Kanwar Yatra 2024: Muzaffarnagar Police issues fresh advisory on displaying eatery owners' names
5 months, 1 week ago

Kanwar Yatra 2024: Muzaffarnagar Police issues fresh advisory on displaying eatery owners' names

India TV News  

Kanwar Yatra 2024: The Muzaffarnagar Police, in a fresh advisory on Thursday, once again asked eateries on the Kanwar Yatra route to display the names of their owners and employees adding that the intention of this order is not to create any kind of religious discrimination. Taking to social media platform X, the Muzaffarnagar Police wrote, "During the Shravan month Kanwar Yatra, a large number of Kanwariyas from neighbouring states, via Western Uttar Pradesh, collect water from Haridwar and pass through Muzaffarnagar district. Image Source : MUZAFFARNAGAR POLICE Muzaffarnagar Police issues fresh advisory on displaying eatery owners' names. UP CM Yogi Adityanath reviews Kanwar Yatra preparations Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday reviewed the preparations for the holy Kanwar Yatra, which begins on July 22, and provided necessary guidelines.

Food Items Muzaffarnagar Kanwariyas Kanwar Yatra Muzaffarnagar Police Month Kanwar Month Kanwar Yatra Fresh Advisory  month  kanwar  yatra  names  food  issues  order  kanwariyas  advisory  muzaffarnagar  displaying  items  fresh  eatery  holy  owners

History of this topic

On the politics of faith: Analysing the sensibilities behind the Kanwar Yatra
4 months ago

On the politics of faith: Analysing the sensibilities behind the Kanwar Yatra

The Hindu  

In the month of August, streets and highways across Delhi were filled with the vibrant saffron clad figures of Kanwariyas, carrying bamboo poles and pitchers filled with water from the sacred river of Ganga. The Kanwar Yatra, a pilgrimage undertaken annually by lakhs of Shiva devotees, has largely been a peaceful event. On the politics of the Yatra Last month, …

Supreme Court continues interim stay on Kanwar Yatra nameplate order
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court continues interim stay on Kanwar Yatra nameplate order

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court on Friday extended its interim stay order on directives issued by the Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and MP governments, asking eateries along the Kanwar Yatra to display the names and identities of owners and staff. Earlier in the day, the Uttar Pradesh government defended its directive mandating that eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route display the names of …

Kanwar Yatra eateries row: UP government says nameplates order ‘to ensure…’
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Kanwar Yatra eateries row: UP government says nameplates order ‘to ensure…’

Hindustan Times  

The Uttar Pradesh government has submitted an affidavit to the Supreme Court opposing petitions that challenge its directive on displaying shop owners' names along the Kanwar Yatra route. The government argued that the directive aims to ensure a peaceful Kanwar Yatra and promote transparency after the Supreme Court put an interim stay. On Monday, the Supreme Court halted implementation of …

Supreme Court maintains interim stay on nameplate directives for eateries along Kanwar Yatra route
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court maintains interim stay on nameplate directives for eateries along Kanwar Yatra route

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Friday maintained its interim order staying the directives issued by authorities in certain State governments, which mandated that eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route display the names of their owners outside their shops. Supreme Court's reaction on UP govt's affidavit The Supreme Court's latest directives come after Uttar Pradesh had filed an affidavit in the Supreme …

Kanwar Yatra directives aim to ensure 'public safety', 'order': UP tells SC
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Kanwar Yatra directives aim to ensure 'public safety', 'order': UP tells SC

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Uttar Pradesh government, in its reply filed before the Supreme Court on Thursday, said that the directives issued by it to display shop names, numbers, and their employees' names were aimed at ensuring public safety, order, larger transparency, informed choice of food of Kanwarias they eat during the Yatra, keeping in mind their religious sentiments. "These directives …

'UP has not imposed any restrictions on trade': SC told on naming of shops, eateries during Kanwar Yatra
4 months, 4 weeks ago

'UP has not imposed any restrictions on trade': SC told on naming of shops, eateries during Kanwar Yatra

India TV News  

The Uttar Pradesh government, in its reply to Supreme Court, has said that the instructions issued by the state were made following complaints received from Kanwadis regarding confusion caused by the names of shops and eateries. The Supreme Court on Monday imposed an interim stay on the controversial Kanwar Yatra directives in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand related to eateries, prompting …

