Authorities have started the preparations ahead of the Kanwar Yatra, which is scheduled to commence from July 11, where pilgrims and shiva devotees will travel to get Gangajal, in the month of Shravan.

An Indian student pilot was killed in a mid-air crash in Manitoba province of Canada, according to the Consulate General of India in Toronto.

More than 90% of the kanwars in Uttarakhand are made by the Muslim artisans. These Muslim artisans have honed their skills through generations and made a niche of their own and have emerged as the main manufacturers of kanwars.