Kanwarias

Truck mows down Kanwar devotees in UP's Hathras, death toll rises to 6

Six persons, part of a group of Kanwar Yatra pilgrims on their way to Bhopal from Haridwar, were mowed to death by a speeding truck in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district in the early hours of Saturday

Control room set up to facilitate Kanwar Yatra in Noida: UP police

The Gautam Buddh Nagar police has set up a special control room to facilitate movement of kanwariyas through the district, officials said on Wednesday

NCRTC shifting barricades on Delhi-Meerut Road to facilitate 'Kanwar Yatra'

NRCTC has started shifting its barricades on the Delhi-Meerut Road to facilitate the movement of devotees during the 'Kanwar Yatra' who take this route to Haridwar, officials said Saturday.

False secularism

Covid-19 restrictions should not be eased for any religion

Kanwar Yatra cancelled in Delhi to prevent spread of Covid-19 pandemic

The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Sunday prohibited the annual Kanwar Yatra in the city to prevent the spread of Covid-19

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Kanwar Yatra: Uttarakhand govt allows states to take 'Ganga jal' in tankers

Uttarakhand government on Saturday allowed states to take 'Ganga jal' from Haridwar in water tankers days after the state government cancelled the Kanwar Yatra in light of Covid-19

Covid-19: SC says UP can't be allowed to hold even 'symbolic' Kanwar Yatra

Supreme Court on Friday asked Uttar Pradesh government to apprise it by July 19 on whether it would reconsider its decision to hold a symbolic Kanwar Yatra in state, saying right to life is paramount

All govts must take required action to curb Covid: Kejriwal on Kanwar Yatra

All governments and people alike must take required actions to curtail spread of Covid-19, said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after decision of Uttar Pradesh government allowing 'Kanwar Yatra'

Fresh Covid worries

Mr Mandaviya has his task cut out as the threat of a third wave is real

Unholy horrors

Arguments made by some of those who question the contempt for these 'devout' young men in the city seem persuasive

Shekhar Gupta: 'Kanwarias' vs halloweeners

Modi-BJP govt draws its instincts from the street and responds likewise. This has flummoxed the Congress and isolated the critical elite