New Delhi to renew firecracker ban ahead of Diwali to combat pollution
India's capital will ban the use of firecrackers ahead of the Hindu festival of Diwali in November in a bid to control air pollution that reaches hazardous levels every winter, the local government said on Monday.
Authorities in New Delhi stopped a demolition drive in a Muslim-dominated neighborhood after hundreds of residents and a number of opposition party workers gathered in protest Monday.
