The excitement of Makar Sankranti is in the air, and so are the kites and deadly glass coated kite threads (manja). Markets across the country – Dhoolpet Kite Market in Hyderabad, Chandni Chowk in ...

Kite enthusiasts take to the skies, ensuring no glass-coated manja is used Glass-coated manja banned at Whitefield venue to prevent bird injuries and ensure public safety If you are heading to the ...

Surat: A 10-year-old boy allegedly died by suicide, reportedly distressed over his brother's refusal to buy him kite thread. On Wednesday morning, the boy asked his mother for money to buy kites, and ...

Amritsar, December 6 With the festival of Lohri being just a month away, the kite-flying season in the city has begun but so has the menace caused by the use of banned plastic kite thread. The ...

PANAJI: The state govt has announced a stringent ban on the production, sale, and use of hazardous kite-flying threads owing to the severe risks associated with synthetic and sharp kite-flying threads ...

The MKB Nagar police arrested Vijay, 25, of Sastri Nagar in Vyasarpadi for flying a kite using banned manja thread. As the use of manja thread can cause fatal accidents, the City Police Commissioner ...

Three persons have been arrested for selling manja thread and kites in Kodungaiyur. As flying kites using manja thread can lead to fatal accidents, the Chennai Police Commissioner has issued standing ...

CHENNAI: A two-year-old boy and a 40-year-old man sustained injuries as they got entangled in the maanja thread used to fly kites, in separate incidents in Vyasarpadi. Police have arrested 10 people, ...