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Ganga close to danger mark, Haridwar on flood alert due to incessant rain

District magistrate Deepak Rawat said, “We have written to the Tehri Hydro Development Authority to not release additional water as it can lead to major damage to riverbed residential habitats.”

The Ganga river in Haridwar is flowing close to the danger mark of 294 metre, triggering flood alert.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Aug 27, 2018 01:10 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Haridwar | BySandeep Rawat

Uttarakhand BJP MLAs demand measures to control population

Lakshar MLA Sanjay Gupta and Haridwar rural legislator Swami Yatishwaranand, a saint-turned-politician, said they would put forth a proposal in the Uttarakhand assembly to press for population control.

According to experts, India is expected to surpass China as the most populous country on the planet by 2024.(AP/Picture for representation)

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Published on Aug 24, 2018 12:55 AM IST

Haridwar | BySandeep Rawat

Kerala floods result of mass cow slaughtering: Swami Achyutyanand

Swami Achyutyanand from the Dandi-Swami sect, who was crowned last year for a brief stint as Shankaracharya of the revered Dwarka-Sharda peeth, said that whenever Indian culture and Sanatan Dharma practices get hurt, such natural disasters are the results humanity has to face.

Kerala has witnessed the worst floods in the last 90 years.(Raj K Raj/HT Photo)

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Published on Aug 23, 2018 01:06 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Haridwar | BySandeep Rawat

Uttarakhand ministers spar over venue to put up Vajpayee’s ashes

Tourism minister Satpal Maharaj and urban development minister Madan Kaushik have been at loggerheads since the former’s induction into BJP in 2014.

Satpal Maharaj (pictured) had suggested his Prem Nagar ashram as venue to put up former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s ashes before immersion in the Ganga. But at the insistence of Madan Kaushik, the venue was changed.(HT File Photo)

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Published on Aug 21, 2018 01:38 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Dehradun | BySandeep Rawat

Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s ashes immersed in Ganga at Haridwar

Vajpayee’s son in law Ranjan Bhattacharya carried the urn through the surging crowds to Brahmakund (Har ki Pairi) where it was later immersed in the Ganga amid elaborate rituals.

SP Vaid has been transferred to the General Administration Department for posting as the state Transport Commissioner.(PTI File Photo)

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Updated on Aug 20, 2018 04:10 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Haridwar | BySandeep Rawat

Nishank seeks info on illegal Bangladeshi migrants in Uttarakhand

Lok Sabha member from Haridwar Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Monday demanded ouster of suspected Bangladesh migrants living in the state

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Published on Aug 13, 2018 09:50 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Dehradun | BySandeep Rawat

Golden Baba’s 20-kilo gold jewellery attracts selfie takers, fails to impress seers

Undertaking his 25th, and probably the last, Kanwar Yatra this year, Baba aka Sudhir Makkar is a goldmine. He is wearing gold jewellery weighing around 20 kgs, worth approximately ₹6 crore, apart from a Rolex watch worth ₹27 lakh

He has added 4 kg gold to his last year’s collection of 14.5 kg — the acquisitions going up with each Kanwar Yatra he undertakes.(HT File)

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Updated on Aug 04, 2018 10:48 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Haridwar | BySandeep Rawat

Uma-Swami Sanand stalemate over Ganga Act continues

Stalemate continued over certain provisions in the draft and timely introduction of proposed Ganga Act between Union minister for drinking water Uma Bharati and Swami Gyan Swarup Sanand on Friday. Uma Bharati on Friday night arrived at Matri Sadan ashram in Jagjeetpur, 5 kms from Haridwar, to meet Sanand, who is on indefinite agitation since June 22 demanding ban on hydro electric projects and quarrying on Ganga river bed in Uttarakhand.

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Published on Aug 04, 2018 09:14 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Haridwar | BySandeep Rawat

Kanwariyas turn violent after truck runs over 12-year-old in Haridwar

This is the first incident of violence during the Kanwar pilgrimage this year.

Truck set ablaze by kanwariyas after a 12-year-old boy was hit to death by the speeding vehicle at Bahadrabad on Kanwar stretch in Haridwar.(RAMESHWAR GAUR/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Aug 02, 2018 10:12 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Haridwar | BySandeep Rawat

Kanwariyas burn truck in Haridwar district after pilgrim’s death in accident

The violence began to unfold after 11 pm when 12-year-old Deepak of Sonipat, Haryana was returning home with fellow pilgrims carrying Ganga water from Haridwar.

