A kite-flying festival in Whitefield has banned glass-coated manja to protect birds and ensure public safety. Volunteers from ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...