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Topic: Kanwariyas

ThePrint photos of the week: 19-26 July, 2025

In PhotosOfTheWeek, we bring you five pictures clicked by ThePrint’s photojournalists and reporters this past week.

CRPF jawan assaulted at UP station: Three Kanwariyas arrested, later granted bail

On Sunday, Yogi Adityanath in a public address said anti-social elements are attempting to defame Kanwar Yatra. He also urged Kanwariyas not to take matters into their own hands.

5 Kanwariyas electrocuted to death in Jharkhand’s Latehar after high-tension wire falls over vehicle

Three others have been injured. The incident occurred early Thursday morning when pilgrims were returning from Baba Baidyanath temple in Deoghar.

Two kanwariyas dead, 14 injured in accident in MP’s Morena

The incident occurred in the early hours of Monday when a truck hit a tractor-trolley trailing the kanwariya procession on NH44.

Yogi govt defends Kanwar Yatra order in SC — ‘meant to promote harmony, UP committed to secular values’

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.

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.

‘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'.

Who’s Prabhakar Chaudhary? IPS officer facing 18th transfer in 8 yrs after lathicharge on kanwariyas

Bareilly SSP Prabhakar Chaudhary was transferred hours after taking action against ‘unruly’ kanwariyas Sunday and terming their actions as a ‘clash of egos’.

On Camera

Air purifiers are the new water filters. Delhi has quietly accepted a crisis

The affluent in Delhi, armed with airtight windows, multiple purifiers, and humidifiers, have normalised a way of life that once seemed dystopian.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.