Haridwar: The Uttarakhand Police on Tuesday recovered a suspicious object from Haridwar’s Kanyar Yatra camp following which a combined search operation was carried out by police personnel and Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) team.
The incident occurred at a pilgrims’ camp in Bairagi, Haridwar.
The development took place in the month of ‘Sawan’, when thousands of devotees participate in Yatras that hold religious importance.
The Haryana Roadways Employees Union called for a two-day strike in the state on October 16 and 17 to protest against the state government’s decision to hire around 700 private buses. The strike, which begins today, will affect thousands of commuters in ten states including in Rajasthan, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Jammu, […]
All of 15 years old, Manasvi Baheti recently rode a tandem with her father from Manali in Himachal Pradesh to the Khardung La mountain pass in Jammu & Kashmir. The tough 500-kilometre expedition through the Himalayas would be a formidable challenge for all but the most ardent adventure enthusiasts, but it proved a liberating experience for the Class X student who […]
The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) has said it can no longer wait for the Supreme Court to deliver its verdict in the Ram Janmbhoomi case because it has already “waited for too long”. Calling the Modi government a government of ‘Ram bhakts’ (devotees of Ram), the VHP has passed a resolution urging it to bring […]