The incident occurred due to a massive crowd gathering ahead of the Kawar Yatra, which was expected to be led by devotional storyteller Pandit Pradeep Mishra on 6 August.
Directives to vendors to display names of owners & staffers are to prevent misrepresentation to Kanwar yatris & in line with central and state laws, says the Uttarakhand government.
This week, the Supreme Court stayed UP and Uttarakhand’s Kanwariya Yatra directives, the government presented the 2024 Budget and the Economic Survey criticised the...
Apex court Friday extended its interim stay on UP, Uttarakhand govts' directives to eateries to display owners' names while yatra was ongoing. Stay to remain till next hearing 5 August.
If the intention was to facilitate devotees, a legitimate concern, UP and Uttarakhand police could have simply asked eateries to display whether they serve pure vegetarian food.
The Court, Monday, issued notices to these state governments, seeking their response to the petitions challenging this directive and has scheduled the next hearing for 26 July.
The next time you see a post featuring a sari-clad woman at a party or a travel reel from an unknown location, ask yourself — how does her joy threaten yours?
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
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