VIRUDHUNAGAR: B Sampath Kumar, of Chennai, was up at 4.30 am on Thursday; not for an early-morning jog. The 40-year-old drove 500 km to Sivakasi, to purchase firecrackers at a dirt-cheap price. After ...

Revenue officials destroyed some ₹ 4 lakh worth joined crackers that were illegally manufactured and stored in the magazine of a fireworks unit here on Saturday. A team of officials, led by Special ...

Huge stock of fireworks goods were destroyed by an accidental fire at a crackers shop at Anuppankulam in Sivakasi on Sunday. However, no one was injured in the accident. Five fire tenders struggled ...

Ahead of the Diwali festival, crackers are being manufactured actively in the Sivakasi area of Virudhunagar District of Tamil Nadu. Manufacturers are introducing a variety of new crackers to attract ...

"Green crackers" are made using proprietary additives developed by CSIR-NEERI (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute).