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UP govt deploys over 10,000 female police personnel along Kanwar Yatra route
Lucknow: More than 10,000 women police personnel have been deployed along the Kanwar Yatra route across Uttar Pradesh, forming nearly 15 per cent of the total force, the state government said in…
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UP govt orders display of QR code stickers in eateries on Kanwar Yatra route
The Uttar Pradesh government has made it mandatory for eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route to display QR code stickers, which what many believe is a way to target Muslim food business…
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Kanwar Yatra pilgrims vandalise Muzaffarnagar eatery over onion in food
Devotees taking the annual Kanwar Yatra vandalised an eatery in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, after onion was served in their food. The incident occurred at the Shri Siddh Balaknath Hotel when some Kanwar…
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‘Who are you to ask for Aadhaar?’: Uttarakhand police stop Hindutva leader
Hindutva Muzaffarnagar leader Swami Yashveer Maharaj and his supporters were stopped by Uttarakhand Police from entering Haridwar at the Narsan checkpost on the UP-Uttarakhand border, on Friday, July 4. The incident occurred…
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Kanwar Yatra devotees assault tempo driver after minor collision in Uttarakhand
A tempo driver was brutally assaulted by a group of Kanwar Yatra devotees after his vehicle collided with them in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar district. The incident took place on July 1 in Bahadrabad…
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Owaisi condemns brutal humiliation of UP dhaba owners on Kanwar Yatra route
Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday, July 2, condemned the brutal humiliations suffered by dhaba owners on the Kanwar Yatra route in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district. Speaking…
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UP hotel staffer alleges forced stripping to prove religion along Kanwar Yatra route
Staff of hotels and eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar were allegedly forced to take off their pants to prove their religion in drives spearheaded yet again by…
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Eatery shops to display names on Kanwar Yatra routes: BJP MP
Haridwar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sakshi Maharaj on Sunday demanded that hotel, dhaba and eatery owners on the Kanwar Yatra routes should display their names and identities on boards outside their…
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‘Jihadis are not allowed to run stalls in names of deities’: says seer on Kanwar yatra
With the annual Kanwar Yatra set to begin next month, Muzaffarnagar Swami Yashveer Maharaj referred to the Muslim community with Islamophobic terms like ‘jihadis’, alleging the Hindu community will no longer tolerate…
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Mosques in Haridwar covered with white sheets, removed after outcry
In Uttarakhand’s Haridwar, two mosques and a shrine along the ongoing Kanwar yatra were covered by the district administration with large white sheets. However following public outcry, the sheets were hastily removed.…
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Devotees carry statue of PM Modi during Kanwar Yatra
Two die-hard fans of Prime Minister Narendra carried his statue, alongside the statue of the Hindu deity Shiva during the Kanwar Yatra which is underway in Uttar Pradesh. Kanwar Yatra, which started…
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Kanwar Yatra row: Uttarakhand Muslim shopkeepers relieved as SC extends stay
Haridwar: Muslim shopkeepers here have expressed happiness after the Supreme Court extended its stay on an order mandating the display of names and phone numbers of shop owners on the Kanwar Yatra…
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Kanwariyas attack Muslim man after minor collision on Delhi-Meerut highway
A group of Kanwariyas violently attacked a Muslim man and his car after a minor accident on the Meerut-Delhi Expressway in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district. According to the reports, the collision occurred…
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Kanwar Yatra order to ensure peace: UP govt tells Supreme Court
The Uttar Pradesh government has strongly opposed legal challenges in the Supreme Court to its directive mandating that shop owners along the Kanwar Yatra route display their names prominently. The state asserted…
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SC stays Kanwar Yatra directives on eateries, oppn hails top court’s move
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday imposed an interim stay on the controversial Kanwar Yatra directives in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand related to eateries, prompting the opposition parties to ask Prime…
