In Sivakasi, ‘2,000- wala’, ‘5,000- wala’ and ‘10,000- wala’ series crackers gleam on the racks at an exclusive retail outlet of a popular firecracker brand. Evidently, the noise ...

A major fire broke out at a nearby fireworks shop in Sivakasi, the huge cracker manufacturing hub in Tamil Nadu, on October 20, 2016. Eight people lost their life and 10 others got injured in this ...

Chennai: A powerful explosion caused due to friction in using chemicals killed eight persons and left several others with burn injuries at a private fireworks unit near Sivakasi in Virudhunagar ...

SIVAKASI: Two major fire accidents rocked the fireworks hub of Sivakasi on Thursday. However, ... The friction caused on the drying ground is said to be the cause of accident.

At least five workers, including two women, were killed in a sudden blast at a firecracker manufacturing factory in Sivakasi in the district on Tuesday, police said. The devastating fire gutted the ...

Three rooms in a fireworks units were razed to the ground following a fire accident on Saturday night in Sivakasi. However, no one was injured. Police said that an explosion was heard at Maheswari ...

By Arun LakshmanChennai, Jan 9 (IANS) Sivakasi in Virudhunagar district of south Tamil Nadu is located 74 km from Madurai and it is said that mos. Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT.

The first 100 years of Sivakasi’s famed industry saw little change. Now, a cocktail of circumstances is forcing it to pivot. In a decade from now, its look and feel could be very different from ...

VIRUDHUNAGAR: When looked from an elevation on a summer day, Sivakasi village itself might seem to be boiling. The village was said to have been under the grip ...

Sources in Sivakasi said a majority of the workers were not paid pre-Deepavali bonuses, as the festival is known in the south. The market for Chinese crackers in India, the sale of which the Delhi ...

November 08, 2005 15:50 IST. The Tamil Diwali release Sivakasi is like a pack of assorted crackers, with almost all the varieties made in the famed Sivakasi town of Tamil Nadu. It has sparklers ...