Govt seals two cracker shops.
HYDERABAD: Two wholesale cracker shops-Shanti Fireworks and Vishnu Fireworks-at Begum Bazar were sealed on Friday by the fire services department for not having adequate fire safety equipment. The two shops are located in thickly populated areas. As many as 32 wholesale cracker shops had been...

Illegal fire crackers still on sale.
Byline: Viju B MUMBAI: The salesman at the Crawfod Market fireworks shop showed off a new version of the Laxmi bomb and proudly said that it was twice as powerful as the bombs sold last year. "We have already got good sales for this variety of bombs,"...

City seeks more orderly fireworks sales.
Byline: Andrea Damewood The Register-Guard Fireworks and Christmas trees usually don't have much in common - in fact, the flammables are probably a bad combination. Unless it's in the Springfield city code. In an effort to curb resident complaints and clear up language,...

Ban on transport of firecrackers in buses reiterated.
The Provincial Bus Operators Association of the Philippines (PBOAP) reminded passengers yesterday that firecrackers are banned on provincial buses. PBOAP President Homer Mercado urged passengers to adhere to the regulation for their own safety. The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) earlier banned firecrackers...

BFP inspects Bulacan firecracker factories.
The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) conducted over the weekend surprise inspection of firecrackers factories in Bulacan and found rampant violations of laws. The BFP team also found illegal pyrotechnics manufacturers in the municipalities of Sta. Maria and Bocaue. Because of the findings of BFP,...

Free the fireworks! Can individual citizens be trusted to celebrate Independence Day with a bang?
OUTSIDE OF HARDCORE porn, is there any art form as static as a Fourth of July fireworks display? Once you've seen one, you've seen them all, yet year after year, like stoned zombies staring at screensavers, we tilt our heads to the sky and watch amateurs and professionals alike...

High prices dampen Diwali sales.
Byline: Indra Bhadra MUMBAI: A day ahead of Diwali, considered to be the biggest money-spinner for Indian traders, the cash counters are not ticking in line with expectations. And the reasons are varied. Gold which is considered as an auspicious item to buy during Diwali, did not...

Firecracker buyers scamper as blasts jolt Bulacan stores.
Byline: FREDDIE C. VELEZ BOCAUE, Bulacan -- Thousands of people coming from different places in Region 3 and Metro Manila, who have been trooping to this town to buy pyrotechnic products for the New Year revelry, scampered to safety when a series of explosions jolted at about...

Drawing line on fireworks; N.H. building goes over state line into Winchendon.
Byline: Gail Stanton WINCHENDON - Faced with the reality that more than 200 square feet of the building he is buying off Route 202 in Rindge, N.H., sits in Massachusetts, Atlas Fireworks owner Steve Pelkey has made a radical decision. "I'm chopping off that part...

Team India's World Cup exit leaves cracker traders in a fix.
Byline: Harish Joshi BHARUCH: They were expecting a bang, but it all ended in a whimper with Team India exiting the World Cup tamely. Had the Men in Blue stayed on, stockists of firecrackers in the state would have had a cracker of a sale, but now...