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Three arrested for selling kites with ‘manja’ threads
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Three arrested for selling kites with ‘manja’ threads

The Hindu  

The Greater Chennai City Police have arrested three men for selling banned kites with ‘manja’ threads from Bengaluru, by advertising them on social media. The City Police Commissioner regularly promulgates an order prohibiting use, sale, manufacture, storage and import of manja thread for flying kites. After further investigation, the police arrested three men —_Mohammed Fasil, 25 of Ayapakkam; Mansur Illahi, …

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Kerala's Tribal Chieftain Faces Elephant Attack
9 months ago

Kerala's Tribal Chieftain Faces Elephant Attack

The Hindu  

On March 5 morning, Rajan, 70, the mooppan or tribal chieftain of the Vachumaram Kadar colony, under the Vazhachal Forest Division in Kerala’s Thrissur district, ventured into the forest with his wife Valsala, 63, to collect Marottikkuru, a seed used to make medicinal oil. The State’s significant forest cover, containing around 30% of its area, and the densely populated settlements …

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Over 100 birds across Mumbai hurt by manja thread
11 months, 1 week ago

Over 100 birds across Mumbai hurt by manja thread

The Hindu  

Despite issuing preventive orders ahead of Makar Sankranti, Mumbai Police had registered 92 cases on the sale of nylon manja kite string in the city. The order had said that the use of manja thread kites would be a punishable offence as every year during the festival, people and birds succumb to extreme injury due to kite threads made out …

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27, including 13 minors, injured during kite flying fest in Rajasthan
11 months, 1 week ago

27, including 13 minors, injured during kite flying fest in Rajasthan

Hindustan Times  

Amid the celebration of Makar Sankranti on Sunday, 27 people, including 13 minors, were injured in kite-flying-related accidents till 5pm in Rajasthan, said an official familiar with the matter. Twenty people, including 6 minors, were injured in kite-flying-related accidents in Jaipur, said an official from Jaipur’s Sawai Man Singh Hospital familiar with the development. The rest of the minors sustained …

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Phone numbers to report power supply interruption
11 months, 1 week ago

Phone numbers to report power supply interruption

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited on Sunday released the list of phone numbers to be contacted during power supply interruption. In a press release issued on Sankranthi festival, TSSPDCL stated that, with kites being flown in Greater Hyderabad limits there are chances of kites and manja falling on the power lines resulting in power supply interruption in …

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Chinese manja continues to threaten Sankranti kite-flying experience
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Chinese manja continues to threaten Sankranti kite-flying experience

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The popular festival of kites, Sankranti, is fast approaching, but brings with it the threat of the ‘Chinese manja’, which, despite being banned, continues to be a popular choice due to its durability and low cost. Sources said that in view of the Sankranti festival, wholesale dealers stocked up on kilos of Chinese manja as far as three months …

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Throat slit by nylon manja: cops nab buyers and sellers of the banned string
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Throat slit by nylon manja: cops nab buyers and sellers of the banned string

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Two days after police constable, Sameer Jadhav, 37, lost his life after his throat was slit by a nylon manja, the Kherwadi police were on the lookout to catch the shopkeepers and users of the banned kite string. HT Image During their operation, on December 25, they reportedly found two brothers, Manoj and Mahesh Ketkar flying kites near the …

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Impact of alien plants on Western Ghats causes concern
1 year, 6 months ago

Impact of alien plants on Western Ghats causes concern

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 15, 2023 11:00 IST - 7 MINS READ A 2020 study showed that the Lantana camara, a tropical American shrub, has invaded more than 40 per cent of India’s tiger habitats, threatening them through a causal chain that ultimately depletes the tiger’s prey base. Forest departments and non-profits have been largely unsuccessful in their efforts to control …

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How manja made kite flying dangerous
1 year, 6 months ago

How manja made kite flying dangerous

The Hindu  

Kite flying is synonymous with many festivals and celebrations. It is widely believed that kites first became popular in China around 3,000 years ago as materials for kite building such as silk fabric for the sail; fine, high-tensile strength silk for the flying line; and resilient bamboo for a strong and lightweight framework were readily available. Not surprisingly, the kite …

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Birds continue to reel from Chinese manja use
1 year, 8 months ago

Birds continue to reel from Chinese manja use

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Three months on since Sankranthi or ‘the festival of kites’ was celebrated, birds in the city continue to suffer from the use of Chinese Manja as incidents of injuries and deaths among avians continue to be reported across the city. In another recent incident, a citizen took to Twitter, tagging GHMC, to post about a crow getting entangled in …

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Hyderabad: Three suffer from slit throats inflicted by Chinese manjas
1 year, 11 months ago

Hyderabad: Three suffer from slit throats inflicted by Chinese manjas

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Three persons travelling on motorbikes suffered severe throat slashes from stray manja in different parts of the city over the Sankranti weekend. Following one of the Saturday incidents, the Rachakonda Police raided 70 kite vendors, registered 57 cases and seized 843 bobbins and 966 pouches of illegal Chinese manja worth Rs 25,000. He also directed DCPs, ACPs and SOTs …