Kanwariyas take a dip in the river Ganga on the first day of holy month of Shravan, at Vindhyachal dham in Mirzapur.(PTI Photo)

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Published on Aug 02, 2018 02:11 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Haridwar | BySandeep Rawat

Kanwariyas brave rain to fetch holy Ganga water from Haridwar

The two-week-long Kanwar Mela commenced in Haridwar in the wee hours of Saturday following the lunar eclipse got over

Enthusiasm among the Kanwariyas was unabated despite incessant rains since Friday in Haridwar.(RAMESHWAR GAUR/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Jul 28, 2018 09:42 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Haridwar | BySandeep Rawat

Half-eaten body of man recovered from Rajaji reserve, 22nd big cat victim in 3 years

The body of 45-year-old Shahid, a daily wager from Bihar, was recovered late Thursday night, a fortnight after a man-eating leopard was shot dead in the same area — near Khandgaon village — in Dehradun district and another was trapped

The body of 45-year-old Shahid, a daily wager from Bihar, was recovered late Thursday night.(HT File)

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Updated on Jul 27, 2018 10:08 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Haridwar | BySandeep Rawat

Saints vocal over Ram temple, demand law in monsoon session

Accusing the BJP of making a U-turn on its promise to build the Ram temple at Ayodhya, a large section of saints and akhadas has demanded enactment of a law to pave the way for the temple construction at Ram Janambhoomi in Ayodhya

Uttarakhand minister Madan Kaushik addresses saints at Bharat Mata temple in Haridwar on Wednesday.(RAMESHWAR GAUR/HT)

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Updated on Jul 25, 2018 10:27 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Haridwar | BySandeep Rawat

Uttarakhand CM’s prod to kanwariyas: Play loudspeakers at low volume

The Uttarakhand government will allow loudspeakers and DJs to be used during the kanwar pilgrimage in a “controlled measure”, chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said here on Sunday

This year, kanwar pilgrimage will start from July 28.(HT File)

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Published on Jul 22, 2018 10:23 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Haridwar | BySandeep Rawat

Security scaled up for kanwar fair in Haridwar; drones, CCTVs to be used for monitoring

Fool-proof security cover will be provided for the Kanwar fair, to be held here from July 28 to August 10, with drone surveillance, CCTV monitoring and deployment of anti-terrorist squad (ATS) commandos, officials said.

Kanwars up to 6 feet height will be allowed during the Kanwar fair that begins from July 28 in Haridwar.(Rameshwar Gaur/HT Photo)

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Updated on Jul 21, 2018 10:39 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySandeep Rawat, Haridwar

Just 10 days left for Kanwar Yatra, Ganga ghats yet not ready

With potholes and garbage on the Kanwar stretch, on-foot Kanwariyas are likely to face problems. Even at Kanwar Mela zone of Har-Ki-Pauri cemented stairs leading to Ganga ghats are not in good condition

A portion of Damkoti-Singh Dwar stretch in Haridwar.(Rameshwar Gaur/HT Photo)

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Updated on Jul 19, 2018 10:25 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Haridwar | BySandeep Rawat

Banning use of loud speakers by Kanwariyas ‘not practical’, govt to adopt ‘midway approach’

Retracting from its earlier decision to ban the use of loud speakers during Kanwar Yatra, the state government plans to adopt ’midway approach’ and allow use of loud speakers in the religious procession by Kanwariyas

District and mela administration is well equipped to smoothly conduct the fair and a midway approach is required, said Madan Kaushik, the spokesperson for Uttarakhand government.(HT File)

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Updated on Jul 17, 2018 09:57 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Haridwar | BySandeep Rawat

BSP expels ex-MLA in Uttarakhand after CM attends his son’s wedding

The Bahujan Samaj Party on Sunday expelled two-time legislator Mohammed Shahzad from the party, a day after chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and his cabinet colleague Madan Kaushik attended his son’s wedding in Haridwar

Mohammed Shahzad.(RAMESHWAR GAUR/HT PHOTO)

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Published on Jul 15, 2018 09:55 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Haridwar | BySandeep Rawat

Suspected man eater leopard shot dead in Rajaji Tiger Reserve

Aged about 6-7 years, the leopard was shot dead at around 3.30 am when it was spotted walking with a limp near Khandgaon village where people displaced by the Tehri Dam reside

On close examination its right paw was found to be severed which made it walk with a limp.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jul 11, 2018 09:43 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Haridwar | BySandeep Rawat

Women from Haridwar priests’ families want voting right in Ganga Sabha polls

Women from priests’ families are demanding that they be allowed to vote in the elections to the Ganga Sabha, an organisation that manages religious affairs and rituals at Brahmakund and Har-Ki-Pauri Ganga ghats in Haridwar.

