“I have to make sure that the thadda and the kamani are placed correctly,” says Taiyab. “Each artisan makes 600 kites in a single day,” says Javed. No one can say how many yea...

Seven persons flying kites were arrested from Nadia’s Santipur on Monday for endangering public life, the action coming in the backdrop of a spate of accidents in the town over the past one mont...

A scooterist was injured when he got entangled with a kite string, lost his balance and fell on the Parama flyover on Thursday morning. A major accident was averted because he spotted the kite string...

Palamau is set to witness its first kite flying festival on January 14 as the Palamau Chamber of Commerce and Industries will conduct ‘Patang Utsav 2021’ in Daltonganj on Makar Sankranti.&...

Chinese manja or nylon kite strings are threatening plants and trees at the Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah. Torn kites with manjas (strings laced with a mixture of glass and glue) can be seen trapped ...

A kite-flying festival was organised in New Town on Sunday to promote the use of cotton strings, which are considered safer for birds and two-wheeler-riders compared with nylon strings and ones laced ...

Cables will be mounted on poles along crash barriers on either side of the Parama flyover to ensure kite strings don’t land on the road and threaten the lives of two-wheeler riders, the governme...

Kites flying activity in the run up to Vishwakarma Puja has taken a heavy toll on birds across the city. More than 30 birds with kite string injuries have been rescued since Wednesday by the forest d...

Kite strings are proving to be risky not only for two-wheeler riders but also for birds who are getting injured after getting entangled in them. Once they get entangled, they struggle to free themsel...

A motorcyclist was left bleeding from a slashed chin by a kite string on the Parama flyover on Sunday evening, police said. Rohit Sau, 30, who runs a business of supplying building material, said he ...