Tehelka’s SIT investigation into the alleged availability of the banned Chinese Manjha — a glass-coated string used for flying kites that endangers human lives — in markets across Agra, Kolkata and ...

Seven people have been booked for flying kites using "Chinese manjha," a glass-coated string after a seven-year-old girl's throat was slit by the sharp thread. Seven people in west Delhi were booked ...

Telangana's forest department has decided to strictly implement a ban on nylon/synthetic thread and glass-coated 'manjha' for kite-flying in the state. File photo used for representational purpose.

A bench directed all states to prohibit the “manufacture, sale, storage, purchase and use” of manjha made of nylon or any non-biodegradable synthetic material. It also clarified that the ban order ...