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Sanjay Sah, 30, being rescued alive from a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A hydropower project 10 days after the Bhotekohi flash floods disaster, in Rasuwa district, Nepal A 30-year-old worker rescued from a tunnel at Nepal’s Trishuli 3A hydropower project after nine days said he kept chanting the ‘Hare Krishna’ mantra while trapped, hoping that he would eventually be saved.Sanjay Sah was among two workers rescued alive on Friday, coinciding with Krishna Janmashtami, the Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Lord Krishna.“I was chanting Hare Krishna mahamantra for the past nine days,” Sah told security personnel shortly after he was…

“This time last year Farage had the highest approval of the main party leaders,” says pollster Luke Tryl from the organisation More in Common. “Yet earlier this month he fell to his worst score since the general election.””What will worry Farage is not only that his negative approvals have risen, which may signal greater willingness to vote tactically against the Reform leader, but there are also fewer people expressing a positive view suggesting an erosion in his base,” Tryl says.More in Common’s research suggests around 80% of voters are aware of questions around Nigel Farage’s finances, but opinions on them…

Air Tanzania said Friday that it has temporarily suspended flights between the East African country’s capital and Moscow due to safety concerns after Ukraine warned that its nightly drone attacks had made Russian airspace dangerous for flying. “Safety considerations always take precedence over commercial ones,” Air Tanzania said in a statement, adding that the suspension followed a “routine risk assessment of the operating environment along the route.” The decision comes two months after Air Tanzania launched direct flights to Moscow’s Vnukovo International Airport. Air Tanzania said it would provide affected passengers full refunds or free rebooking options. It later said that…

BMC on Tuesday issued notices to the owners of galas, units and shops at Orchid City Center Mall, asking them to vacate the premises Mumbai: The BMC has ordered the closure of Orchid City Centre Mall on Bellasis Road in Mumbai Central and disconnection of water supply and electricity, following Supreme Court’s directions regarding the fire-damaged premises.On Tuesday, the BMC had issued notices to the owners and developers of galas, shops and units, directing them to vacate the mall premises. Officials said electricity supply will be disconnected, except for power required for permissible construction and repair activities.On Aug 25, the…

Sanjay Azad previously asserted in a video that his head injury was accidental. NEW DELHI: Amid the escalating controversy over the alleged assault on CJP activist Nishu Azad’s father during a protest at Jantar Mantar, an earlier video released on July 24 has resurfaced, in which Sanjay Azad appeared to say that the injury to his head was caused unintentionally.The video has drawn attention as the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and Nishu Azad continue to demand the arrest of Swatantra Bharadwaj over the incident.In the video posted on Nishu’s Instagram page, Sanjay Azad can be heard saying that the injury…

CID officials taking IAS officer Gyanendra Kumar Gangwar to ACMM court on Monday Bengaluru: From a small village in Uttar Pradesh and rising through the corridors of Karnataka’s bureaucracy, IAS officer Gyanendra Kumar Gangwar’s career reflects a transition from engineering and the corporate world to public administration.Sources in the department of personnel and administrative reforms (DPAR) said Gangwar was born in 1985 in Chamraua village in Nawabganj area of Bareilly district. After completing schooling in his home district, Gangwar secured admission to the prestigious IIT-Kanpur after clearing IIT-JEE examination and obtained a B.Tech degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering in…

Konda Surekha tied rakhi to CM Revanth Reddy HYDERABAD: Days before minister Konda Surekha was sacked from the Cabinet, she was seen tying a rakhi to chief minister A Revanth Reddy at his residence, amid a controversy over remarks made by her daughter against the CM and the Congress party.In the video, Surekha, along with Women and Child Welfare Minister Seethakka, is seen tying a rakhi to Revanth Reddy during Raksha Bandhan celebrations.After the celebrations, Revanth posted on X: “On the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, which stands as a symbol of the bond between sisters and brothers, ministers Seethakka and…

Farmers preparing the fields for samba crop in Nagapattinam Ever since Sept 1, when Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay opened the Mettur dam in Salem district and released Cauvery water for irrigation, farmers in the delta, who missed the kuruvai (short-duration) season, have begun preparing for samba (long-duration) and thaladi (second-season) paddy cultivation. But, they’re racing against time.Officials have told farmers that water can be released continuously from Mettur for only about 45 days. The limited window has left delta farmers worried, especially those who depend solely on canal-based irrigation. “We need water to be released for at…

Ahmedabad: A 42-year-old man from Ahmedabad’s Vastral area has knocked on the doors of Gujarat High Court again after his wife allegedly took a U-turn on their divorce despite accepting Rs 27.5 lakh under a settlement agreement. The woman, who had earlier agreed to separate and withdraw criminal cases against her husband, told the family court that she had “changed her mind” as there was still “love and affection” between them.The couple married in July 2016, but the wife left for her parental home in Vadodara in May 2017 and did not return. The husband subsequently sought divorce under Section…

Prayagraj: Allahabad high court on Wednesday quashed the detention of a 25-year-old Delhi University history graduate, who was taken into custody under stringent National Security Act in connection with the Noida workers’ protest in April 2026.Allowing the habeas corpus petition, a division bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Achal Sachdev found that the detention of Akriti Chaudhari was based on a ‘concocted’ story by the police.The court directed her immediate release if arrest was not warranted in any other case. However, sources say Chaudhary will continue to remain in custody, as she is yet to secure bail in various…