Kanwariyas

In view of the cancelled Kanwar Yatra due to COVID-19, the Har Ki Pauri ghat in Haridwar will be sealed for Kanwariyas by putting barricades from July 24 to August 6.

The borders of Uttarakhand will be sealed for Kanwariyas from July 24.

Health and the Right to Life is paramount, the Supreme Court said today as it gave the Uttar Pradesh government time till Monday to reconsider its decision to allow the Kanwar Yatra this year amid Covid worries.

Uttarakhand's Pushkar Singh Dhami government has cancelled this year's Kanwar Yatra amid the Covid pandemic. The decision came days after the Chief Minister said "even gods will not want people to die. The priority at the moment is saving lives."

The Haryana government will make arrangements to bring water from the Ganga river in Haridwar to the state on Maha Shivratri during the Shravan month this year. However, the state government has decided not to allow kanwariyas to proceed on kanwariya yatras this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Kanwar Yatra 2020: The month of Sawan, in the Hindu calendar, is of huge significance to devotees of Lord Shiva who go on Kanwar Yatra to Haridwar every year. But this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Uttarakhand government has said Kanwar Yatra will not be possible.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has given his seal of approval to the idea of using bullets to deal with dissenters.

A group of Kanwar pilgrimswas seen drinking alcohol at Garhmukteshwar Ghat in Hapur in a purported video that was shared on social media.

Delhi witnessed traffic snarls on major thoroughfares on Tuesday morning due to the movement of kanwariyas.

Three kanwariyas were killed and seven injured after they came under a speeding truck near the Hisar-Chandigarh road, police said this morning.

In keeping with the novel practice started by the Uttar Pradesh government last year, Kanwar pilgrims were on Monday showered with flower petals from helicopter in Ghaziabad by top administrative officials.

A kanwar pilgrim was killed in a road accident while another died of electrocution in separate incidents in Delhi on Saturday, the police said.

One kanwariya was killed and another four were seriously injured after two bikes crashed into each other on the Delhi-Dehradun national highway, police said this morning.

Uttarakhand Police on Friday informed that 1.5 crore pilgrims have reached Haridwar as part of this year's ongoing Kanwar Yatra and as many as 41 people have been saved from drowning in Ganga.

Kanwars and devotees will be exempted from the "No Helmet, No Fuel" policy that prohibits two-wheeler riders without helmet from getting fuel in Noida and Greater Noida, officials said on Thursday.

In view of the cancelled Kanwar Yatra due to COVID-19, the Har Ki Pauri ghat in Haridwar will be sealed for Kanwariyas by putting barricades from July 24 to August 6.

The borders of Uttarakhand will be sealed for Kanwariyas from July 24.

Health and the Right to Life is paramount, the Supreme Court said today as it gave the Uttar Pradesh government time till Monday to reconsider its decision to allow the Kanwar Yatra this year amid Covid worries.

Uttarakhand's Pushkar Singh Dhami government has cancelled this year's Kanwar Yatra amid the Covid pandemic. The decision came days after the Chief Minister said "even gods will not want people to die. The priority at the moment is saving lives."

The Haryana government will make arrangements to bring water from the Ganga river in Haridwar to the state on Maha Shivratri during the Shravan month this year. However, the state government has decided not to allow kanwariyas to proceed on kanwariya yatras this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Kanwar Yatra 2020: The month of Sawan, in the Hindu calendar, is of huge significance to devotees of Lord Shiva who go on Kanwar Yatra to Haridwar every year. But this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Uttarakhand government has said Kanwar Yatra will not be possible.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has given his seal of approval to the idea of using bullets to deal with dissenters.

A group of Kanwar pilgrimswas seen drinking alcohol at Garhmukteshwar Ghat in Hapur in a purported video that was shared on social media.

Delhi witnessed traffic snarls on major thoroughfares on Tuesday morning due to the movement of kanwariyas.

Three kanwariyas were killed and seven injured after they came under a speeding truck near the Hisar-Chandigarh road, police said this morning.

In keeping with the novel practice started by the Uttar Pradesh government last year, Kanwar pilgrims were on Monday showered with flower petals from helicopter in Ghaziabad by top administrative officials.

A kanwar pilgrim was killed in a road accident while another died of electrocution in separate incidents in Delhi on Saturday, the police said.

One kanwariya was killed and another four were seriously injured after two bikes crashed into each other on the Delhi-Dehradun national highway, police said this morning.

Uttarakhand Police on Friday informed that 1.5 crore pilgrims have reached Haridwar as part of this year's ongoing Kanwar Yatra and as many as 41 people have been saved from drowning in Ganga.

Kanwars and devotees will be exempted from the "No Helmet, No Fuel" policy that prohibits two-wheeler riders without helmet from getting fuel in Noida and Greater Noida, officials said on Thursday.