The MKB Nagar police arrested Vijay, 25, of Sastri Nagar in Vyasarpadi for flying a kite using banned manja thread. As the use of manja thread can cause fatal accidents, the City Police Commissioner ...

Surat: A 10-year-old boy allegedly died by suicide, reportedly distressed over his brother's refusal to buy him kite thread. On Wednesday morning, the boy asked his mother for money to buy kites, and ...

CHENNAI: A two-year-old boy and a 40-year-old man sustained injuries as they got entangled in the maanja thread used to fly kites, in separate incidents in Vyasarpadi. Police have arrested 10 people, ...

Hundreds of residents participated in this year's Winchester Reads program, which was centered around "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini. Little did the community know it had a kite runner in its ...

Ludhiana: Three persons were arrested near Kot police post here Friday night for allegedly planning to sell Chinese kite flying thread, which is banned in India. A special drive is on in the city to ...

The police have arrested three persons after a two-wheeler rider, who was travelling on Ukkadam – Athupalam flyover in Coimbatore, suffered an injury on neck due to the ‘manja’ thread used by the trio ...

Hyderabad: Bulk supplies of killer Chinese manja are allegedly stocked eight months in advance of the kite festival to evade police action, a ‘Deccan Chronicle’ investigation has revealed. Cartons of ...

BHUBANESWAR: A bike-borne youth was critically injured after coming in contact with a glass-coated Chinese manja (kite thread) in Pokhariput area of the city on Tuesday evening. Sources said the ...