Haridwar

In Haridwar, a seven-year-old boy named Ravi Saini, battling blood cancer, faced a tragic fate as his parents and aunt allegedly immersed him in the Ganga river for about 15 minutes at Har-ki-Pauri, hoping for a miraculous cure.

Man alleges objectionable actions by the group; Police say no legal action against him

DEHRADUN: ‘Haridwar Darshan’ pod taxi transport system, covering the key cities of Haridwar-Rishikesh-Dehradun by the Uttarakhand Metro Rail Corporation (UKMRC), will be India’s first such transport system, officials told The New Indian. Jitendra Tyagi, managing director of the UKMRC, said, “The project has been approved by the UKMRC board and the proposal is in the […]

HARIDWAR: A 25-year-old Indian Army jawan died in a scuffle between two groups of Kanwar pilgrims on Tuesday in Roorkee in Haridwar district. Devendra Chouhan, SHO of Civil Lines Kotwali police station, said, “The case has been registered against 25 unidentified kanwariyas on the charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder in section 304 […]

DEHRADUN: A case has been registered against the makers of ‘Kaali’, a documentary film, in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. The film landed in controversy for its poster that the director Leena Manimekalai had shared on Twitter. The FIR has been filed in Kankhal police station of Haridwar district under section 295A (Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to […]

DEHRADUN: Remember the song Tera Yaar Hoon Mein from the 2018 movie ‘Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety’? Well, remember the yaar (friend) always even when you are high with happiness. A man from Haridwar learnt the hard lesson as one of his close friends slapped Rs 50 lakhs defamation after he left his friend out […]