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Crime

Illegal firecracker raid in Hapur: Police seize 200 kg gun cotton powder and 2,000 candles, main accused Nadeem arrested

OpIndia Staff - 20 January, 2026

Hapur Police busted an illegal firecracker unit in Fatehpur village, seizing 200kg of gun cotton powder and 2,000 electronic candles. One suspect from Ghaziabad was arrested under the BNS and Explosives Act after a raid during “Operation Pehchan”.

Crime

Gujarat: Two Hindu brothers attacked by a group of Muslims in Bhavnagar over bursting firecrackers, FIR filed and two arrested

ભાર્ગવ રાજ્યગુરુ - 22 October, 2025

Ravi has accused the police of being biased. He said the police did not include the names of some influential people in the FIR even though he gave their names.

Law

Supreme Court allows green firecrackers for Diwali in NCR, says the ban didn’t improve air quality and absolute ban leads to smuggling

OpIndia Staff - 15 October, 2025

The Supreme Court took note of the fact that an absolute ban on firecrackers did not cause any substantial improvement in the AQI.

News Reports

Ayodhya to witness ‘green fireworks’ this Diwali, state government to set a new Guinness Book World Record by lighting 26 lakh diyas along Saryu...

OpIndia Staff - 14 September, 2025

During last year's Deepotsav in Ayodhya, 25,12,585 (2.51 million) diyas were lit along the banks of the Saryu river, setting a Guinness World Record.

News Reports

‘If firecrackers are to be banned, then let them be banned throughout the country’, says Supreme Court citing right to clean air of all...

OpIndia Staff - 13 September, 2025

CJI Gavai said that air pollution is a countrywide problem. He recalled his personal experience of air pollution in Amritsar, Punjab and said that a pan-India policy was required.

News Reports

Growing attacks against Hindus on Diwali: Tracking 2 decades of violent attacks during the biggest Hindu festival

Shraddha Pandey - 9 November, 2024

24 incidents from the year 2024 to 2005, wherein Hindus celebrating Diwali were attacked by Islamists using trivial excuses or in a blatant demonstration of their hate for the Kafirs

News Reports

US-supported Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun threatens to attack Hindu temples if Diwali is celebrated with firecrackers

OpIndia Staff - 2 November, 2024

Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun wants Sikhs to ensure that Hindus don’t celebrate Diwali in their homes and temples in Punjab and elsewhere by bursting firecrackers.

News Reports

Bageshwar Dham Sarkar defends Hindus’ right to burst crackers, Maulana Tauqeer Raza opposes it and says Diwali is not a festival of firecrackers

OpIndia Staff - 31 October, 2024

Controversy erupted when Muslim cleric Tauqeer Raza commented on the firecracker issue during Diwali and said that the extensive use of firecrackers was a waste of money.

Opinions

AAP’s Kejriwal backs ban on firecrackers ahead of Diwali, here’s how AAP burst firecrackers to celebrate his bail, has been avoiding stubble burning issue...

Siddhi Somani - 31 October, 2024

Kejriwal's statement came a day after Bharatiya Janata Party politician Dinesh Sharma criticized the Delhi government's blanket ban on firecrackers, questioning why it is restricted to during Hindu festivals and not during Christmas or New Year.

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