Around Lohri, the police administration had launched a drive against use of Chinese string and its illegal suppliers by using drones. Besides, awareness campaigns were launched to persuade the youth ...

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 ...

RAIPUR: A seven-year-old child died after he was severely injured by a banned Chinese kite string (manjha) while riding on a motorbike with his father. The string slashed his neck, leading to his ...

"We made kites as far back in ancient Chinese history as the Warring States period," says Wang, one of the mainland's top folk artists and a renowned kite master from the city of Weifang ...

In another tragedy due to the dreaded glass-coated kite string, a 22-year-old man died in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut after the string slit his throat while he was riding a bike.

In a move to ensure public safety, the Jalandhar Commissionerate Police, led by Commissioner of Police Swapan Sharma, has seized 116 rolls of banned Chinese kite strings during a raid in the Grain ...

CHANDIGARH, Jan. 23 -- Punjab Special Director General of Police (Special DGP) Law and Order Arpit Shukla on Wednesday launched a campaign against the deadly Chinese Kite String, also known as ...

Lantern Festival event introduces global guests to country's unique heritage, Zhou Huiying and Tian Xuefei report.

In the last 20 days, police teams have recovered 80,879 Chinese dor bundles and registered 90 First Information Reports (FIRs) against individuals involved in selling these fatal kite flying ...

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.