Chennai: With the death of a motorist, whose throat was slit by a maanja thread, (glass coated string) used for flying kites, at Maduravoyal, the popular sport claimed its first victim of the year on Sunday. According to police, Raj Kumar (28), a catering service provider from Naduvankarai, Aminjikarai was on his way to his catering factory in Vanagaram on his motorcycle early on Sunday, when the incident occurred. Near...
10:33 AM, Apr 02, 2012
Moscow: A kite surfing champion from Poland became stranded for 40 hours on the Red Sea and fought off an attack by sharks with a knife. Janek Lisewski, 42, attempted to kite surf a 200 km distance between Egypt and Saudi Arabia. He was on his two thirds of the trip, when the wind went dead and the deflated kite plunged into the sea. He waited for about two hours...
12:32 PM, Mar 10, 2012
As you visit any of the shops selling kites, you will discover the gloom that greeted one at the start of the week is replaced with a sigh of relief. After all, with the city's denizens on a kite shopping spree, traders who complained of lacklustre business till last week have finally got their smiles back. If you are wondering where to spot that Chinese-designer kite besides the humble paper...
08:54 AM, Jan 14, 2012
Lahore: Kite-flyers here would now be booked under Terrorism Act if they were found deliberately endangering lives of people by using dangerous strings, a police official has said. Lahore's capital city police officer (CCPO) Ahmad Raza Tahir has directed a complete ban on kite-flying and asked all SHOs to ensure indiscriminate action against the usage of prohibited elements, such as dangerous strings, to ensure safety of innocent lives, the Daily...
06:12 PM, Nov 11, 2011
Kolkata: Kolkata's skyline these elections are not shaped by buildings, but red strobes and green patterns, for the battle for Bengal is being fought in the skies with hundreds and hundreds of kites sporting party symbols. 36-year old Saikat Dutt has been selling kites for three elections, but now he says the demand has shot up like never before. "It's an off-season for us, but thanks to elections, we sell...
10:55 PM, Mar 15, 2011
West Bengal shops have kites and sweets with colours of the political parties, this election season. ...
10:04 PM, Mar 15, 2011
The cricket craze has reached a new high - from designer body art, kites, sand sculptures to cricket tapestries. ...
12:13 AM, Feb 24, 2011
Ahmedabad: Love soars like kites. And sure enough, tales of friendship and sweet reunion fill the air as kite flyers from across the world mingle at the 21st International Kite Festival in Gujarat's principal city. For 29-year-old Sorotti Damaris, travelling with her husband to the festival is the best way to "express her love and care" for him as the two pursue their passion for kite-flying together. "My husband is...
10:30 AM, Jan 13, 2011
Big Pictures said to have lost a lot of money with the debacle of 'Kites' and poor opening of 'Raavan' ...
04:08 PM, Jun 21, 2010
The film is on the tube within a month of its release ...
11:37 AM, Jun 10, 2010
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