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Malshej Ghat tragedy: 2 youngsters drown at Maharashtra tourist spot, bodies retrieved | Pune News

Malshej Ghat tragedy: 2 youngsters drown at Maharashtra tourist spot, bodies retrieved | Pune News

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Written by: Chandan Shantaram Haygunde 2 min readPuneJul 26, 2026 04:01 PM IST Two youngsters drowned in two separate incidents in the Kalu River near the popular monsoon tourist attraction of Malshej Ghat on Saturday afternoon. The police have identified the deceased persons as Pavan Sham Sathe, 18, and Raman Vijay Annapure, 20. Assistant police inspector Sheetalkumar Naik of Tokawade police station in Thane Rural said, “Sathe is a native of Buldhana district, while Annapure hails from Nanded.” “A prima facie probe revealed that Annapure is a student of engineering at a Pune college. Sathe had come to his brother’s place in Pune. Both of them do not know each other. They separately came from Pune to the Malshej Ghat area with their friends to see the Kalu waterfall,” said Naik. The police suspect that Sathe was swept away around 1.30 pm after the flow of the river increased due to heavy rainfall. Annapure, too, was swept away while crossing the Kalu River around 3.30 pm, they added. The police retrieved the bodies of the …

Sun sets on World Cup football’s greatest career as Messi tears drown out final | Football News

Sun sets on World Cup football’s greatest career as Messi tears drown out final | Football News

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6 min readNew JerseyJul 20, 2026 12:32 PM IST Even the bright sun over Metlife Stadium lost its glow a touch; the bright blue skies faded, baring streaks of grey. The elements mourned with Lionel Messi, his dream shattered and his last act on the grandest stage ending with a tragic twist, reminding the world of the triumph of collectivism over individual dazzle. Messi, the most luminescent footballer ever, tried all he could to fuel his country’s dream of a title defence. But Messi is human, and mankind failed against a smooth-running machine guised in human form. He resisted tears, as he sat on the ground, crushed and crestfallen, the dream falling apart in front of his eyes. For once in the tournament, he could not flip the script of his fate, or of the team, or of the country. He dragged himself onto his feet, staggered towards the tunnel, unfeelingly accepting the hugs and handshakes of commiseration. But then he stopped amid the crowd, leaving their heartache aside, chorusing his name. He stopped and …

Five drown in Cauvery river near Muthathi in Karnataka

Five drown in Cauvery river near Muthathi in Karnataka

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Muthathi in Malavalli taluk of Mandya district attracts devotees and tourists who wish to see the Cauvery river. | Photo Credit: K BHAGYA PRAKASH Five persons, including four women related to each other, drowned in the Cauvery river near Muthathi in Mandya district of Karnataka on June 24 evening. The deceased have been identified as Vijayamma, 50, Shwetha, 38, Chaitra, 20, and Priyanka, 28, who are all related to each other, and Mahesh, the driver of the car they travelled in. A group of relatives had hired a car from Bengaluru to Muthathi on June 24. After offering prayers at the temples in Channapatna and Muthathi, they went to the Cauvery river for a dip. Superintendent of Mandya district police V. J. Shobha Rani said Vijayamma was the first to lose her balance after being unable to make out the depth at a particular spot in the river. When she started drowning, others tried to rescue her, but their efforts went in vain.  Along with Vijayamma, three of her relatives and the car driver also …

Two MBBS students drown in Tigra Dam; bodies found after 18 hours: MP Police

Two MBBS students drown in Tigra Dam; bodies found after 18 hours: MP Police

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Two second-year MBBS students from Madhya Pradesh’s Gajara Raja Medical College (GRMC), Gwalior, drowned in Tigra Dam on Saturday evening. Tigra police launched a search operation through the night using boats and high-power lights. (PTI/Representative Photo) The deceased were identified as Ayush Srivastava from Muzaffarpur, Bihar, and Gopal Agarwal from Bina, Sagar. The State Disaster and Emergency Response Force (SDERF) assisted by police carried out an 18-hour rescue operation. Agarwal’s body was recovered during the intervening night between Saturday and Sunday, while Srivastava’s body was recovered at around 3pm on Sunday. City superintendent of police Krishnapal Singh said, “A group of eight medical students had gone to Tigra Dam for a picnic. They ventured into the restricted Kachchi Paar area, about three kilometers from the boat club. Srivastava and Agarwal had gone near the water.” “The students told police that when the two did not return after a while, they began searching. Their shoes and clothes were found on the rocky bank of the dam. Suspecting they had drowned, the students informed police,” he said. …

Three teenage cousins among four drown at Nashik’s Gangapur Dam during family outing

Three teenage cousins among four drown at Nashik’s Gangapur Dam during family outing

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Four people– three minor cousins and a young woman, lost their lives in a tragic drowning incident at the Gangapur Dam area in Maharashtra’s Nashik district. The accident has cast a pall of gloom over Savargaon village and nearby areas., According to information provided by the Disaster Management Department, the deceased have been identified as Ganesh Gotarne (16), Sahil Gotarne (16), and Nikhil Gotarne (16), all residents of Savargaon in Nashik district, along with Mayuri Jadhav (21), a resident of Talegaon Anjaneri. Reports suggest that the Gotarne family had hosted relatives on Thursday for the traditional ‘Dhondya-che Jevan’, a customary community feast. Following lunch, Mayuri Jadhav expressed a desire to visit the spillway area of Gangapur Dam. She later headed to the dam with five other family members and relatives. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Coach, contractor, manager held after youth drown in Jind pool

