Haridwar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 19 (ANI): In view of Kanwar yatra, meat shops on the pilgrimage route will remain shut while liquor-store counters facing the road will open in the opposite direction, said Haridwar District M Vinay Shankar Pandey on Tuesday.
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh), January 24 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday hit out at Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav for indulging in appeasement politics saying that SP had built Haj house in Ghaziabad whereas the BJP government has constructed Kailash
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 28 (ANI): A vehicle carrying Kanwar pilgrims on Sunday got overturned while journeying from Jaunpur to Prayagraj in which two pilgrims lost their lives and around six got seriously injured.
Shamli (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 27 (ANI): For police, serving the people is as important as providing security, said Shamli Superintendent of Police, Ajay Kumar on Saturday after he was seen tending to Kanwar pilgrims at a medical camp.
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): One Kanwar pilgrim was killed and four were injured after a truck rammed into them from behind on Friday night in Hari Nagar area. Police have arrested the truck driver.
Rishikesh (Uttarakhand) [India], July 22 (ANI): A group of Kanwar pilgrims in Rishikesh protested against the local administration for not permitting them to travel via decades-old Ram Jhula bridge.
Amroha (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 22 (ANI): One Kanwar pilgrim was injured and another devotee sustained minor injuries after an Uttar Pradesh roadways bus rammed into a motorcycle carrying the pilgrims on Monday.
New Delhi [India], August 7 (ANI): Re-enacting the role of Shravan Kumar, the mythical character who carried his old parents on a kanwar(sling), four brothers from Haryana's Palwal carried their parents to a pilgrim site from Hardiwar to Mansa Devi on a kanwar.
Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 4 (ANI): Around 35 pilgrims from Bulandshahr's Keshopur Sathla undertook the annual pilgrimage, Kanwar Yatra, carrying a 361-feet long tricolour in memory of the martyrs.