Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu: At first sight, it doesn’t resemble a factory at all. In fact, everything about Ayyan Fireworks Factory Pvt Ltd’s unit at Sengamalanachiapuram, in Sivakasi, India’s fireworks ...

At a tea kadai in Sanarpatti village, some 13 km from Sivakasi town, a group of men are huddled in animated discussion. It appears to be fairly cheerful chatter until I get close enough to hear the ...

India’s firecracker capital of Sivakasi is staring at a dark Diwali this year, with Delhi and five states banning fireworks ahead of the annual festival of lights. Manufacturers have been blindsided ...

Fireworks manufacturers in Sivakasi are staring at yet another gloomy Diwali, as production has dropped nearly 50 per cent due to the Supreme Court’s ban on use of barium in crackers. The Covid ...

The century-old fireworks industry in Sivakasi has now approached the Geographical Indications Registry seeking a tag. An application was filed by the Tamil Nadu Fireworks and Amorces Manufacturers ...

VIRUDHUNAGAR: A temporary facility for a raw materials/chemicals, composition, emissions (RACE) testing facility has been set up in Sivakasi in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu to test green ...

At least four people died and five others were injured after an explosion at a firecracker factory in Chinnakamanpatti near Tamil Nadu's Sivakasi on Monday. The injured were rushed to the Virudhunagar ...