According to a statement from the Rudraprayag Police, the landslide was triggered by continuous heavy rainfall, which caused large amounts of debris and stones to fall onto the trekking route, blocking and damaging the walkway to Kedarnath Dham.
Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner Banchha Nidhi Pani on Saturday said the administration had arranged for the death certificates of those who died in the Air India plane crash to be issued directly at the hospital, sparing grieving families the need to visit multiple offices.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma on Sunday expressed grief over the death of a pilot from Jaipur and six other pilgrims in a helicopter crash near Kedarnath Dham, calling the incident "extremely sad" and praying for strength to the bereaved families.
While speaking to ANI, his mother, Raveena Daniel Christian, said, "...He was living in London with his wife for the last 1.5 years due to work. He came here on leave after my husband's death 15 days ago...He was returning to London and we also went..."
Remembering actor Sushant Singh Rajput on his fifth death anniversary, Ankita Lokhande took a stroll down memory lane and shared an adorable picture from the 'Pavitra Rishta' sets.
Families of two young men allegedly subjected to enforced disappearance and extrajudicial killing by Pakistani security forces are staging a peaceful sit-in outside the Deputy Commissioner's office in Turbat, the administrative centre of Balochistan's Kech district.
Residents of the neighbourhood in Ahmedabad where the Air India plane crashed--resulting in the deaths of all 241 people on board--recounted their horrific experience, saying that at first, it felt like an earthquake or a bomb blast.
A second-year medical student from Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior district, Aryan Rajput, who was pursuing MBBS in Gujarat's Ahmedabad, died due to the plane crash incident that occurred on Thursday.
"Seven labourers were working at a marriage garden when they came in contact with a high-tension wire. Three of them died on the spot, three others sustained injuries, and one escaped unhurt," Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Sandeep Bhuria told ANI.