Tragedy struck Uttarakhand's Char Dham pilgrimage as landslides triggered by heavy rainfall claimed three lives and left one missing. On the Yamunotri route, falling boulders killed two pilgrims, while another remains missing. A separate incident on the Badrinath highway resulted in the death of a woman after a rock struck her car.
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