The Tamil Nadu government has issued a complete ban on the manufacture, sale, storage, and use of kite flying threads popularly known as 'manja threads' made out of nylon, plastic, or any other ...

Ahmedabad: Ahead of Uttarayan and amid rising concerns over fatal kite-string accidents, the Ahmedabad rural police on over the past two days busted an illegal nylon thread manufacturing and ...

Nylon kite thread, commonly known as Chinese manjha, poses a serious threat to humans, birds and animals due to its non-biodegradable nature and razor-sharp, glass-coated surface.

The green panel directed all state governments to prohibit the "manufacture, sale, storage, purchase and use" of synthetic manja or nylon threads and all other synthetic strings used for flying kites ...