‘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, ...

Kite flying is synonymous with many festivals and celebrations. In Gujarat, ‘kai po che’ (‘I have cut the kite’) is a popular shout from the rooftops and was also a title for a hit Bollywood film. It ...

'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 ...

Delhi Police have arrested a 27-year-old man and recovered 59 rolls (charkhis) of banned Chinese manja from his possession during a raid in northeast Delhi's Seelampur, officials said on Friday.

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 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 ...

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); ...