Hyderabad: An black kite, trapped in tangled Chinese manja, 80 feet above the ground near Kendriya Vidyalaya, Secunderabad, was rescued in a challenging operation. School authorities spotted the ...

Cuttack: In response to rising cases of manja-related injuries during Makar Sankranti, road safety experts have proposed establishing designated kite-flying zones in open grounds and riverbeds on ...

Vadodara: While police registered several cases and arrested those selling kite-flying thread coated ... of his son was injured in his neck due to ‘manja'. The man was identified as Gamji ...

The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena party workers organised an agitation against nylon manja for kite flying in the city and provided free safety nets to two-wheeler riders. During the Makar Sankranti ...

Man killed after falling from roof while flying kite, 3 injured by 'manja' in Nagpur The man was flying a kite on the roof of a house in a building in Gittikhadan area when he fell down. The roof ...

The nylon manja, used in kite battles, has emerged as a silent killer in the skies, giving a difficult time to birds in their fight for survival. “Our centre also has a pre-release unit where we ...

Animal activists have rescued more than 60 birds injured by kite ‘manja’ in Mumbai as part of a three-day drive during the Makar Sankranti celebrations, a wildlife welfare group representative ...

order banning the use of synthetic manja (kite-flying thread) during the upcoming Sankranti festival. The directive refers to the NGT’s order dated July 11, 2017, which prohibited the ...