Haridwar
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Yoga guru Baba Ramdev's food park in Haridwar gets full-time CISF cover
India | Mar 08, 2016, 08:29 PM ISTNew Delhi: Yoga guru Ramdev's Haridwar-based food park has got a full-time security cover of armed CISF commandos, a facility extended by the Centre to only a handful of private entities such as Infosys till
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Haridwar: 5 members of marriage party killed as car falls into canal
India | Feb 07, 2016, 01:24 PM ISTDehradun: Five members of a marriage party were killed when their car fell into Gangnahar in Haridwar district, a senior police official said today.The mishap occurred when the youths aged between 28 and 35 were
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Terror threat to Haridwar Kumbh Mela, 4 suspected terrorists held
India | Jan 20, 2016, 10:14 AM ISTNew Delhi: Acting on a tip off that terrorists are planning to target the ongoing Ardh Kumbh Mela in Haridwar, the Special Cell of Delhi Police in a joint operation with a central intelligence agency
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Ardhkumbh mela begins in Haridwar
India | Jan 02, 2016, 07:45 AM ISTDehradun: The holy town of Haridwar yesterday braced itself to the start of a four-month-long Kumbh mela, touted as the largest religious congregation on earth, with around 7 crore people set to take the holy
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Hundreds clean Ganga 'ghats' in four states
India | Oct 18, 2015, 02:11 PM ISTHaridwar: Hundreds of activists on Sunday took part in a mass campaign across four states to clean numerous 'ghats' of the Ganga, a spiritual group here said.The mass cleaning took place at 200 points between Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand and
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Sylvester Stallone sees dead son, family performs 'shradh' in Haridwar
Hollywood | Oct 14, 2015, 02:34 PM ISTHaridwar: The family of Hollywood superstar Sylvester Stallone was recently in Haridwar to perform the Shraddh of his son, who died of an alleged drug overdose in 2012, a leading English daily reported.Stallone,who is famous
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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal travels to Haridwar for rakhi
National | Aug 29, 2015, 11:36 PM ISTHaridwar: On the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today travelled here from the national capital to have a rakhi tied on his wrist by his sister who lives in this city
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National Green Tribunal bans use of plastic bottles in Haridwar
India | Aug 10, 2015, 10:20 AM ISTHaridwar: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has banned the use of plastic bottles around the banks of Uttarakhand here to check the menace of pollution in and around the river Ganges, an official said on
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Haridwar Mail renamed as Yoga Express
India | Jun 16, 2015, 07:19 AM ISTNew Delhi: Indian Railways has rechristened Haridwar Mail as Yoga Express. However, there will be no change in the train timings and its composition, the Railways said.The train No 19031/19032 Ahmedabad-Haridwar-Ahmedabad which is also known
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Uttarakhand considers making Haridwar, Uddham Nagar no-mining zones
India | May 25, 2015, 08:35 AM ISTDehradun: Uttarakhand government is mulling making Haridwar and Uddham Singh Nagar districts of the state as no-mining zones and has ordered officials to assess the impact on the exchequer if such a move is implemented.
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Woman kills husband over suspicion of extra-marital affair
India | Apr 13, 2015, 08:54 AM ISTHaridwar: A woman allegedly killed her husband today on the suspicion that he was having an extra-marital affair, police said.In order to make it appear like a case of loot, the woman, identified as Richpal,
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Swami Sivananda starts indefinite fast against Ganga mining
India | Apr 01, 2015, 09:25 AM ISTHaridwar: Demanding a complete ban on mining around the banks of River Ganga, Swami Sivananda Saraswati on Tuesday started his indefinite fast at his ashram here."I have no other way to stop the activity and
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UP CM Akhilesh Yadav kicks off Samajwadi Shrawan Yatra
National | Mar 15, 2015, 08:30 AM ISTLucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday flagged off the Samajwadi Shrawan Yatra-2015 under which over 900 devotees are being taken to Haridwar and Rishikesh in Uttarakhand.Yadav also issued instructions to officials to
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Manisha Koirala performs 'havan' in Haridwar to thank almighty
Bollywood | Feb 19, 2015, 03:49 PM ISTNew Delhi: Bollywood beauty Manisha Koirala who won the battle against cancer, along with her mother took part in a religious procession taken out from Har Ki Pauri in Haridwar.According to reports, Manisha's 'havan' in
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LeT issues threat to blow up Haridwar railway station
India | Oct 03, 2013, 03:49 PM ISTHaridwar: A letter purportedly by terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba has threatened to blow up Haridwar railway station and temples which abound in the city on December 29, police said today.In the letter to Haridwar Railway Station
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MP deploys buses in Haridwar to bring back stranded pilgrims
India | Jun 23, 2013, 07:54 PM ISTBhopal, Jun 23: The Madhya Pradesh government has deployed 10 buses at Haridwar to bring back the safely stranded pilgrims in rain-ravaged Uttarakhand, official sources said today.Reviewing the relief and rescue operations, state Chief Minister
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Uttarakhand tragedy: 40 bodies found in Haridwar, toll 190
India | Jun 21, 2013, 02:31 PM ISTDehradun, Jun 21: Forty bodies of flood victims were today recovered from Haridwar, taking the toll in the rain fury to 190 as operations to rescue over 9000 stranded in Kedarnath and Badrinath were stepped
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Is it Ganga or some other water flowing at Haridwar? Uttarakhand govt says, it's not the holy river
India | Apr 12, 2013, 06:44 AM ISTHaridwar, Apr 11: The water flowing at the world famous Har Ki Pauri ghat at Hardwar is not Ganga, but Aapoorti Dhara in the irrigation department records of Uttarakhand government, an RTI (Right to Information)
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Girl kidnapped from Mumbai CST rescued from Haridwar
India | Jul 07, 2012, 10:48 PM ISTMumbai, Jul 7: A three-year-old girl, kidnapped from a railway station here last month, was traced in the holy town of Haridwar in Uttarakhand from where she has been rescued, police said on Saturday.The alleged
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Fires in Jammu, Kanpur, Haridwar
India | May 09, 2012, 09:42 AM ISTJammu/Kanpur/Haridwar, May 9: Three major fire incidents in places as far away as Jammu, Kanpur and Haridwar caused considerable damage to a fruit wholesale market, a power transformer and a hilly forest on Tuesday.Fire gutted