The police have booked two vendors for illegal sale of nylon manja, which poses a significant danger to pedestrians, motorists and wildlife. The first incident took place in Bibvewadi area ...
NASHIK/NAGPUR/AKOLA: The banned nylon manja caused three deaths in different parts of the state and left a policeman fighting for life in a hospital on Tuesday, as kites dotted the skies amid ...
Nashik: The city police arrested 31 people for using nylon manja under BNS section 110 during the Makar Sankranti festival on Tuesday in Nashik city. Among those arrested was the father of a ...
Nylon manja, the string used for kite-flying, is a death knell for birds, which are left nursing injuries after the festival of kites or succumb to them. A Hyderabad-based NGO Animal Warriors ...
Pune: A 60-year-old farmer received 20 stitches to his chin after he was injured by a stray nylon manja while riding along the Sadesatra Nali to Hadapsar road on Tuesday evening. Police identified ...
A 23-year-old man died after a nylon manja slit his throat while he was riding a motorcycle in Maharashtra's Nashik city on Tuesday, police said. The incident occurred in the Pathardi village ...
A tragic incident unfolded in Maharashtra's Nashik city on Tuesday when a 23-year-old man lost his life after his throat was slit by nylon manja (kite string coated with glass particles ...
The Nashik Forest Department successfully rescued several birds that were severely injured after being trapped in nylon manja following the Makar Sankranti festival. These birds, which included ...
Stringent action, constant meetings and awareness programs by the Mumbai police have resulted in a reduction in the sale and use of nylon manja, or ‘killer manja,’ this year used for flying kites.
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. At least 57 people were booked for being ...
A total of 19 individuals were either arrested or issued notices under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and the Maharashtra Police Act from January 10 to 13.
Whereas in January 2023, there were at least 66 cases of birds with manja injuries in Pune district. The banned nylon manja is still very much in use and has become a major threat to wildlife as ...