The chopper was flying to Guptkashi, a prominent Hindu pilgrimage site in the Himalayas, when it crashed within minutes after ...

LUCKNOW, India — A helicopter carrying Hindu pilgrims crashed on Sunday in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, killing seven people on board, officials said.

After a private chopper returning from Kedarnath crashed on Sunday morning, the Uttarakhand government suspended helicopter services on the Char Dham Yatra route for two days and ordered a high-level ...