The Punjab government has told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that there is no need for a ban on use of fire crackers as no part of the state falls in the National Capital Region (NCR).
Firecrackers ban: Ashwani Mahajan, national co-convener of Swadeshi Jagran Manch, said that states governments have been banning all types of firecrackers ahead of Diwali without any factual information.
The Haryana government announced a ban on the sale and bursting of firecrackers across the state. The statement was made by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, who said a notice on the same will be issued on Saturday.
Addressing a press conference in Chandigarh on November 06, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced that the state government has decided to ban sale and bursting of fire crackers.
The decision of banning firecrackers in Delhi has left shopkeepers in trouble in the national capital.
Diwali, along with exictement, also brings the concern of rise in pollution. Therefore, to tackle post-Diwali dip in air quality level, a couple of states, cities, have already ban use of firecrackers.
After Delhi government, Karnataka followed suit in banning firecrackers in his state, citing COVID-19 as the reason.
Delhi government has banned the sale of firecrackers as the national capital records a sharp rise in air pollution levels ahead of Diwali. The ban will also cover green crackers.
The Tamil Nadu government is taking steps to ban online games involving money, Chief Minister K. Palaniswami said on Thursday. Talking to reporters in Coimbatore, Palaniswami said taking into account that many persons have committed suicide due to online rummy.
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday banned the use and sale of firecrackers on Kali Puja to curb pollution amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Supreme Court Thursday asked the Centre to issue directions within a month on banning or regulating the use of disinfection tunnels spraying chemical or organic disinfectants on humans.
In a relief to stressed borrowers who are facing hardships due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, the apex court had passed the interim order on September 3.
Shakib was handed a two-year ban, one year suspended, by the ICC's Anti-Corruption Unit on October 29 last year, for not reporting multiple corrupt approaches by an Indian bookmaker.
Madhya Pradesh: A video of a group of youths threatening to burn down the shop of a Muslim trader if he sold firecrackers which has images of Hindu deities on their covers.
The government of Odisha has prohibited the sale and use of firecrackers from November 10 to 30 in the public interest.
The Karnataka government would soon bring a law to ban religious conversions for the sake of marriage, a state minister has said.
The Haryana government on Monday declared possession and sale of imported firecrackers as illegal and punishable in the state, a spokesperson said in Chandigarh.
In Bihar's poll campaign, opposition parties have kept Nitish Kumar at the center of their attacks. Tejashwi Yadav of the RJD and Chirag Paswan, BJP's ally at the Center, are constantly attacking Nitish and accusing him of betraying people of Bihar.
The National Green Tribunal on Monday issued notice to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and four state governments on whether use of fire crackers be banned from November 7-30 in the interest of public health and environment.
Sale of firecrackers will be banned during the festive season in Rajasthan, the state government has said. The decision was taken in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
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