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 ...

A person flying kites cannot modify the thread to sharpen it for sparring with fellow flyers, the Delhi High Court has said while noting the city government has allowed only cotton thread free from ...

A survey reveals most Bengaluru residents are unaware of the ban on harmful kite strings, leading to widespread bird injuries ...

Concerns over dangerous Chinese manja overshadow the joy of kite-flying during Sankranti celebrations in Hyderabad.

Even as the government has banned the sale and use of plastic kite string, these can be easily found hanging on trees, electricity poles and even lying on roads, which signifies these are still widely ...

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 ...

Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], January 15 (ANI): More than 1,600 birds were rescued with kite thread injuries and brought to Jivdaya Charitable Trust between January 1 and January 15 by volunteers ...