Kanwar Yatra 2022: 6-day holiday in Haridwar schools in wake of possible road closures
India | July 17, 2022 11:56 ISTKanwar Yatra 2022: The pilgrimage is taking place this year after a restriction of two years, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Kanwar Yatra 2022: The pilgrimage is taking place this year after a restriction of two years, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
A video of a 70-year-old elderly woman who from a considerable height jumped into the fast-flowing Ganga river from the bridge of Har ki Pauri ghat is going viral. Check it out here!
The accused had approached the top court after the Uttarakhand High Court dismissed his bail plea in March this year. The case against him and others had been lodged on the complaint of Nadeem Ali, a resident of Jwalapur Haridwar at Haridwar Kotwali on January 2, 2022.
The administration has denied permission to hold Mahapanchayat where the issue of recent violence and stone-pelting in the Bhagwanpur area of Haridwar was to be discussed.
Numerous people were injured on Saturday in Haridwar, after violence broke out on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti, during a procession. As per reports, violence took place in the late-night hours of Saturday.
In April 2019, Will Smith had said that his trip to India awakened a new understanding of himself and the world around him. The actor, who visited Haridwar to shoot for his Facebook Watch show "Will Smith's Bucket List", took to Instagram and had shared pictures of the experience.
Though granted bail in Dharma Sansad case on Feb 7, Narsinghanand was still in jail due to the other cases in which the same court granted him bail on Tuesday.
Additional District and Sessions judge Bharat Bhushan Pandey granted bail to Narsinghanand after a virtual hearing in the case on Monday. The bail has been granted to Narsinghanand on the condition he will not deliver any speech which can disrupt social harmony.
RSS leader Indresh Kumar said that instead of making provocative and divisive remarks against any community, caste or group, they should practice politics of brotherhood and development in the best interest of the country and its people.
On January 12, the SC had issued notice to Uttarakhand and Delhi police on a petition seeking an independent inquiry into the Haridwar Dharm Sansad speeches allegedly inciting violence against the minority community.
Wasim Rizvi alias Jitendra Narayan Tyagi is accused of making hate speech and inciting violence against a community at the three-day-long conclave organised in Haridwar in December last year.
The bench also comprising Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli permitted the petitioners to give representation to the local authority against holding of future ‘Dharam Sansad.’ It posted the matter for hearing after 10 days.
On Saturday, Uttarakhand had reported 1,560 coronavirus cases, the highest single-day spike in infection cases in the state since May 29 last year.
Held at Ved Niketan Dham in Haridwar, the Dharma Sansad was organised by Yati Narasimhanand Giri of the Juna Akhada, who is already under police scanner for making hate speeches and inciting violence against Muslims.
A case has been registered against Wasim Rizvi alias Jitendra Narayan Tyagi and others for their alleged provocative speech in a 'Dharm Sansad' organised in Haridwar.
A significant focus of the visit will be on projects to improve the road infrastructure, which will make travel smooth and safer, and also increase tourism in the region.
"President Ram Nath Kovind is coming to inaugurate a new campus of Patanjali University and for the first convocation," Yoga Guru Ramdev told news agency ANI.
In a series of tweets, the Road Transport and Highways Minister also said he has sanctioned the widening and strengthening work of NH-334A to two lanes with a budget of Rs 227.06 crore in Uttar Pradesh.
The acharyas discussed certain issues pertaining to Hindu Dharma and culture which require restorative actions from the government.
Pind Daan of ancestors is done near Narayani Shila in Haridwar. Shradh is also performed here at Gau Ghat, Brahma Ghat, Har Ki Pauri. It is believed that by donating Pind here, the blessings of ancestors always remain on the person who donates Pind.
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