A 13-year-old boy in Surat, Prince Chaudhary, died due to severe burns after being electrocuted while retrieving a kite stuck in an overhead power line using 'Chinese' thread. His father urged ...

Amritsar: Ahead of the Lohri festival, the district authorities announced a one-time free, no-penalty exchange of Chinese dor (kite flying thread) with traditional dor, a safer kite-flying thread.

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 ...

The environmental engineer at the regional office recived a tip-off about a local resident allegedly involved in selling the banned kite string The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh ...

A 13-year-old boy died in Surat, Gujarat, after being electrocuted by a high-tension line while flying a kite with a Chinese thread. The incident occurred in the Sachin GIDC area when the boy's kite ...

Araatrika, a Pune-based start-up, has come with a ‘paper kite kit’ giving a green twist to the traditional Sankranti gift box that is exchanged by married women at the time of the festival that is ...

Ironically, the two had bought glass-coated kite strings that police recovered from a box attached to the bike. Glass- or nylon-coated strings, better known as Chinese manjha, are known to cause ...

Hyderabad: With Sankranti around the corner, Humane Society International/India (HSI/India) urged people to refrain from using synthetic or Chinese manja for kite flying. Chinese manja, coated with ...

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