With stronger enforcement, public awareness, and responsible participation, kite flying can once again be celebrated as a safe and festive activity rather than a source of tragedy.

The festive cheer of Makar Sankranti stood overshadowed by at least four deaths today that were caused by illegal glass coated nylon kite strings.

An 8-year-old boy in Surat, Gujarat, tragically died when a kite string cut his neck while he was cycling. The incident ...

According to eyewitnesses, the plastic thread, flying in the wind, wrapped around Sarabjit Kaur’s neck near a gurdwara, ...

The village has appealed to shopkeepers to abide by the decision, and they have agreed to return their leftover stock to ...

Flying kites on Makar Sankranti is seen as a way of celebrating the Sun.

A Karnataka motorcyclist died after a nylon kite string slit his throat, raising fresh concerns over banned manja and delayed emergency response.

Flying a kite in Pakistan is a dangerous pastime. Already it’s banned for all but 15 days of the year but a provincial minister warned kite-flyers this week that any who cause injury or death with ...

Driving down the road along a bluff overlooking the beach, the side mirror mounting suddenly squeaked raucously and violently spun off after fouling the string of a kite flown above the bluff from the ...

Two boys died and six others were injured in Punjab due to banned Chinese kite string incidents and kite-related accidents ...

Lahore Commissioner Maryam Khan granted permission to the manufacturers of kites to purchase kite-flying material from other ...