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In anticipation of the bustling Shravani fair, Bihar's Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary has instructed district officials to put in place effective measures for the event's entire duration. Priorities include ensuring that crowd control, security, and healthcare services are well-equipped to handle the influx of millions of devotees.

The rumour of the death of a kanwariya in road mishap has triggered violence in Baraut and adjoining areas on Allahabad- Varanasi highway under Handia police station her on Thursday morning.

The Dhamma, as Ambedkar reinterpreted it, was a grammar of equality – a moral framework for reconstructing society. Its gods were not divine, but ethical: compassion, justice, fraternity. But in public life today, that language of ethics risks being drowned out by the louder, more performative religiosity of the Hindu Right

With the onset of the holy month of Shrawan, which is dedicated to Lord Shiva, kanwariyas are back on the roads

The police force was deployed in the on Sunday to ensure a safe journey for kanwariyas.

Three kanwariyas sustained serious injuries when their motorbike collided with a speeding tractor near Mugraon turn under Handia police station on Friday.

Rumours about death of a kanwariya in a road accident triggered violence at Baraut and adjoining areas in Handia on Allahabad-Varanasi highway on Thursday morning.

Driven by devotion and desire to offer prayers to Lord Shiva at Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi, a large number of women kanwariyas are joining hands with their male counterparts in walking the extra mile.

Over the 12-day kanwar yatra, which ended on Saturday, 17 kanwariyas died in Haridwar district, where devotees come from various parts of the state as well as neighbouring states to collect Ganga water and offer it at Shiva temples.

Panic gripped Lalganj and adjoining areas under the limits of Lalganj police station of Pratapgarh district on Monday after a group of kanwariyas and shopkeeper were at loggerheads over collision of vehicle issue.

Not the high decibel speakers known as DJ but the kanwariyas can carry the low decibel music systems in their processions in the coming Shrawan month.

The holy city turned saffron on the second Monday of Shrawan when lakhs of kanwariyas from different parts of the country came to offer ‘jalabhishek’.

A large turnout of kanwariyas and pilgrims is being witnessed in the holy city ahead of the holy month of Shrawan but the preparations for their accommodation are still incomplete.

Near Roorkee's Belda village, a group of kanwariyas vandalized an SUV and assaulted its driver, Ashu Giri, after a minor collision. The kanwariyas, en route to Meerut, attacked Giri's vehicle with sticks, smashing windows and doors. Police arrested five individuals from Ghaziabad at the scene, who are scheduled to appear before a magistrate.

With the time, the dressing trend of kanwariyas, who move miles on foot to offer Jalabhishek at prominent temples of Lord Shiva during Shrawan month, has undergone a vast change.

A group of kanwariyas allegedly vandalised a car, smashing its mirrors and windows, turning it upside down, and even tried to set it ablaze in Manglaur in Gur Mandi area of Haridwar district on Monday evening. They also allegedly hit the driver and asked the woman passenger inside to leave.

A group of kanwariyas allegedly vandalised a car, smashing its mirrors and windows, turning it upside down, and even tried to set it ablaze in Manglaur in Gur Mandi area of Haridwar district on Monday evening. They also allegedly hit the driver and asked the woman passenger inside to leave.

Four kanwariyas died in two separate incidents in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Monday.

A Muslim family in Gorakhpur is making dresses and bags for kanwariyas for the last 13 years.

Smiles writ large on the faces of scores of kanwariyas on Sunday when the top district police and administrative officials performed petal shower on them from a chopper.

Inappropriate monsoon rain has a positive fallout as the number of kanwariyas visiting the city in Shravan has gone up, claim the organisers of camps set up for the saffron-clad devotees.

City residents were witness to a unique show of communal harmony on Monday when people from minority community welcomed a group of 32 kanwariyas with flower petals and refreshments.

With the low turnout of kanwariyas during this Shrawan month, the district administration and police have relaxed the traffic diversions though the security plan will remain the same.

Despite the heavy rainfall, lakhs of kanwariyas reached Haridwar on the first Monday of the Shravan month. Many of them gathered at Har-ki-Pauri to fetch Ganga water and then proceeded to various Shiva temples in the town to offer the sacred water to shivlings.

A group of kanwariyas set a truck on fire and beat the driver after three persons from their group were hit by the speeding vehicle in Morena district late Tuesday night.The three injured kanwariyas and the driver were taken together to a hospital in Gwalior.

The permanent abode of Lord Shiva was covered in a saffron hue following heavy influx of kanwariyas on the eve of the first Monday of Shravan month.

Three kanwariyas were killed and seven injured after they came under a speeding truck at a village, about 20 km from here on Hisar-Chandigarh road, police said on Tuesday.

As many as four crore kanwariyas from across north India are likely to visit Uttarakhand during this year's kanwar yatra season, scheduled to begin on July 14.

Two kanwariyas were killed after a speeding truck ran them over in Dholpur on Thursday morning; three others were injured in the accident.