What’s in a name? an agenda
5 months ago

What’s in a name? an agenda

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The Kanwar Yatra, an annual pilgrimage performed by Shiva devotees, has turned controversial this year due to the Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh governments’ directives that all eateries along the route, from restaurants to hawker stalls, be labelled with the owners’ names, evidently so that non-Hindu owned establishments will be obvious to all. The directives related to the Kanwar Yatra …

Kanwar yatra name display row: No such order issued, Madhya Pradesh clarifies
5 months ago

Kanwar yatra name display row: No such order issued, Madhya Pradesh clarifies

The Hindu  

Amid the ongoing controversy over the mandatory display of owners’ names on shops along the Kanwar Yatra route in various States, the Madhya Pradesh government has clarified that it has not issued any order in this regard in the State. On Monday, the Supreme Court also prohibited the enforcement of such recent orders by the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments, …

SC stays kanwar nameplate order on hold amid uproar
5 months ago

SC stays kanwar nameplate order on hold amid uproar

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi The Supreme Court on Monday put in abeyance the directives issued by the governments of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh that mandated eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route to display the names, addresses and mobile numbers of their owners and staff. A bench, comprising justices Hrishikesh Roy and SVN Bhatti, issued the interim order prohibiting the enforcement …

Kanwar Yatra: Unaware of SC stay, eatery owners rush to display names
5 months ago

Kanwar Yatra: Unaware of SC stay, eatery owners rush to display names

Hindustan Times  

It is for the first time in 15 years of his business of hawking tender coconuts that Mohammad Tariq had to put up a banner on his temporary cart near Morta in Ghaziabad. On the day Tariq put up the board as directed, the Supreme Court took a serious view of the matter on Monday and issued an interim stay …

Kanwar Yatra: Supreme Court prohibits enforcement of UP and UK governments' order for eateries to display nameplates
5 months ago

Kanwar Yatra: Supreme Court prohibits enforcement of UP and UK governments' order for eateries to display nameplates

Op India  

On Monday, the Supreme Court of India passed an Interim order prohibiting the enforcement of orders recently passed by the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments that directed eateries to display the names of owners and operators. — Bar and Bench July 22, 2024 Notably, the petitioners, Apoorvanand Jha and Aakar Patel approached the Supreme Court to challenge the UP and …

Supreme Court stays Uttarakhand, UP govt orders asking eateries on Kanwar Yatra route to disclose staff names
5 months ago

Supreme Court stays Uttarakhand, UP govt orders asking eateries on Kanwar Yatra route to disclose staff names

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Monday put an interim stay on the enforcement of the order passed by Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments' directives requiring eatery owners along the path of Kanwar Yatra to disclose the names of owners and the staff employed by them. Supreme Court said that the food sellers must not be forced to serve names of owners, …

Opposition MPs raise Kanwar Yatra order issue in Parliament
5 months ago

Opposition MPs raise Kanwar Yatra order issue in Parliament

The Hindu  

The orders issued by the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments asking food stall owners to display their names on the carts enroute the Kanwar Yatra was raised by Opposition MPs in Parliament on Monday. In the Lok Sabha, Congress MP Dharamvir Gandhi said the orders by the State governments of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand were a “divisive” step through which …

'No need to display owners' names, show menu': SC stays UP, Uttarakhand order to eateries on Kanwar Yatra route
5 months ago

'No need to display owners' names, show menu': SC stays UP, Uttarakhand order to eateries on Kanwar Yatra route

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: In a significant order, the Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh government's directive asking eateries on the Kanwariya Yatra route to put shop owners' names, addresses as well as mobile numbers of their owners and staff. The top court's two-judge bench, headed by Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice S V N Bhatti, …

Kanwar Yatra: How Will Yogi Government's Nameplate Decision Impact By Polls 2024? | ABP News
5 months ago

Kanwar Yatra: How Will Yogi Government's Nameplate Decision Impact By Polls 2024? | ABP News

ABP News  

Following the Uttar Pradesh government's decision on Friday to mandate that all eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route display the names of their owners, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has pointed out that similar measures are already in place in his state. Dhami explained that these instructions were established on July 12 during a review meeting for Kanwar Yatra …

Supreme Court to hear petition against UP govt's directive to eateries on Kanwar Yatra route today
5 months ago

Supreme Court to hear petition against UP govt's directive to eateries on Kanwar Yatra route today

