The Latest Breaking News from Diwali

See all the photos from the colourful and flavourful celebration.

Dharavi Redevelopment Project Private Limited (DRPPL), has facilitated the sale of nearly one million diyas from Dharavi's Kumbharwada for this Diwali. Read further on Dynamite News:

Wrapping heaps of cone-shaped sparklers in red paper and trimming lengths of silver fuse by the hundreds, workers at an Indian fireworks factory race to meet orders for Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights.

Following the media stories from Delhi, it seems every year is Groundhog Day. May-June bring stories of water shortages; July will bring stories of flooding and waterlogging, soon followed by dengue. Then, after a brief respite, we will get pollution from farm fires and Diwali in the winter months, and…

The station also celebrates other religious festivals including Easter, Christmas, Passover and Diwali

15 labourers from Jharkhand to be airlifted to Delhi, then to Ranchi. Medical screening of rescued workers at AIIMS Rishikesh. Kin celebrate 'Igas Bagwal' after safe rescue from Silkyara tunnel. After 2 wks of worry, families burst into joy & crackers. Tunnel collapsed on Diwali, trapping workers in dark.

One in three children in Delhi is already asthmatic, with many more at risk of organ damage from breathing noxious air. A crowded waiting room at one children’s hospital tells the story

While the bhau beej programme usually takes place at Sharad Pawar’s Govindbaug residence in Baramati, this time it was held at his nephew’s residence in the nearby Katewadi village.

From full-page ads by the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh to those by an electric appliance chain and ‘Poland Day’ – this Diwali week, advertisements in newspapers were abundant.