Hyderabad: As the countdown begins for the Makar Sankranti begins, markets are buzzing with variety of kites. In the aerial battleground of kite-flying, Indian manja and Chinese threads vie for ...

‘Between January 10 and 14, ARRC received 76 manja cases across the city & PfA rescued 18 birds from these deadly threads’ City-based rescue centres attend 100+ rescue calls over last 5 days, note ...

Despite a ban, synthetic manjas are being sold discreetly in Hyderabad markets ahead of the Sankranti festival. Buyers confirmed purchasing the razor-sharp thread from various shops in Dhoolpet, ...

Delhi Police have arrested a 27-year-old man and recovered 59 rolls (charkhis) of banned Chinese manja from his possession ...

On Makar Sankranti, Mumbai Police urged people to celebrate the festival with care and say no to dangerous kite threads. They asked people to ensure they enjoyed the harvest festival by flying kites ...

'Manja' are highly dangerous and may easily cut one's throat, the National Green Tribunal said. New Delhi: Kite strings coated with glass, popular as 'manja', are highly dangerous and may easily cut ...

THEY are the birds of Makar Sankranti.Soaring in the sky today, kites of all shapes and sizes will mark anothercelebration of the Sun beginning its journey through the signs of the Zodiac(moon signs); ...

Five years after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) slapped a nationwide ban on synthetic-glassed thread (manja), the prohibited goods is still being hawked, listed online, and peddled surreptitiously.

On the eve of India’s 76th Independence Day, 26-year-old Abhishek Kumar, who ran a tent business in Delhi, was heading to his home in Jyoti Colony on a scooter when a stray strand of Chinese manja, a ...

The Maharashtra government has issued a circular banning the sale and use of sharp kite strings called 'manja' which injure and kill birds as well as people. People-fly-kites-in-Wadala-Mumbai-ahead-of ...