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Nearly 250 Pilgrims Died During Chardham Yatra In 2024
More than 240 pilgrims have died this year due to health-related issues during the Chardham pilgrimage in Uttarakhand, with the fatality rate being the highest among devotees visiting the Himalayan temples by helicopter.
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3 Pilgrims Dead In Landslide In Kedarnath, 8 Injured Taken To Hospital
At least three people, including two tourists from Maharashtra, were killed in Uttarakhand's Kedarnath in a landslide triggered by rains today, officials said.
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"Bodies With Missing Limbs": Images Of Uttarakhand Accident Haunt Locals
Damta area villagers were the first to learn about Sunday's accident in which a bus carrying pilgrims from Madhya Pradesh's Panna fell into a deep gorge, resulting in the death of 26 people
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Uttarakhand Election 2017: 68% Overall Voter Turnout In 69 Assembly Constituencies As Voting Ends
Voting has ended in Uttarakhand's 69 constituencies spread across 13 districts (7 in Garhwal region and the remaining 6 in Kumaon region of the state). Residents of Uttarakhand voted today to decide who will form the next government in the state. The overall voter turnout was 68%, which is 1.2% higher than the 2012 Assembly election (66.8%). The BJ...
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Uttarakhand tragedy: Over 160 bodies found in four days
The death toll in the Uttarkhand tragedy continues to mount with 68 more bodies believed to be of pilgrims who died of cold and starvation while trying to escape the devastating June floods being found on way to Kedarnath shrine.
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In this Uttarakhand village, summer jobs became death traps
Every summer, 18-year-old Manish Rambhon from Badasu village ferried pilgrims between Rambada and Kedarnath for a month and paid his college fees with the money he made. However, his life took a tragic turn on June 16 when calamity struck Uttarakhand.
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Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh rains: Death toll crosses 130
At least 130 people have died in the "killer monsoon" that pulverized the states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh with torrential rain since Saturday night. More than 70,000 pilgrims remain stranded, many of them were en route to the famous temple of Kedarnath.
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Three pilgrims die in Uttarakhand as tree falls on bus
Three pilgrims were killed and 12 injured when a tree fell on a bus in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag district on Wednesday.
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Pilgrims face death on their way to shrines
Hundreds of pilgrims to the three Himalayan shrines of Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri have been stranded following closure of roads due to landslides even as ten people died in several rain-related incidents across Uttarakhand in the last fortnight.Ten people have so far died in various rain-related incidents like flash floods, landslides and bo...
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Nearly 250 Pilgrims Died During Chardham Yatra In 2024
More than 240 pilgrims have died this year due to health-related issues during the Chardham pilgrimage in Uttarakhand, with the fatality rate being the highest among devotees visiting the Himalayan temples by helicopter.
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3 Pilgrims Dead In Landslide In Kedarnath, 8 Injured Taken To Hospital
At least three people, including two tourists from Maharashtra, were killed in Uttarakhand's Kedarnath in a landslide triggered by rains today, officials said.
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"Bodies With Missing Limbs": Images Of Uttarakhand Accident Haunt Locals
Damta area villagers were the first to learn about Sunday's accident in which a bus carrying pilgrims from Madhya Pradesh's Panna fell into a deep gorge, resulting in the death of 26 people
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Uttarakhand Election 2017: 68% Overall Voter Turnout In 69 Assembly Constituencies As Voting Ends
Voting has ended in Uttarakhand's 69 constituencies spread across 13 districts (7 in Garhwal region and the remaining 6 in Kumaon region of the state). Residents of Uttarakhand voted today to decide who will form the next government in the state. The overall voter turnout was 68%, which is 1.2% higher than the 2012 Assembly election (66.8%). The BJ...
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Uttarakhand tragedy: Over 160 bodies found in four days
The death toll in the Uttarkhand tragedy continues to mount with 68 more bodies believed to be of pilgrims who died of cold and starvation while trying to escape the devastating June floods being found on way to Kedarnath shrine.
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In this Uttarakhand village, summer jobs became death traps
Every summer, 18-year-old Manish Rambhon from Badasu village ferried pilgrims between Rambada and Kedarnath for a month and paid his college fees with the money he made. However, his life took a tragic turn on June 16 when calamity struck Uttarakhand.
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Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh rains: Death toll crosses 130
At least 130 people have died in the "killer monsoon" that pulverized the states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh with torrential rain since Saturday night. More than 70,000 pilgrims remain stranded, many of them were en route to the famous temple of Kedarnath.
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Three pilgrims die in Uttarakhand as tree falls on bus
Three pilgrims were killed and 12 injured when a tree fell on a bus in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag district on Wednesday.
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Pilgrims face death on their way to shrines
Hundreds of pilgrims to the three Himalayan shrines of Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri have been stranded following closure of roads due to landslides even as ten people died in several rain-related incidents across Uttarakhand in the last fortnight.Ten people have so far died in various rain-related incidents like flash floods, landslides and bo...
