NEW DELHI: In New Delhi, eight people were killed and three injured in an explosion at a firecracker factory in Uttar Pradesh state. Police said, the reason is not immediately clear. 

Seventeen people were killed and two injured in a massive blaze at a firecracker storage unit in outer Delhi’s Bawana industrial area on Saturday evening, a Delhi Fire Services official said, even as the city government ordered an inquiry into the incident. The fire, which started at the ...