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A woman pilgrim went missing on Sunday after an avalanche occurred near Atlakoti in Uttarakhand when a group of Sikh devotees was returning from Hemkund Sahib, officials said.

Chamoli, June 2: Border Road Organisation (BRO) personnel have reconstructed the Bailey Bridge connecting the Kurkuti-Gamshali-Niti road and Nitipass road in Uttarakhand, said an official release.

The rain and snowfall experienced in the higher reaches of the State in the recent past failed to deter the enthusiasm of the multitudes undertaking the Char Dham Yatra. More than 19 lakh persons have visited the Char Dham shrines since the pilgrimage began in the last week of April. According to

The rainy weather is expected to continue for the rest of this week in the State. The maximum temperatures in Dehradun and other places have dropped by four to six degrees Celsius and are expected to remain below the normal due to the changed weather. The State meteorological centre has issued a

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The police have also issued a warning and requested that all pilgrims remain in secure locations, not undertake any unnecessary travel and park their vehicles at safe places until the weather is clear enough to travel.

Weather department has issued a dust storm and thundershower alert for several districts in Uttarakhand, including Almora, Bageshwar, Chamoli, Champawat, Dehradun, Garhwal, Hardwar, Nainital, Pithoragarh, Rudraprayag, Tehri Garhwal and Uttarkashi

Meanwhile, the weather department has predicted unstable weather to continue in Uttarakhand as stormy conditions have been forecasted for the rest of this week across the Western Himalayan Region

On the last day of his nine-day tour of Kangra district, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu today visited Fatehpur Assembly constituency and announced projects worth Rs 70 crore for development of tourism in the area.

At least 300 travellers are stuck in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand after a crucial road got washed away following a landslide.