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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As a cracker manufacturing unit owner, S Subramanian (46), explained, “The actual rate of 10 pieces of ground chakkar is Rs 45. Ideally, a shopkeeper in this region will sell those for Rs 55 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The ban on barium nitrate, an oxidising agent used in pyrotechnics, has affected the making of firecrackers like phuljhari (sparkler), the rolling chakri (ground spinner), and anar (flowerpot).