India TV News  

The Supreme Court of India will hear a petition filed by the Association for Protection of Civil Rights on Monday, challenging the Uttar Pradesh government's directive for eateries on the Kanwar Yatra Route to display the names of their owners and outlets. About the order The controversy over displaying the names of food vendors first erupted after the Muzaffarnagar police …

Uttar Pradesh govt. order for food shops on Kanwar Yatra routes to display name of owner draws ire
5 months ago

Uttar Pradesh govt. order for food shops on Kanwar Yatra routes to display name of owner draws ire

The Hindu  

The Uttar Pradesh Government on July 19 made it mandatory for food and beverage shops along Kanwar routes to display the name and identity of the operator/owner of their establishments. The decision came amid outrage over the Muzaffarnagar police order asking hotels, dhabas and eateries on the route of the Kanwar Yatra to display the names of the proprietors and …

Owaisi Criticizes ID Rule for Shops on Kanwar Yatra Route
5 months ago

Owaisi Criticizes ID Rule for Shops on Kanwar Yatra Route

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad : Amid the row over the Uttar Pradesh government's directive to food shops on the Kanwar Yatra route to display ID cards, All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen president Asaduddin Owaisi said that it reflects the hatred towards Muslims in India. "Fear on UP's Kanwar routes: This is The reality of hatred for Indian Muslims, credit for this visceral hatred goes …

Jamiat calls Kanwar Yatra order 'discriminatory", says legal team will examine it
5 months ago

Jamiat calls Kanwar Yatra order 'discriminatory", says legal team will examine it

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind chief Maulana Arshad Madani on Saturday slammed as "discriminatory and communal" the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments' order to all eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route to display their owners' names, and said the Muslim body will examine the legality of the directive. Maulana Arshad Madani, who heads one of the two factions of the Jamiat, …

Madhya Pradesh BJP MLAs urge state govt to mandate display of shop owners' names
5 months ago

Madhya Pradesh BJP MLAs urge state govt to mandate display of shop owners' names

India TV News  

Following the Uttar Pradesh government's mandate for eateries on Kanwar Yatra routes to display the names of their owners to ensure law and order, three Madhya Pradesh MLAs have echoed a similar demand. In separate statements, MP Ramesh Mendola from Indore-2 constituency, MLA Malini Gaur from Indore-4 constituency, and MLA Golu Shukla from Indore-3 constituency urged the state government to …

Muslim kanwar makers disheartened by escalating row over shops on yatra route
5 months ago

Muslim kanwar makers disheartened by escalating row over shops on yatra route

The Hindu  

Babli Begum travels from her marital home in Meerut to her parents’ home in Haridwar’s Jwalapur each year during the Hindu month of Shravan, taking the chance to earn some extra money during the Kanwar yatra. ‘Promoting discrimination’ This year, however, her sales are likely to be hit by the escalating row which began when Uttar Pradesh police issued orders …

Name display order: Moves afoot for compliance in west U.P.
5 months ago

Name display order: Moves afoot for compliance in west U.P.

Hindustan Times  

The impact of the “name display order” for eateries, shops and food carts along the Kanwar Yatra route was yet to be visible in Meerut but preparations were afoot for compliance in some other key districts of western Uttar Pradesh. The owners of several eateries said nobody has briefed them about the “name display order” or asked them to get …

Kanwar Yatra route eateries: Yogi Adityanath extends directive across state
5 months ago

Kanwar Yatra route eateries: Yogi Adityanath extends directive across state

Hindustan Times  

After the UP police asked all eateries, shops and food carts along the Kanwar Yatra route to display their owners’ names in Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur and Shamli, chief minister Yogi Adityanath extended the directive to all Kanwar Yatra routes across the state on Friday. He confirmed that the chief minister had issued this directive to ensure that participants of the procession …

BJP allies concerned over U.P. government’s ‘nameplate’ diktat for Kanwar yatra
5 months ago

BJP allies concerned over U.P. government’s ‘nameplate’ diktat for Kanwar yatra

The Hindu  

Differences surfaced within the ruling National Democratic Alliance on the Uttar Pradesh government’s order asking those running eateries, tea stalls, and fruit carts to display nameplates during the Kanwar yatra. The decision is “communally divisive and unconstitutional”, said Ramashish Rai, state president of the RLD, the BJP’s only ally in western U.P. The RLD’s Bijnor MP Chandan Chauhan said that …

