UP Police deploys RAF, QRT, Anti-Terror Squad for security during Kanwar YatraThe Uttar Pradesh Police are gearing up for the Kanwar Yatra. They are deploying Rapid Action Force and Anti-Terror Squad. Extensive securi...
10 Jul, 2025, 09.55 AM IST
Kanwar Yatra: SC extends interim stay on UP, Uttarakhand, MP govts' directives for eateries to display owners' namesApart from the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments, the BJP-controlled civic body of Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh had also issued similar...
05 Aug, 2024, 05.42 PM IST
Kanwar Yatra directive was to ensure peaceful completion, greater transparency: UP Govt to SCThe Uttar Pradesh government has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court against petitions challenging its directive regarding the display ...
26 Jul, 2024, 12.04 PM IST
Kanwar Yatra nameplate controversy: SC stays UP govt's directive to shop ownersThe Supreme Court halted Uttar Pradesh's directive for shop owners to display their names during the Kanwar Yatra, issuing notices to all s...
22 Jul, 2024, 03.49 PM IST
UP Kanwar Yatra order: Both Muslim and Hindu owners ask staff to quit, small dhabas fear hit to incomeA new Uttar Pradesh government order requiring eateries to display owner names is affecting small vendors and daily wagers, especially Musl...
22 Jul, 2024, 03.19 PM IST
A devotional revamp: How Muslim-run shops are wooing kanwariyasThe Uttar Pradesh government has directed shops en-route the Kanwar Yatra destinations to display their owners' names and contact informati...
22 Jul, 2024, 02.17 PM IST
Controversial Kanwar Yatra order to echo in Parliament, Supreme Court; RLD joins chorus for withdrawalUP and Uttarakhand's directive for eateries on the Kanwar Yatra route to display owners' names faces backlash. Supreme Court to hear a plea...
21 Jul, 2024, 09.48 PM IST
Kanwar Yatra eateries row: SC to hear on Monday plea against UP govt orderThe Supreme Court is set to hear a plea challenging Uttar Pradesh government's directive for eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route to displ...
21 Jul, 2024, 08.22 PM IST
Kanwar Yatra: Why is there a controversy over UP police's name display rule?On a busy road in Muzaffarnagar, the owner of Kashif Confectionery, Furkan, expressed his dismay to TOI. “We never consider whether a shopk...
20 Jul, 2024, 02.23 PM IST
"Reality of hatred for Indian Muslims" says Owaisi on ID card rule for shops on Kanwar Yatra routeAIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi criticized the Uttar Pradesh government's directive for food shops on the Kanwar Yatra route to display ID...
20 Jul, 2024, 10.39 AM IST
May spread 'disease of untouchability': BJP leader criticises UP police's Kanwar Yatra orderIn an apparent reference to the orders, Naqvi said on X, "Kuch ati-utsahi adhikariyon ke aadesh hadbadi mein gadbadi wali... asprishyata ki...
19 Jul, 2024, 10.27 AM IST
Kanwar Yatra: Delhi-Meerut expressway to stay shut on these dates. Here're full traffic restrictions, route diversions and other detailsUP police will close the Delhi-Meerut Expressway for the Kanwar Yatra, diverting traffic to other routes. Heavy vehicles will be banned fro...
18 Jul, 2024, 03.51 PM IST
Yogi Adityanath govt taking measures to prohibit sale of meat in open on Kanwar Yatra routes in UPCM Yogi Adityanath directed officials to clear the roads taken by the Kanwar yatris and to prohibit sale of meat in the open along them, be...
10 Jul, 2022, 12.01 PM IST
Amid UP government indecision, 30 religious bodies say no to Kanwar processions“We received written statements from about 25-30 associations - Kanwar sanghs as well as other related associations - who agreed that no pr...
18 Jul, 2021, 09.17 AM IST
Uttar Pradesh: Kanwar Yatra cancelled in view of COVID-19 after government appealThe announcement by the state government followed developments on Friday, when the Supreme Court had asked the UP government to reconsider ...
17 Jul, 2021, 11.10 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh government in talks with Kanwar Sanghs to suspend yatraSources in the UP government told ET that many senior officials have been given the responsibility of reaching out to hundreds of Kanwar sa...
17 Jul, 2021, 07.53 AM IST
Kanwar Yatra: Uttar Pradesh wants minimum number of pilgrims; RT-PCR test can be made mandatoryEvery year, tens of thousands of 'Kanwariyas' (devotees of Lord Shiva) from northern states travel on foot or by other means to collect wat...
13 Jul, 2021, 04.00 PM IST