Police with the seized bundles of Chinese kite strings in Jalandhar. (HT Photo) The crackdown is part of an initiative to combat the illegal sale and use of these fatal strings, which have been ...

Punjab Police have seized 80,879 bundles of Chinese kite strings, commonly known as ‘manjha’, and registered 90 First Information Reports (FIRs) in the last 20 days, targeting those involved ...

On the eve of Lohri, the sale of banned Chinese string, also known as ‘China dor’, picks up drastically. Kite lovers nowadays prefer to fly kites with the deadly plastic string only.

Stunt kites from Greece, Chinese Dragon from Indonesia, a series of 100 kites of Kathakkali in a row are among the kites to be flown during the two-day ONGC-MRPL Mangaluru International Kite ...

I haven’t made too many this year, but crafting these kites helps pass the time, so in a way, it feels good.” Despite the rise of Chinese materials during the festive season that have impacted ...