the quietest time - dawn--is like this, on the day before Diwali (see image below). And a complete civilisation,...

Gehlot bans sale of firecrackers in Rajasthan ahead of Deepawali

Bhumika Arora - November 2, 2020

Ashok Gehlot’s government has banned the sale of firecrackers during the festive season of Deepawali in the state. Along with this, The Rajasthan government has...

Deepawali defiance has a grave message

Ashish Shukla - November 12, 2018

We all know Supreme Court was mocked disdainfully by the citizens on Deepawali as firecrackers dinned in our ears till wee hours next day....

Freedom to practice religion: Whatever happened to Constitution?

Rohit Sardana - January 10, 2017

The Supreme Court order states that there would be no sale of firecrackers in Delhi NCR this Deepawali. Though the effects of Deepawali firecrackers...

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