What should be a splash of colour across India’s skies is increasingly casting a dark shadow on the ground below. Kite flying — a cherished.

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 ...

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 ...

Artisans in Ahmedabad's Old City meticulously prepare vibrant kite threads (manja) by hand ahead of Uttarayan 2026, turning cotton lines into glittering, razor-sharp lifelines for the skies. In the ...

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 ...

The youth was riding his bike when a Chinese kite thread got entangled in his neck and slit his throat. The victim was rushed to district hospital Udhampur in a car by a local, who was passing by.