Kedarnath Yatra

The private helicopter, which made an emergency landing due to some technical faults in May, crashed near the Mandakini River in Lincholi.

Cloudbursts in the twin Himalayan states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh have claimed over a dozen lives since yesterday as rescuers scrambled this morning to search for survivors in the mountains.

Fourteen people died and 10 more were injured in heavy overnight rains that triggered flooding and a house collapse as several rivers swelled in Uttarakhand, officials said here on Thursday.

At least three people, including two tourists from Maharashtra, were killed in Uttarakhand's Kedarnath in a landslide triggered by rains today, officials said.

Angry priests held Arvind Pandey, the Secretary of the Uttarakhand State Information Commission, hostage for two-and-a-half hours in the temple town of Kedarnath amid protests over the demolition of buildings owned by local priests.

A helicopter, carrying 7, made an emergency landing due to a technical fault, approximately 100 metres away from the Kedarnath helipad.

Uttarakhand was hit by heavy rains today, a day after the char dham yatra began. The sudden weather change posed difficulties for the devotees on the adventurous pilgrimage.

A huge rush of devotees around the hilly approach to Uttarakhand's Yamunotri - a part of Char Dham along with Gangotri, Kedarnath, and Badrinath - led to a massive crowd build-up on the small hillside path on Saturday.

The doors of the Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamnotri shrines will open tomorrow, with preparations for the opening of the temples in full swing.

Notably, the doors to Kedarnath, Yamunotri and Gangotri will open on May 10, while Badrinath's doors will open on May 12.

Uttarakhand rainfall: The Char Dham Yatra has been suspended in Uttarakhand on August 14 and 15 in view of the red alert issued in the state by the weather office.

Two siblings were killed and a third got injured when the hut they were sleeping in was hit by a landslide in the early hours of Wednesday amid incessant rains in Gaurikund, the base camp of Kedarnath Yatra.

A three-storey hotel collapsed in mere seconds due to a landslide in the city of Rudraprayag-the famed stop-over point for the Kedarnath Yatra, Uttarakhand.The landslide has caused three deaths and seventeen people are reported to be missing.

Four people died while a dozen others are missing after a landslide near Gaurikund on the Kedarnath yatra route last night.

Twelve people have gone missing after a flash flood in a waterfall swept away three shops near Gaurikund on the Kedarnath yatra route, officials said on Friday.

The private helicopter, which made an emergency landing due to some technical faults in May, crashed near the Mandakini River in Lincholi.

Cloudbursts in the twin Himalayan states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh have claimed over a dozen lives since yesterday as rescuers scrambled this morning to search for survivors in the mountains.

Fourteen people died and 10 more were injured in heavy overnight rains that triggered flooding and a house collapse as several rivers swelled in Uttarakhand, officials said here on Thursday.

At least three people, including two tourists from Maharashtra, were killed in Uttarakhand's Kedarnath in a landslide triggered by rains today, officials said.

Angry priests held Arvind Pandey, the Secretary of the Uttarakhand State Information Commission, hostage for two-and-a-half hours in the temple town of Kedarnath amid protests over the demolition of buildings owned by local priests.

A helicopter, carrying 7, made an emergency landing due to a technical fault, approximately 100 metres away from the Kedarnath helipad.

Uttarakhand was hit by heavy rains today, a day after the char dham yatra began. The sudden weather change posed difficulties for the devotees on the adventurous pilgrimage.

A huge rush of devotees around the hilly approach to Uttarakhand's Yamunotri - a part of Char Dham along with Gangotri, Kedarnath, and Badrinath - led to a massive crowd build-up on the small hillside path on Saturday.

The doors of the Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamnotri shrines will open tomorrow, with preparations for the opening of the temples in full swing.

Notably, the doors to Kedarnath, Yamunotri and Gangotri will open on May 10, while Badrinath's doors will open on May 12.

Uttarakhand rainfall: The Char Dham Yatra has been suspended in Uttarakhand on August 14 and 15 in view of the red alert issued in the state by the weather office.

Two siblings were killed and a third got injured when the hut they were sleeping in was hit by a landslide in the early hours of Wednesday amid incessant rains in Gaurikund, the base camp of Kedarnath Yatra.

A three-storey hotel collapsed in mere seconds due to a landslide in the city of Rudraprayag-the famed stop-over point for the Kedarnath Yatra, Uttarakhand.The landslide has caused three deaths and seventeen people are reported to be missing.

Four people died while a dozen others are missing after a landslide near Gaurikund on the Kedarnath yatra route last night.

Twelve people have gone missing after a flash flood in a waterfall swept away three shops near Gaurikund on the Kedarnath yatra route, officials said on Friday.