Guptkashi: Air rescue operations resumed on Thursday to pull out stranded people but they had to be halted for Badrinath as the weather turned bad, even as decaying bodies were being cremated swiftly

Air rescue operations resumed today to pull out stranded people but they had to be halted for Badrinath as the weather turned bad, even as decaying bodies were being cremated swiftly in worst-hit Kedarnath Valley amid fears of an epidemic outbreak.

 
New Delhi: Rescuers on Tuesday evacuated 2,403 pilgrims stranded in the mountainous regions of flood-hit Uttarakhand even as 20 persons, including IAF and paramilitary personnel, were feared killed

A private helicopter carrying five Badrinath pilgrims on Friday made an emergency landing at Chamoli district due to poor visibility, official sources said.

No one was injured during the landing and

That he has time and again been shunned by the national selectors for no reason has not tied down S. Badrinath. The right-hander continues to impress in spite of never having got his due. His 42-ball

Fresh landslides triggered by rains on Saturday disrupted the pilgrimage to Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri in the Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakhand.

The landslides hit various places in Chamoli an