More than 2500 teerth purohits perform religious rituals in Haridwar.(Rameshwar Gaur/HT Photo)

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Updated on Jul 09, 2018 10:13 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySandeep Rawat, Haridwar

Samajwadi Party ready for alliance with BSP, UKD in Uttarakhand

The Samajwadi Party is approaching regional outfits Bahujan Samaj Party and Uttarakhand Kranti Dal to counter the BJP in Uttarakhand in the next year’s parliamentary elections

Samajwadi Party leader Rajendra Chaudhary discusses poll strategy for civic and parliamentary elections with party leaders in Haridwar.(HT File)

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Updated on Jul 04, 2018 10:28 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Haridwar | BySandeep Rawat

After BJP president, RSS chief now holds meeting with seers in Haridwar

Three days after BJP national president Amit Shah met saints and spiritual leaders in Haridwar, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat held a closed door meetings with them on Wednesday

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat at Hari Har Ashram in Haridwar after interacting with seers and spiritual leaders on Wednesday.(RAMESHWAR GAUR/HT PHOTO)

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Published on Jun 27, 2018 10:13 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Haridwar | BySandeep Rawat

Speeding train kills elephant in Rajaji Tiger Reserve

A female elephant was killed after being run over by a speeding train in Rajaji Tiger Reserve on Tuesday, a forest official said

Injured elephant being treated by wildlife experts in Haridwar. The animal later succumbed to injuries on Tuesday.(Rameshwar Gaur /HT)

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Published on Jun 26, 2018 09:38 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Haridwar | BySandeep Rawat

Shah reaches out to saints in Haridwar, seeks poll support

With less than a year to go for parliamentary elections, BJP national president Amit Shah reached out to spiritual organisations here on Sunday and sought their support

BJP president Amit Shah meets Swami Satyamitranand Maharaj, a former Shankaracharya, as part of the 'Sampark Se Samarthan' campaign in Haridwar on Sunday.(PTI Photo)

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Updated on Jun 24, 2018 09:54 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySandeep Rawat, Haridwar

Saints to protest over slow pace of NH-58 expansion

The saint community wants the work that missed deadline nearly 5 years ago to complete before the 2021 Mahakumbh in Haridwar

Massive congestion being witnessed in Haridwar for the past few months on daily basis owing to delayed expansion work of NH-58.(RAMESHWAR GAUR/HT PHOTO)

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Published on Jun 17, 2018 10:04 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Haridwar | BySandeep Rawat

Post Dec, UP won’t release drain water in Ganga: Yogi

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said drain water will not be released in the Ganga in his state after December. Yogi, who was here to lay the foundation stone of a Uttar Pradesh government hotel, said he got assurance from his Uttarakhand counterpart Trivendra Singh Rawat about cooperation for making Namami Gange project a success.

UP CM Yogi Adityanath lays the foundation stone for a state guest house in Haridwar on Monday as TS Rawat looks.(HT Photo)

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Published on May 28, 2018 09:41 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySandeep Rawat

Saint community seeks reversal of govt order on Har-ki-Pauri status

Saints and teerth purohits in Haridwar have want the government order revoked that states that Har-ki-Pauri — a ghat where pilgrims take a holy dip — is on the banks of an ’escape channel’ of the Ganga canal and not on the banks of the Ganga river

The VHP believes the Ganga river flows till Mayapur —1 km ahead of Har-Ki-Pauri — and after that it’s Ganga canal.(HT File/Rameshwar Gaur)

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Updated on May 21, 2018 10:05 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Haridwar | BySandeep Rawat

Thieves disable CCTV cameras, make off with ATM machine in Haridwar

A sum of ₹7.16 lakh was lost in the incident that occurred at an ATM kiosk of the Union Bank of India in the wee hours of Friday.

The stolen ATM belonged to the Union Bank of India.(Pic for representational purposes only)

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Updated on May 19, 2018 03:38 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Haridwar | BySandeep Rawat

Runaway bride, who duped 11 men, finally nabbed

Rita alias Puja, a resident of Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur, duped eleven people in the last few years, with the help of four accomplices who posed as her father and family members

Rita, who goes by one name, used to target mostly divorced, disabled or single youngsters(AFP File (Picture for representation))

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Updated on May 18, 2018 10:38 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Haridwar | BySandeep Rawat

Modi govt Hindu-friendly, VHP chief says in Haridwar

The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance rule at the Centre is concerned about issues relating to Hindus, which was missing during previous governments, Vishwa Hindu Parishad international president Vishnu Sadhashiv Kokje said on Saturday

Vishwa Hindu Parishad chief Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje said in Haridwar that Dalits need to be equally treated both in action and thoughts.(PTI File Photo)

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Updated on May 12, 2018 09:46 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySandeep Rawat, Haridwar

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District magistrate Deepak Rawat said, “We have written to the Tehri Hydro Development Authority to not release additional water as it can lead to major damage to riverbed residential habitats.”

