Hyderabad:Sale of Chinese manja, the deadly synthetic thread used for flying kites during Sankranti, continues to thrive despite a sweeping ban on its use by the government. This is expectedly raising ...

Following recent deaths caused by Chinese manja (glass-coated kite string) in the state, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered a complete ban on its sale and use, saying any death ...

The Telangana police have launched a major awareness campaign to prevent accidents caused by Chinese nylon manja ahead of Sankranthi. Police and forest officials are using social ...

Hyderabad: The count of human injuries due to the banned Chinese manja continued to rise in Hyderabad, with two more people – a police officer and an elderly woman – falling prey to it, in separate ...

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 ...

With at least two children and hundreds of birds believed to have been injured in the city, there seems to be no let-up in usage of Chinese manja. Across online kite selling websites such as Patangdor ...

Hyderabad: City police commissioner V.C. Sajjanar on Monday warned of stringent action against the sale, storage and use of banned Chinese manja during the Sankranti festival, stating that criminal ...

With the festival of Makar Sankranti drawing near, the city police have stepped up vigil against the sale of Chinese nylon manja (sharpened string used to fly kites), the use of which has been banned ...

HYDERABAD: A 48-year-old private employee was injured after a Chinese manja slit his neck at the Amberpet flyover on Friday. Amberpet police said the injured, Damera Veeraiah, a resident of ...

The inauspicious month of ‘Ashada’ is dotted with several kite flying events across the state and it poses considerable threat to the avian population of the IT city. With several kite flyers using ...

Hyderabad Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar issued a stern warning on Monday (January 5) against the use of Chinese Manja, which is already banned in the state of Telangana. The Commissioner referred to ...