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Bursting of green crackers on Diwali and Christmas will be allowed Only green crackers allowed

The deceased were identified as Sameer (18) and Rukhsaar (26). They succumbed to their injuries on their way to the hospital.

Green crackers are usually believed to be crackers which produces minimal toxicity and minimal fumes.

“There was a crowd surge after firecrackers were detonated,” Jean-Gabriel Delacroix from the city prefecture said, saying that 27 people were injured. “Most of the injuries are glass cuts and bruising picked up when people fell.”

Fireworks manufacturers across the country have decided to request the Tamil Nadu government to implead itself in a plea filed in the Supreme Court, seeking a nation-wide ban on crackers.

Around 18 people were injured after a fireworks display gone off into the crowd at a carnival near Paris on Saturday.

At least seven people were killed in the northwestern Iranian province of Ardabil in a firework blast, media reported on Saturday.

Five people were killed in a firework explosion in east China's Shandong Province.

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A majority of citizens surveyed supported a ban on crackers after 10 pm and said that the rule must be enforced by the civic bodies and the police.

The godown owner Javed Khan has also been detained for questioning, Circle Officer (Chetganj) Anurag Arya said.

Indonesian police were investigating a suspected terror attack by a knife-wielding assailant on a priest during the Sunday service at a church, and a bomb squad had been deployed to determine whether the attacker`s backpack contained explosives.

As the players left the pitch at the end of the 1-1 draw, Russian fans were seen charging into a section occupied by English supporters and fists were thrown.

The Kerala High Court on Thursday allowed low-decibel fireworks display during the ongoing Pooram festival in Thrissur.

The Lucknow DM has banned the use of firecrackers at all public events in the state capital.

It has been reported that banned chemical potassium chlorate was used in making the firecrackers which caused tragedy in Putttingal Devi temple.

Amid growing clamour for ban on temple fireworks display in Kerala in wake of Kollam temple tragedy, the Travancore Devaswom Board, which manages about 1,255 temples in the state, on Monday said it was not for a complete ban on such displays.

Belgian investigators released three people on Friday after questioning them over an alleged plot to attack the capital on New Year`s Eve which forced the cancellation of the city`s annual fireworks display.

Authorities in the Belgian capital Brussels on Wednesday called off the city`s traditional New Year`s Eve fireworks display, citing fears of a militant attack.