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Haridwar littered with 30,000-tonne garbage as Kanwar Yatra concludes

Jul 17, 2023

Authorities were working overtime to clear about 30,000-tonne garbage piled up in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar after a record 40 million Shiva devotees visited the holy city for the annual Kanwar Yatra to fetch the Ganga waters. Ganga Ghats,…
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Won’t stop them, says Haridwar SSP on wrestlers’ plan to immerse medals in Ganga

May 30, 2023

Hours after the country’s top wrestlers who are on a protest to demand the arrest of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh announced a plan to immerse their medals in the Ganga, the Haridwar police said…
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Haridwar hate speech case: Religious leader Yati Narsinghanand arrested by Uttarakhand Police

Jan 16, 2022

The Uttarakhand Police on Saturday picked up Yati Narasinghanand from his dharna site in Haridwar in connection with the case of Dharma Sansad where alleged hate speeches against Muslims were delivered. Yati Narasinghanand has been brought…
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Cremated on same pyre, ashes of Gen Bipin Rawat, wife Madhulika to be taken to Haridwar tomorrow

Dec 10, 2021

The ashes of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat will be taken to Haridwar on Saturday where the ashes will be immersed in the holy Ganga and some rituals will be performed, Gen Rawat's brother-in-law…
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