HARIDWAR: The Haridwar district administration demolished a mazar, allegedly constructed illegally about 15-20 years ago in Mirpur village, on Saturday. The structure was on the right bank of Gang Nahar (Upper Ganga Canal), about 15km from the district headquarters. Officials said a demolition notice was issued in March.Former head of Mirpur gram panchayat, Rao Zubair,…
DEHRADUN: Three people were killed and at least six injured after a house collapsed in Haridwar district as heavy rain wreaked havoc in several parts of Uttarakhand on Wednesday.A family is reported to have gone missing following a cloudburst in a village in the Ghansali area of Tehri district, officials said.A house collapsed due to…
HARIDWAR: Amid the ongoing controversy over UP and Uttarakhand govt directives over eateries and stalls along the kanwar route, large white screens were put up in front of a few mosques and mazars in Haridwar “in a bid to keep religious places of the minority community away from public view”.The head of a mosque called…
HARIDWAR/DEHRADUN: The main accused in the murder of Baba Tarsem Singh was shot dead in an encounter with the Uttarakhand Special Task Force (STF) in the Bhagwanpur area of Haridwar in the early hours of Tuesday.Amarjit Singh alias Bittu, a shooter with Rs 1 lakh bounty on his head, was killed while his accomplice fled,…
