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Workers clean up accumulated waste after the conclusion of the annual ‘Kanwar Yatra’, near ghat at Har Ki Pauri, in Haridwar, Uttarakhand on Thursday (August 13, 2026). | Photo Credit: PTI Haridwar administration has taken up a major clean-up drive to clear about 7,000 metric tonnes of waste left behind by kanwariyas across the city…
For Kanwaljeet, a 34-year-old coaching teacher, crossing the Grand Trunk Road near Dilshad Garden metro station meant a half-kilometre detour. Huge Kanwar camps have come up along the road, while traffic diversions, road closures and restrictions on flyovers have reshaped the movement of motorists and residents. As thousands of Kanwariyas pass through Delhi, the annual…
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Congestion on the Delhi-Haridwar Expressway in Haridwar on Sunday (August 9, 2026), due to the ongoing Kanwar Yatra. | Photo Credit: ANI Kanwar Yatra, or the annual pilgrimage of people from the Ganges River to their local temples, is underway and will conclude on Tuesday (August 11, 2026). The festive pilgrimage began on July 30…
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Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta visits Kanwar Seva camps and interacts with devotees during the ongoing Kanwar Yatra at the Delhi-UP border, in New Delhi on August 8, 2026. Photo: @gupta_rekha X/ANI Photo Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday (August 8, 2026) visited a Kanwar camp in Dilshad Garden of east Delhi, close to the…
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Kanwarias on their way. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu A fact-finding panel has informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that more than 17,600 trees have been felled in three districts of Uttar Pradesh to make way for the upcoming Kanwar Yatra route. The tribunal was hearing a case related to the alleged felling of…
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She was not allowed to enter the Taj Mahal. Agra: A member of a right-wing group carrying a ‘kanwar’ on her shoulders tried to enter the Taj Mahal to offer ‘Gangajal’ on Monday, with the group claiming that the monument was a Lord Shiva temple called ‘Tejo Mahalaya’. However, she was stopped by the policemen…
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New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government has firmly opposed petitions challenging its directive requiring shop owners along the Kanwar Yatra route to display their names prominently. In a detailed submission to the Supreme Court, the state government said that the directive was issued to ensure a peaceful and orderly pilgrimage. The Kanwar Yatra, an annual…
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The Madhya Pradesh government has asked urban bodies to refrain from spreading any confusion. (File) Bhopal: The BJP government in Madhya Pradesh has clarified that it has not issued any instructions requiring shop owners to display their names along the Kanwar Yatra route in the state, and there is no such compulsion. Amidst a row…
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New Delhi: Food, and who cooks and serves at restaurants, was at the core of arguments in the Supreme Court Monday as it heard petitions against a police directive to eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route in Uttar Pradesh – to display names of owners and employees “to ensure… no confusion…” The opposition has slammed…
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Kanwariyas are Shiv devotees (File photo) New Tehri: Four kanwariyas from Haryana have been arrested in Uttarakhand for allegedly attacking a parking lot employee with swords following an argument over parking fee, police said on Sunday. The employee suffered a serious injury to his head in the incident that took place on Saturday evening in…
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