kanwar yatra

Standoff led to a face-off between the two communities, with the police resorting to the use of lathi charge and tear gas to disperse the crowd of Kanwariyas

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 […]

HARIDWAR: The sounds of ‘Har Har Mahadev’, ‘Jai Bholenath’, ‘Bum Bum Bhole’ resonate through the sky as devotees of Lord Shiva, clad in saffron, thronged Har ki Pauri and other Ganga ghats from across the country as Kanwar Yatra concluded on Sawan Shivratri on Tuesday. Gagan Anand (45), a businessman from Meerut who took the […]

DEHRADUN: Haridwar Police on Monday arrested a man for making a fake call to the Government Railway Police (GRP) about a bomb in a special train for Kanwar pilgrims. After GRP received a call at around 1.30 am on Monday, a combined team of GRP, Railway Police Force, and state police deployed a bomb disposal […]

DEHRADUN: Kanwar Yatra has reached its peak in Uttarakhand as more than 28 lakh pilgrims have reached Haridwar for Gangajal since the Yatra began on July 14. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami who welcomed the devotees carrying Kanwar by washing their feet in Haridwar on Wednesday said, “Our government is committed to providing every facility […]

LUCKNOW: As the Kanwar Yatra resumes after a COVID-induced gap of two years, the Uttar Pradesh police have made extensive arrangements to ensure its smooth passage. To maintain the security arrangements, more than 150 PAC companies have been sent out. In addition, 20 companies of central paramilitary forces from the Centre were requisitioned, of which […]

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand state police has banned carrying tridents, lathis, swords and other ‘weapons’in ‘Shravan Kawar Yatra’ this year which starts today. “We have instructed the police outposts to keep an eye and confiscate such items. Security teams have deployed to ensure smooth yatra this season,” said Janmejay Khanduri, senior superintendent of police, Dehradun. More than […]