Coach, contractor, manager held after youth drown in Jind pool

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Four days after a 21-year-old youth drowned in the swimming pool at Eklavya Stadium in Jind, the police arrested the swimming coach, contractor and manager on charges of negligence. Police said the investigation in the case is underway and the swimming pool has been closed. (File) The arrested—swimming coach Ratinder, of Ekas village, contractor Deepak from Titoli village in Rohtak, and manager Ankush from Jamni Kheda village—had leased the pool from government for five years, they added. They were later released on bail. The incident happened on night of May 14 when the victim, Gaurav, had gone for swimming during evening but did not return home till around 8.30 pm. The family started searching for him and reached the pool area only to find victim’s body floating on water. He was taken to a hospital and was declared brought dead. A case was registered on the complaint of Gaurav’s father, Sanjay Jain, who alleged negligence in the operation and management of the swimming pool. Investigating officer sub-inspector (SI) Tinku said the arrests were made based …

2 drown, 4 missing after boat overturns in Yamuna river

2 drown, 4 missing after boat overturns in Yamuna river

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Two persons, including a child, drowned and four went missing after a boat capsized in the Yamuna river, police said on Thursday. They said the incident took place on Wednesday evening in Kutubpur Patiya hamlet under Bhauli gram panchayat in the Kurara police station area when nine people, not including the boatman, were returning from a river island. According to police, the boat lost balance in the middle of the river and capsized around 7 pm. The boatman, Dheeru, managed to rescue three people — Vishnu, Rinku and Parul. The remaining six, five children and a woman, Akanksha (9), Rani (9), Brijrani (25), Labhyansh (5), Mahesh (6), and Aditya (11), went missing, police said. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Rajkot tragedy: Four family members drown at Aji Dam | Ahmedabad News

Rajkot tragedy: Four family members drown at Aji Dam | Ahmedabad News

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2 min readAhmedabadUpdated: May 2, 2026 11:13 PM IST Four of seven members of an extended family drowned in the waters of Aji Dam in Rajkot on Saturday. Police identified the deceased as rickshaw driver Bharat Devji Jadav (42), his two sons Dhaval (18) and Rohit (26) and his wife’s nephew, Dhruv Sanjay Makwana (15). The incident took place between 4 pm and 5 pm on Saturday when Bharat Devji Jadav (42) took his family members in a rickshaw near the edge of Aji Dam to wash the vehicle and pray at the Mogal Mata temple located there. Inspector H N Patel of Aji Dam police said they learnt from Mayur Naresh Jadav (16), a nephew of Bharat Jadav and one of the three survivors, that Rohit first went into the water, lost his footing and was struggling to stay above the water. First Dhaval and then Dhruv jumped into the water but they too began to drown. Bharat Jadav then jumped in himself to attempt to save the children, leading to a cascading case …

Maharashtra: Four youths drown in two separate incidents near Vaitarna dam

Maharashtra: Four youths drown in two separate incidents near Vaitarna dam

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Four youths drowned in two separate incidents near the Vaitarna dam in Maharashtra’s Nashik district, police said on Monday. According to police, four students from a local college entered the water at Zarwad Bet (an island) in the Vaitarna dam area on Sunday.  Two of them, identified as Aditya Pramod Vanare (20) and Veerendra Nandan Patil (20), drowned, and their bodies were fished out on Monday. Vanare was a resident of Buldhana district, while Patil hailed from Jalgaon, an official from Ghoti police station said. In another incident, two Nashik residents,  Atharva Sunil Gosavi (21) and Manish Dilip Chavan (21), drowned at the Dugarwadi waterfall near the dam on Sunday evening, he said. Rescue operations were launched immediately but were halted at night due to poor visibility. The bodies were retrieved on Monday, the official added. The Ghoti police have registered two cases of accidental death, he said. 10-year-old boy drowns while swimming in lake in Thane In a similar incident earlier in April, a 10-year-old boy lost his life after drowning while he was …

3 girls drown while trying to take selfie at Andhra waterfall| India News

3 girls drown while trying to take selfie at Andhra waterfall| India News

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An outing for the Summer holidays turned fatal for three minor girls in Andhra Pradesh’s Alluri Sitharama Raju district, as they drowned in a waterfall while trying to take a selfie. Andhra Pradesh drowning incident: Despite one girl surviving, she could not help rescue the three others as they went under the water. (Representational ) According to police, the incident took place near Moolagummi village in the Ananthagiri area on Thursday. The girls, all from the same village, had gone together to visit the waterfall, a spot that often attracts locals during the holiday season, news agency PTI reported. What began as a fun visit quickly escalated into a tragedy when the group moved into the water to take photographs. ALSO READ | Five engineering students on temple visit drown in Godavari in Andhra Pradesh Officials said four girls were present at the time. While trying to take photos in the water, three of them reportedly lost their footing and slipped deeper. None of the three could swim, making it impossible for them to stay …