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Uttar Pradesh: Wearing 16 kg of gold, 'Golden Baba' attends 26th Kanwar Ya
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 27 (ANI): Popularly known as 'Golden Baba', Sudhir Makkar participated in the 26th Kanwar Yatra this year in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, wearing 16 kg of gold. He has reduced four kgs of gold this year due to his poor health issues.
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Delhi: One Kanwar pilgrim killed, four injured after being hit by a truck
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
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.
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Haridwar: Policeman saves life of man who climbed to top of cable bridge
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Haridwar (Uttrakhand) [India], July 27 (ANI): In an act of bravery, a policeman saved a man who climbed to the top of a cable bridge in Haridwar in an inebriated state. The man was an attendee of the Kanwar yatra.
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Kanwar Yatra: 1.5 cr pilgrims visit Haridwar, 41 saved from drowning in Ga
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], July 26 (ANI): 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.
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Police shower petals on Kanwar Yatris from chopper in Saharanpur
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 26 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Police officials shower flower petals on "Kanwar Yatris" from chopper here on Friday.
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Hapur: Schools shut for two days on account of Kanwar Yatra
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Hapur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 26 (ANI): A two-day holiday was declared on Friday for all schools in Hapur city in the wake of the ongoing Kanwar Yatra. The schools will now re-open from July 31.
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Kanwarias stuck in Uttarakhand river, rescued
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Rishikesh (Uttarakhand) [India], July 26 (ANI): A group of Kanwarias travelling in a car and motorcycles were stuck in an overflowing river stream after heavy rainfall in the area of Rajaji National Park on Thursday.
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Meerut: University, colleges to stay shut till July 30 for Kanwar Yatra
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Meerut (Meerut) [India], July 25 (ANI): All universities and colleges in the Meerut region will remain closed for four days beginning July 26, in the view of ongoing Kanwar Yatra.
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Boycott Muslims making Kanwar in Haridwar: Sadhvi Prachi
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Baghpat (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 25 (ANI): Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Sadhvi Prachi has courted yet another controversy, calling for Muslims to be shunned from making Kanwar for devotees of Lord Shiva in Haridwar.
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Kanwar Yatra: Schools, colleges to remain closed from July 25-30
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 24 (ANI): In wake of the ongoing Kanwar Yatra, all educational institutions, including schools and colleges in the district would remain closed from July 25 to 30.
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App to help Kawariya's in Meerut
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 23 (ANI): A "Kawad Yatra Management" App has been designed for facilitating and guiding the "Kawariya's" on their journey in the Meerut Zone.
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Arrangements made to ensure no difficulties for Kanwar Yatris: SP
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 22 (ANI): Police and administration have made arrangements to ensure there are no hassles devotees of Lord Shiva during the Kanwar Yatra, Superintendent of Police (SP) (Traffic) Shyam Narayan Singh said on Monday.
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