MP: Hindu body wants ID displayed in shops along Kanwar yatra route
5 months ago

MP: Hindu body wants ID displayed in shops along Kanwar yatra route

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal: A Hindu body on Friday demanded chief minister Mohan Yadav to enforce display of identity by owners of the shops set up in the route of Kanwars, in different parts of Madhya Pradesh. The Hindu Jagaran Manch has submitted that the MP government should follow the footsteps of its counterparts of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand by issuing an order …

How Yogi Adityanath doubled down after Islamists protested: Order to declare names of owners was limited to Muzaffarnagar, now will apply to Kanwar routes throughout UP
5 months ago

How Yogi Adityanath doubled down after Islamists protested: Order to declare names of owners was limited to Muzaffarnagar, now will apply to Kanwar routes throughout UP

Op India  

As Islamists were riled up over the Muzaffarnagar administration’s order to vendors on the Kanwar Yatra route to declare names, the Uttar Pradesh State Government announced its decision to implement this order across the state. Haridwar Police Administration issued an order to restaurant owners to display names on the Kanwar Yatra route. Informing about the order Haridwar SSP Padmendra Dobal …

After Nitish's JD(U), Chirag Paswan opposes Kanwar Yatra rules for UP eateries
5 months ago

After Nitish's JD(U), Chirag Paswan opposes Kanwar Yatra rules for UP eateries

Hindustan Times  

Union minister and Lok Janshakti Party leader Chirag Paswan joined the growing list of BJP allies who have objected to the police advisory in Muzaffarnagar asking eateries to display their owners' names on the Kanwar Yatra route. Speaking to news agency PTI, Chirag Paswan said he doesn't support the police advisory or anything that creates “divide in name of caste …

Kanwar Yatra: Action against those selling Halal, owners of eateries to display name, says Yogi Adityanath
5 months ago

Kanwar Yatra: Action against those selling Halal, owners of eateries to display name, says Yogi Adityanath

Op India  

On Friday, the Uttar Pradesh State Government announced several measures to ensure the smooth conduct of the Kanwar Yatra which will start on July 22. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath mandated that food and beverage shops along Kanwar routes display the name and identity of the operator/owner to maintain the sanctity of the pilgrims’ faith during Kanwar Yatra. Such orders are …

UP Says Shops On Kanwar Yatra Route Must Display Owners' Names, Uttarakhand Follows Suit Amid Massive Row
5 months ago

UP Says Shops On Kanwar Yatra Route Must Display Owners' Names, Uttarakhand Follows Suit Amid Massive Row

News 18  

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday ordered to install a ‘nameplate’ of the proprietor of all the eateries, restaurants on the Kanwar Yatra route across the state in a bid to maintain the purity of the faith of Kanwar pilgrims, reported news agency ANI citing the UP CMO order. Those who fail to comply will face strict action …

Shopkeepers put up name boards on Kanwar route after UP govt's order | PICS
5 months ago

Shopkeepers put up name boards on Kanwar route after UP govt's order | PICS

India TV News  

Owing to the holy month of Sawan is starting from July 22 and in such a situation the journey of Kanwariyas will also begin. Police in Muzaffarnagar have ordered all eateries on the Kanwar Yatra route to display the names of their owners to avoid any "confusion", a move seen by the opposition parties as targeting Muslim traders. Samajwadi Party …

UP Police eases directive for eateries on Kanwariya route to put owners' names
5 months ago

UP Police eases directive for eateries on Kanwariya route to put owners' names

Hindustan Times  

The Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday softened its controversial directive asking all eateries, along a 240km route taken by Kanwariyas in western UP, to display names of owners on shops or carts, after sweeping outrage, Opposition censure, and criticism even by a Bharatiya Janata Party ally that said no order should widen the communal divide. On Monday, Muzaffarnagar Police ordered …

Vendors on Kanwar Yatra route: Authorities talk of going soft, but compliance begins on ground
5 months ago

Vendors on Kanwar Yatra route: Authorities talk of going soft, but compliance begins on ground

Hindustan Times  

Mohd Hakim has been selling fruits near the Muslim dominated area of Meenakshi Chowk here for over a decade. A few metres away, another fruit vendor Nasir had displayed his name “Nasir Phal Wala” and said the police directed him to do it. Maulana Nazar, state vice president of the Jamiat Ulama- i-Hind, asked, “Would officials dare to issue similar …

What is the UP Police's new directive to eateries on Kanwar Yatra route in Muzaffarnagar that has irked the Opposition?
5 months ago

What is the UP Police's new directive to eateries on Kanwar Yatra route in Muzaffarnagar that has irked the Opposition?