Lakshar MLA Sanjay Gupta and Haridwar rural legislator Swami Yatishwaranand, a saint-turned-politician, said they would put forth a proposal in the Uttarakhand assembly to press for population control.

Swami Achyutyanand from the Dandi-Swami sect, who was crowned last year for a brief stint as Shankaracharya of the revered Dwarka-Sharda peeth, said that whenever Indian culture and Sanatan Dharma practices get hurt, such natural disasters are the results humanity has to face.

Tourism minister Satpal Maharaj and urban development minister Madan Kaushik have been at loggerheads since the former’s induction into BJP in 2014.

Vajpayee’s son in law Ranjan Bhattacharya carried the urn through the surging crowds to Brahmakund (Har ki Pairi) where it was later immersed in the Ganga amid elaborate rituals.

Lok Sabha member from Haridwar Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Monday demanded ouster of suspected Bangladesh migrants living in the state

Undertaking his 25th, and probably the last, Kanwar Yatra this year, Baba aka Sudhir Makkar is a goldmine. He is wearing gold jewellery weighing around 20 kgs, worth approximately ₹6 crore, apart from a Rolex watch worth ₹27 lakh

This is the first incident of violence during the Kanwar pilgrimage this year.

The violence began to unfold after 11 pm when 12-year-old Deepak of Sonipat, Haryana was returning home with fellow pilgrims carrying Ganga water from Haridwar.

The two-week-long Kanwar Mela commenced in Haridwar in the wee hours of Saturday following the lunar eclipse got over

The body of 45-year-old Shahid, a daily wager from Bihar, was recovered late Thursday night, a fortnight after a man-eating leopard was shot dead in the same area — near Khandgaon village — in Dehradun district and another was trapped

Accusing the BJP of making a U-turn on its promise to build the Ram temple at Ayodhya, a large section of saints and akhadas has demanded enactment of a law to pave the way for the temple construction at Ram Janambhoomi in Ayodhya

The Uttarakhand government will allow loudspeakers and DJs to be used during the kanwar pilgrimage in a “controlled measure”, chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said here on Sunday

Fool-proof security cover will be provided for the Kanwar fair, to be held here from July 28 to August 10, with drone surveillance, CCTV monitoring and deployment of anti-terrorist squad (ATS) commandos, officials said.

With potholes and garbage on the Kanwar stretch, on-foot Kanwariyas are likely to face problems. Even at Kanwar Mela zone of Har-Ki-Pauri cemented stairs leading to Ganga ghats are not in good condition

Retracting from its earlier decision to ban the use of loud speakers during Kanwar Yatra, the state government plans to adopt ’midway approach’ and allow use of loud speakers in the religious procession by Kanwariyas

The Bahujan Samaj Party on Sunday expelled two-time legislator Mohammed Shahzad from the party, a day after chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and his cabinet colleague Madan Kaushik attended his son’s wedding in Haridwar

Aged about 6-7 years, the leopard was shot dead at around 3.30 am when it was spotted walking with a limp near Khandgaon village where people displaced by the Tehri Dam reside

Women from priests’ families are demanding that they be allowed to vote in the elections to the Ganga Sabha, an organisation that manages religious affairs and rituals at Brahmakund and Har-Ki-Pauri Ganga ghats in Haridwar.

The Samajwadi Party is approaching regional outfits Bahujan Samaj Party and Uttarakhand Kranti Dal to counter the BJP in Uttarakhand in the next year’s parliamentary elections

Three days after BJP national president Amit Shah met saints and spiritual leaders in Haridwar, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat held a closed door meetings with them on Wednesday

A female elephant was killed after being run over by a speeding train in Rajaji Tiger Reserve on Tuesday, a forest official said

With less than a year to go for parliamentary elections, BJP national president Amit Shah reached out to spiritual organisations here on Sunday and sought their support

The saint community wants the work that missed deadline nearly 5 years ago to complete before the 2021 Mahakumbh in Haridwar

Saints and teerth purohits in Haridwar have want the government order revoked that states that Har-ki-Pauri — a ghat where pilgrims take a holy dip — is on the banks of an ’escape channel’ of the Ganga canal and not on the banks of the Ganga river

A sum of ₹7.16 lakh was lost in the incident that occurred at an ATM kiosk of the Union Bank of India in the wee hours of Friday.

Rita alias Puja, a resident of Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur, duped eleven people in the last few years, with the help of four accomplices who posed as her father and family members

The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance rule at the Centre is concerned about issues relating to Hindus, which was missing during previous governments, Vishwa Hindu Parishad international president Vishnu Sadhashiv Kokje said on Saturday

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