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Teams to check synthetic manja sale
1 year, 11 months ago

Teams to check synthetic manja sale

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The forest department will be deploying around five to six mobile parties with uniformed staff and NGOs to go around shops selling synthetic manjha in its bid to ensure implementation of the ban order against it during Sankranti. In coordination with other departments like police, GHMC, PCB, NGOs and wildlife conservationists, the forest department is carrying out a publicity …

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Chinese manja threat looms large as Sankranti nears
1 year, 11 months ago

Chinese manja threat looms large as Sankranti nears

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: With Sankranti inching closer, the skies are turning into a collage of colourful kites. While the state government banned the use of Chinese manja in 2016 and the national green tribunal also banned it under Section 5 of the Environment Protection Act, the banned synthetic string continues to be sold. "These are the most preferred manjas for kite fights, …

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Mumbai police ban use, sale of nylon kite strings ahead of Makar Sankranti
1 year, 11 months ago

Mumbai police ban use, sale of nylon kite strings ahead of Makar Sankranti

India TV News  

The Mumbai police have banned the use, sale and storage of nylon kite strings or manja for a month to prevent fatalities among people and birds during the upcoming Makar Sankranti festival, an official said on Friday. It is observed that the use of nylon kite strings, made of plastic or other synthetic materials, often results in injuries and in …

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Chinese manja snips off desi challenger
2 years, 4 months ago

Chinese manja snips off desi challenger

The Hindu  

On the eve of India’s 76th Independence Day, 26-year-old Abhishek Kumar, who ran a tent business in Delhi, was heading to his home in Jyoti Colony on a scooter when a stray strand of Chinese manja, a synthetic string coated with powdered glass, slit his throat while crossing the Nathu Colony flyover. Every time a Chinese manja claims a life, …

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Telangana man on bike dies after manja hanging from tree slashes his throat
2 years, 11 months ago

Telangana man on bike dies after manja hanging from tree slashes his throat

India Today  

A man riding a bike in Hyderabad on Saturday, January 15, died after his throat was slashed by manja hanging from a tree. While they were returning home, Sharada said that her husband suddenly stopped the moped after crossing a bridge. That’s when Sharada noticed the manja rope entangled in Bheemaiah’s neck. Also Read: Kathak maestro Pandit Birju Maharaj passes …

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Activits ring alarm over sale of Chinese manja
2 years, 11 months ago

Activits ring alarm over sale of Chinese manja

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Animal rescue activists have urged the public to alert law enforcement agencies in case of illegal sale of Chinese manja in the city. Shek Hussain, freelance project scientist associated with the Greater Hyderabad society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, said the law enforcement agencies – the forest and police departments – seized thousands of kilos of the …

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Jammu Police crackdown on traders selling banned Chinese manja, two arrested
3 years, 3 months ago

Jammu Police crackdown on traders selling banned Chinese manja, two arrested

India Today  

Taking cognizance of reports that banned Chinese synthetic thread, or manja, was being sold illegally at many places in Jammu during the current festive season, Jammu Police has carried out raids to check the menace of the sale of glass coated thread. During the search, 64 banned synthetic thread rolls were recovered from his vehicle and after intense questioning, 1018 …

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What does fiction tell us about Partition?
3 years, 4 months ago

What does fiction tell us about Partition?

The Hindu  

Parsing Partition is a national pastime. Daisy Rockwell tries to explain why in the Afterword to her translation of Khadija Mastur’s A Promised Land : “Like the Holocaust, or the American Civil War, or the French Revolution or any other epochal conflict that has shredded the fabric of society and caused many deaths, it is both a deep psychic preoccupation …

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Delhi Police seizes banned manja ahead of Independence Day after PETA complaint
3 years, 4 months ago

Delhi Police seizes banned manja ahead of Independence Day after PETA complaint

India Today  

Delhi Police has seized several kilos and hundreds of spools of illegal manja from various shops in Lal Kuan after receiving a complaint from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. A raid was conducted by a Delhi Police team in Lal Kuan area The notification permits kite flying only with a cotton thread free of any materials designed to …

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25 years of ‘Indian’: Meet ‘Aasaan’ Rajendran, who taught ‘varmakkalai’ to Kamal Haasan
3 years, 7 months ago

25 years of ‘Indian’: Meet ‘Aasaan’ Rajendran, who taught ‘varmakkalai’ to Kamal Haasan

The Hindu  

The year was 1996. The Madurai-based martial arts exponent guided Kamal Haasan and the stunt team on the techniques behind varmakkalai, which was an integral part of action sequences. Rajendran, founder of Manja Varmakkalai Martial Art Academy, Chennai, recalls the day when he got a letter from AM Rathnam’s Sri Surya Movies, the production house that bankrolled Indian. “I realised …

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