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UP declares Mathura-Vrindavan area as pilgrimage site, bans sale of liquor
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 10 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday declared 10 sq km areas of Mathura-Vrindavan as a pilgrimage site, and banned the sale of liquor and meat here.
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Indian Railways planning 'Gurudwara Circuit Train' for Sikh pilgrimage sit
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 10 (ANI): New Delhi (ANI): Indian Railways is planning to run a Gurudwara Circuit Train for Sikh devotees to visit their pilgrimage sites, as per sources from the Indian Railways.
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98 Pakistani nationals return after being stranded in India for over a yea
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], September 5 (ANI): After a long wait, as many as 98 Pakistani Hindus, who came to India on a pilgrimage about one and a half years ago and got stranded due to COVID-19 restrictions, returned via Attari-Wagah in Punjab's Amritsar on Sunday.
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Devasthanam board row: Priests delegation meets Uttarakhand CM
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], August 24 (ANI): A delegation of pilgrimage priests of Kedarnath and Badrinath, led by Devprayag MLA Vinod Kandari and former Kedarnath MLA Shailarani Rawat, met Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami at his residence here on Tuesday.
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Action taken against 10,475 persons under Uttarakhand Police's 'Mission Ma
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], August 21 (ANI): Action has been against 10,475 people so far under the Uttarakhand Police's 'Mission Maryada'. A fine of Rs 19,50,480 has been collected so far from violators.
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Police to monitor U'khand borders to prevent Kanwariyas from entering Hari
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], July 25 (ANI): As the month of Sawan dedicated to Lord Shiva begins on Sunday, marking the beginning of the Kanwar Yatra, the Haridwar administration said they will strictly watch state borders to prevent devotees from entering Haridwar for the pilgrimage.<
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No Kanwar Yatra to be allowed in Uttrakhand's Haridwar
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], July 24 (ANI): The month of Shravan or Sawan dedidcated to Lord Shiva, that begins on July 25 this year also marks the beginning of the Kanwar Yatra. This year, however, owing to Covid pandemic the Yatra has been cancelled in Uttrakhand, with the state police
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Thousands of vaccinated Muslim pilgrims gather at Mecca to perform Hajj wi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], July 19 (ANI): Thousands of vaccinated Muslim pilgrims gathered at Islam's holiest site of Mecca in Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj by following COVID-19 protocols.
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VHP urges UP, Uttarakhand to rethink cancelling Kanwar Yatra, calls for al
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): Reacting to the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand government's decision of cancelling Kanwar Yatra due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Vishwa Hindu Parishad's (VHP) international joint general secretary Surendra Jain on Sunday urged the two state governments t
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Talks possible if China allows Dalai Lama to visit Tibet, says president o
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): Penpa Tsering, president of the Tibetan government-in-exile on Wednesday, hinted that talks with China are possible if it allows Dalai Lama to visit Tibet on a pilgrimage.
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IMA urges Uttarakhand CM not to allow Kanwar Yatra
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], July 13 (ANI): The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has written to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami to disallow the Kanwar Yatra this year in light of the possible third COVID-19 wave.
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U'khand issues fresh COVID guidelines for Char Dham yatra against HC's dec
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], June 29 (ANI): Despite Uttarakhand High Court's order against holding Char Dham yatra this year, the state government issued a fresh set of COVID guidelines for the pilgrimage and said the first phase of the yatra will begin from July 1, while the second phase
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