Diwali Incident

A 17-year-old boy was stabbed after a fight over bursting of firecrackers outside his house, police said on Saturday.

The Delhi Fire Service (DFS) received over 700 calls reporting fire-related incidents on two days of Diwali.

The man who harassed a South Korean vlogger in Pune has been arrested, police said. The incident dates back to Diwali in November when a South Korean vlogger named Kelly faced harassment while recording a video in the Ravet area Pimpri Chinchwad.

Two people, including a minor, injured in the blaze that destroyed a makeshift firecracker market set up for Diwali here died during treatment, taking the death toll in the incident to 12, police said on Friday.

The incident took place on the night of Diwali on Sunday, when the accused, Pradeep, fired a cracker from an iron pipe at the leg of Natu alias Afzal.

The Delhi Fire Service received 208 calls of fire-related incidents, 22 of them caused by firecrackers, on Diwali, an official said on Monday.

The Delhi Fire Service has received a total of 100 calls of fire related incidents on the evening of Diwali, officials said on Sunday.

A video from Ahmedabad has surfaced on the internet that shows a group of men bursting firecrackers on a moving car's roof.

As many as 85 fire incidents were reported in Mumbai during the first three days of Diwali celebrations, of which 37, or nearly 44 per cent, were caused by crackers, said the Fire Brigade today.

Professor Bijayalaxmi Nanda, the Principal of Miranda House College on Monday said that they have "not received" any complaints of sexual harassment while reacting to the incident where some people tried to enter the premises of the college.

On Diwali, around 3,000 fire fighters will be on duty for two days and Delhi Fire Service (DFS) teams will be deployed in over 30 specific locations across the capital to tackle any incident, officials said today.

The Delhi Fire Service received 205 calls related to fire incidents on Diwali, slightly less than the last year, officials said on Sunday.

Around 50 shanties in New Town area near Kolkata and Purba Bardhaman district were burnt in two incidents of fire on the day of Kali puja and Diwali on Saturday, officials said.

Delhi's air quality deteriorated to ''severe'' category on Saturday as Punjab and nearby regions recorded the highest number of stubble burning incidents this season, officials said.

At least seven people were killed and many were injured across the country in fireworks related incidents, including gutting of houses and shops on Diwali, though the decline in such casualties continued in the national capital.

A 17-year-old boy was stabbed after a fight over bursting of firecrackers outside his house, police said on Saturday.

The Delhi Fire Service (DFS) received over 700 calls reporting fire-related incidents on two days of Diwali.

The man who harassed a South Korean vlogger in Pune has been arrested, police said. The incident dates back to Diwali in November when a South Korean vlogger named Kelly faced harassment while recording a video in the Ravet area Pimpri Chinchwad.

Two people, including a minor, injured in the blaze that destroyed a makeshift firecracker market set up for Diwali here died during treatment, taking the death toll in the incident to 12, police said on Friday.

The incident took place on the night of Diwali on Sunday, when the accused, Pradeep, fired a cracker from an iron pipe at the leg of Natu alias Afzal.

The Delhi Fire Service received 208 calls of fire-related incidents, 22 of them caused by firecrackers, on Diwali, an official said on Monday.

The Delhi Fire Service has received a total of 100 calls of fire related incidents on the evening of Diwali, officials said on Sunday.

A video from Ahmedabad has surfaced on the internet that shows a group of men bursting firecrackers on a moving car's roof.

As many as 85 fire incidents were reported in Mumbai during the first three days of Diwali celebrations, of which 37, or nearly 44 per cent, were caused by crackers, said the Fire Brigade today.

Professor Bijayalaxmi Nanda, the Principal of Miranda House College on Monday said that they have "not received" any complaints of sexual harassment while reacting to the incident where some people tried to enter the premises of the college.

On Diwali, around 3,000 fire fighters will be on duty for two days and Delhi Fire Service (DFS) teams will be deployed in over 30 specific locations across the capital to tackle any incident, officials said today.

The Delhi Fire Service received 205 calls related to fire incidents on Diwali, slightly less than the last year, officials said on Sunday.

Around 50 shanties in New Town area near Kolkata and Purba Bardhaman district were burnt in two incidents of fire on the day of Kali puja and Diwali on Saturday, officials said.

Delhi's air quality deteriorated to ''severe'' category on Saturday as Punjab and nearby regions recorded the highest number of stubble burning incidents this season, officials said.

At least seven people were killed and many were injured across the country in fireworks related incidents, including gutting of houses and shops on Diwali, though the decline in such casualties continued in the national capital.