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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicKanwar Yatra

Topic: Kanwar Yatra

SC stays UP and Uttarakhand’s controversial nameplate orders for food stalls during Kanwar Yatra

Shopkeepers should display type of shop served, but need not display their names, castes or that of their employees, a bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and S.V.N. Bhatti says.

Ujjain shop owners told to display names, contact numbers: not targeting Muslims, says mayor

Bhopal: The BJP-ruled Ujjain Municipal Corporation has directed shop owners to display their names and mobile numbers outside their establishments in the ancient city,...

In UP, a swami known for ‘conversions & ultimatums’ is taking credit for Kanwar Yatra order

Swami Yashveer Maharaj has made headlines in the past for ‘converting Muslims back to Hinduism’ and issuing ‘ultimatums’ to administration to clear ‘jihadist’ encroachment.

Non-veg, liquor shops on Noida-Greater Noida Kanwar Yatra route to be covered. ‘So feelings aren’t hurt’

According to a Gautam Buddh Nagar district administration official, this is a first, and earlier, stalls selling non-veg and liquor would be shut on the days of yatra.

Is this route to ‘Viksit Bharat’? — Kapil Sibal on UP Kanwar Yatra order

Several opposition leaders have slammed the order, calling it discriminatory. The Congress has termed the order as 'mischief' and 'bigotry

‘Forced to accept’ — Muzaffarnagar’s Muslim food & fruit sellers react to Kanwar Yatra police order

Muslim owners & fruit vendors claim they were pressured by police to write their names on their shops. Eateries selling non-veg food have begun shutting down ahead of the Yatra.

‘Will create Hindu-Muslim rift’ — a police order ahead of Kanwar Yatra has divided Muzaffarnagar dhabas

While some dhabas along yatra route are complying with directive to display owners' names without question, others say it is discriminatory. Police say move is to 'maintain law & order'.

‘I absolutely do not support it’: Chirag Paswan condemns Muzaffarnagar eateries advisory

Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president said he believes there are two classes of people – rich and poor – in the society and different castes and religions fall in both categories.

No written order but UP Police has shut Muslim restaurants in Sambhal for Kanwar Yatra

'This is Sambhal. Things may turn [for the worse] any moment here,' is the UP Police's argument. But Muslim shop owners say the police isn't allowing them to open their restaurants and sell just vegetarian dishes either.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.