A blast at a firecracker factory in Sivakasi killed eight workers. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin announced ...

A t least five workers, including two women, were killed in a sudden blast at a firecracker manufacturing factory in Sivakasi ...

A deadly blast at a firecracker factory in Sivakasi claimed the lives of at least eight workers, including two women. Tamil ...

“Mishandling of crackers while being loaded into a van had led to the fire accident,” said Mr. Anandakumar. ... 30, of Kichanaickenpatti and G. Muthumari, 31 of Sivakasi sustained 100% burns.

SIVAKASI: Four persons were killed and six sustained burns in two separate explosions at cracker units in the district on Friday.Police sources said that on Friday morning, when four employees ...

I meet Muthumari, a 35-year-old widow. She started working in a firecracker factory in Vilampatti village following her husband’s death seven years ago. “I don’t have any savings and I have ...

Sivakasi cracker industry looks for a sparkle. October 23, 2013 11:15 IST. Image: People light earthen lamps in the shape of Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, on the eve of Diwali.

Cracker ban spells gloom for Sivakasi. Manufacturers have been blindsided by the abrupt ban, announced days before Diwali, a season when the town in Tamil Nadu sells over 80% of its crackers; ...

November 08, 2005 15:50 IST. The Tamil Diwali release Sivakasi is like a pack of assorted crackers, with almost all the varieties made in the famed Sivakasi town of Tamil Nadu. It has sparklers ...

A sudden blast at a firecracker factory in Sivakasi claimed the lives of at least five workers, including two women. The ...