Haridwar
24 Jun 2020
Soon after Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev, who is the head honcho of Patanjali Ayurved, claimed the organization has found a cure for coronavirus, a case was filed against him in a court in Muzaffarpur, Bihar.
23 Jun 2020
On Tuesday, Yoga Guru Swami Ramdev launched Coronil, an Ayurvedic medicine which he claimed can cure COVID-19.
18 Jun 2019
An important meeting of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) is scheduled for Wednesday-Thursday in Haridwar and the Hindu right-wing organization is expected to discuss the Ram Temple issue.
23 Apr 2019
Yoga guru Ramdev has come out in support of the BJP's Bhopal candidate and Malegaon blast case accused Pragya Singh Thakur, saying it was unfair to subject her to cruelty in jail for nine years on the basis of suspicion.
02 Feb 2019
While addressing booth workers of two Lok Sabha constituencies- Tehri and Haridwar on Saturday, BJP President Amit Shah reiterated his party's stand on the sensitive Ayodhya issue. He said Ram Temple would be built at the disputed site.
04 Jan 2019
Kumbh Mela is considered one of the largest religious gatherings not only in India but also the world.
09 Nov 2018
RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's son, Tej Pratap, called in on Friday, days after he went missing on Monday.
14 Oct 2018
A 39-year-old mastermind of a fake Indian Territorial Army recruitment racket was arrested from Uttarakhand's Haridwar, police said yesterday.
19 Aug 2018
The ashes of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee were immersed in Haridwar today, by her daughter Namita Bhattacharya. His granddaughter Niharika was also present at the ceremony.
14 Aug 2018
On Monday, the Uttarakhand High Court made itself the legal guardian of cows in the state by evoking the 'parens patriae' doctrine, which means it takes care of those who can't take care of themselves.
11 Aug 2018
A 14-year-old boy was allegedly sodomized by a dhaba owner at a village in UP's Muzaffarnagar.
01 Aug 2018
Giving tough competition to 'Gold-Man' aka music composer Bappi Lahiri is Golden Baba.
28 Jul 2018
Expressing concern over the quality of Ganga water, the National Green Tribunal has asked why the river can't have health warnings like the ones on cigarette packs.
27 Jul 2018
The National Green Tribunal today said the water of the Ganga river, between Haridwar in Uttarakhand and Unnao in Uttar Pradesh, was unfit for drinking and bathing and expressed anguish over the situation of the river.
19 Jul 2018
The NGT today expressed dissatisfaction over the cleaning up of Ganga and said the situation was extraordinarily bad and hardly anything effective has been done to clean the river.
07 Mar 2018
Boney Kapoor and his daughters, Janhvi Kapoor and Khushi Kapoor, will now offer their prayers for Sridevi at the holy city of Haridwar.
05 Feb 2018
Contradicting reports of visible filth and pollution, the National Mission for Clean Ganga's (NMCG) recent data suggests that the holy river might be cleaner today than it was 32 years ago, when the government first launched projects to revive it.
15 Dec 2017
The NGT has imposed a blanket ban on plastic items including bags and cutlery in towns located along the Ganga.
13 Jul 2017
The NGT has directed a penalty of Rs. 50,000 on those who dump waste within a 500m radius from the Ganga's boundaries.
13 Jun 2017
Krutika Chaudhary, an actress hailing from Haridwar, was found dead at her residence in Andheri (west) today.
30 May 2017
An RTI query has revealed that Patanjali products have failed several quality assessment tests conducted by Haridwar's Ayurveda and Unani Office.
18 May 2017
Parts of the Ganga, the savior of sinners, are not even fit for bathing, an RTI response has found.
06 May 2017
The SC has stayed a December'16 Nainital HC order banning all types of mining in the Ganga in Uttarakhand.
07 Feb 2017
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday observed that "not a single drop of river Ganga has been cleaned."
08 Jul 2016
The Central government on 7th July, 2016, inaugurated the Namami Gange programme, nearly two years after it was announced.
