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Court strikes down UP name display order on Kanwar Yatra route: How the SC exceeded its mandate

Siddharth & Agatha - 2 August, 2024

SC stayed directives issued in UP against owners of shops and eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route to display their names outside such shops

Fact-Check

Mohammed Zubair, other Islamists spread fake news about Kanwariyas attacking Police vehicle in Ghaziabad: OpIndia spoke to police. Here is the truth

राहुल पाण्डेय - 29 July, 2024

According to the Police, the claim that the vehicle belonged to Police is false and misleading. The incident unfolded when the vehicle wrongly entered the lane which was reserved for the Kanwar Yatra. It then went on to hit the Kanwariyas and damaged his Kanwar which angered the Hindu devotees.

News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Speeding car travelling on the wrong side hits Hindu devotees, damages a Kanwar, Islamists and media paint accused Muslim man in car...

OpIndia Staff - 27 July, 2024

On Friday (26th July) evening, a speeding car travelling on the wrong side of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway hit Hindu devotees part of the Kanwar Yatra and collided with a Kanwar

News Reports

UP govt requests officials of neighbouring states to issue ID cards to Kanwar pilgrims; spears, tridents and other weapons to be banned in Kanwar...

ANI - 6 July, 2024

Officials from neighbouring states were urged by the UP govt to issue ID cards to the Kanwar pilgrims from their respective regions

News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Two youths of another community caught spitting on a Kanwar Yatra in Meerut, upset Kanwariyas block highway in protest

OpIndia Staff - 23 July, 2022

The Kanwariyas said that as they were crossing the Kankarkheda bypass post on the Delhi-Dehradun highway, the two youths came after jumping the divider and spat at three places on their Kanwar.