Firstpost  

The Muzaffarnagar Police on Wednesday issued an order mandating eateries along the route of Kanwar Yatra to prominently display their owners’ names outside the establishments to avoid confusion and ensure transparency among people The Uttar Pradesh Police has directed food shopowners in Muzaffarnagar to display their owners’ names in outlets that fall on the route of Kanwar Yatra. The Muzaffarnagar …

Yashveer Maharaj calls out Islamists for opposing shop-name directive of Muzaffarnagar police
5 months ago

Yashveer Maharaj calls out Islamists for opposing shop-name directive of Muzaffarnagar police

Op India  

On 18th July, Swami Yashveer Maharaj issued a video statement calling out Islamists and so-called ‘seculars’ who are opposing the directions of Muzaffarnagar police to write names of the owners of the shops and carts of vendors on Kanwar Marg, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. If someone tries to continue doing so, we will revolt against it and make it stop.” He …

Kanwar Yatra: Muzaffarnagar cops revise order, leave it to 'free will' of shopkeepers to display names
5 months, 1 week ago

Kanwar Yatra: Muzaffarnagar cops revise order, leave it to 'free will' of shopkeepers to display names

New Indian Express  

LUCKNOW: Buckling under the pressure of outrage following the order asking hotels, dhabas, eateries and other shops falling on the route of the Kanwar Yatra to display the names of the proprietors and shopkeepers in Muzaffarnagar, the district police on Thursday issued a reviewed order leaving it to the “free will” of shopkeepers and eatery owners to display their names …

Kanwar Yatra: BJP's Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi takes a dig at police order asking eateries to display owners' names
5 months, 1 week ago

Kanwar Yatra: BJP's Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi takes a dig at police order asking eateries to display owners' names

India TV News  

Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday slammed those officials who allegedly promote untouchability. His comment comes amid controversy over the Muzaffarnagar police's order asking eateries along the kanwar yatra route to display their owners' names. Raidas poot sab prabhu ke, koe nahin jaat kujaat.. Akhilesh, Mayawati and Owaisi slam police order Samajwadi Party …

Display owners’ names on eateries on Kanwar Yatra route: Cops
5 months, 1 week ago

Display owners’ names on eateries on Kanwar Yatra route: Cops

Hindustan Times  

MEERUT The Muzaffarnagar police have asked eateries, including roadside carts, along the 240-km route of the Kanwar Yatra to display names of owners and staff members to “avoid any confusion” among the yatris. Speaking to the media, senior superintendent of police, Muzzaffarnagar, Abhishek Singh said: “Kanwarias buy food from roadside eateries and the order has been issued to avoid any …

Uttarakhand: Meat shops ordered to remain shut, liquor stores covered from outside on Kanwar yatra route
2 years, 5 months ago

Uttarakhand: Meat shops ordered to remain shut, liquor stores covered from outside on Kanwar yatra route

Firstpost  

DM Vinay Shankar Pandey said that about 4 crore Kanwar yatris expected to visit Haridwar on the holy month of Sawan Dehradun: The Uttarakhand administration has ordered all meat shops on Kanwar yatra route to remain shut and liquor stores to be covered from the outside. “Meat shops on the Kanwar yatra route will remain shut while liquor-store counters facing …

Delhi Police put in place anti-terror measures for safe Kanwar Yatra
2 years, 5 months ago

Delhi Police put in place anti-terror measures for safe Kanwar Yatra

Firstpost  

Hotel, restaurant and dharmashala owners in Rishikesh were asked on Monday to behave well with Kanwriyas and not to overcharge them. The Kanwar Yatra begins on 14 July Delhi**:** The administration has defined routes to regulate traffic in order to ensure a peaceful conduct of the Kanwar Yatra starting from Thursday. Sanjay Sain, DCP, North-East said that the police have …

Kanwar Yatra: UP CM requests Uttarakhand govt to allow entry into Haridwar for some devotees
3 years, 5 months ago

Kanwar Yatra: UP CM requests Uttarakhand govt to allow entry into Haridwar for some devotees

India Today  

The Uttarakhand government has decided to call off the annual Kanwar Yatra for the second year in a row in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. UP CM Adityanath even dialled Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Dhami, requesting him to allow a limited number of devotees from the state to visit Haridwar for the Kanwar Yatra, according to sources. File photo of the …

Discover Related