After injuries and fatalities caused by sharp strings, falls and celebratory gunfire, an event that dates back centuries returns.

People gathered on rooftops to enjoy flying kites for the first time in years, celebrating the spring festival of Basant. The activity had been banned due to injuries and deaths during past ...

Despite the Punjab government’s repeated claims of zero tolerance against the use of banned kite-flying materials, senior ...

Banned in 2007 following a spate of accidents, the city’s Basant kite festival resumed this month amid stricter safety measures — and much excitement ...

A 21-year-old motorcyclist sustained deep wounds after his neck became entangled in a stray kite string; the vehicle did not ...

Kite-related business continued to surge in Lahore during Basant. The Kite Flying Association’s legal adviser, Malik Faizan ...

Uttar Pradesh's CM, Yogi Adityanath, has decreed that fatalities caused by 'Chinese manja' kite string be classified as murder, mandating severe action against those responsible. This follows multiple ...

Flying a kite in Pakistan is a dangerous pastime. Already it’s banned for all but 15 days of the year but a provincial minister warned kite-flyers this week that any who cause injury or death with ...

Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Indore Collector Shivam Verma, on Tuesday, has issued an order warning against using Chinese manjha (string) to fly kites on Makar Sankranti. The order comes in view of the ...

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