MANGALURU l Friday l august 28, 2026 l `9.00 l PAGES 16 l CITY EDITION Sehwag and Dravid’s sons to play together for India U19 Legendary batters Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag's sons, Anvay and Aaryavir respectively, are set to play for India U19 in the Australia series Anvay Dravid Maiden call-up for Aaryavir in blues It is a maiden India call-up for 18-year-old Aaryavir, who is currently playing for West Delhi Lions in the Delhi Premier League. He will be joining Anvay in the one-day squad where India U19 will play three matches from September 18. The junior cricket committee picked separate squads for the three one-day matches and two multi-day games vs Australia Aaryavir Sehwag Second series with India U19 for Anvay ■ ■ Anvay, the younger son of former India captain and coach Dravid, retained his place in the ODI squad after being part of the U-19 side that toured Sri Lanka last month The 17-year-old wicketkeeper-batter had scored 14 and 87 in the two youth ODIs he played during the tour 14 Dravid and Sehwag last played together for India 14 years ago CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOgGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI Emergency contact numbers of Embassy of India in Kathmandu: +977 985 131 6807, +977 970 910 7500, +977 981 032 6117 Pilgrim from Karnataka recounts flash flood scare D IPA K M O N D A L @ New Delhi E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ Bengaluru A 5 0 - ye a r- o l d m a n f ro m Kalaburagi, who was travelling to Mansarovar with a group of pilgrims, recounted how they narrowly escaped the flash flood in Nepal after their bus driver quickly moved the vehicle to higher ground. Mallinath, speaking to TNIE on Thursday, said the group had left for Kathmandu at around 6 am on Wednesday and was travelling towards Mansarovar when they witnessed the flashing flood near a place called Battar. “We were travelling from Kathmandu to Mansarovar by bus. After around three hours, near a place called Battar, we suddenly witnessed a flood. There was a bridge and the Trishuli river was flowing nearby And suddenly we heard . , a sound similar to that of an explosion, followed by gushing water,” he said.  P7 Mallinath (R), a resident of Kalaburagi who survived the Nepal tragedy, with a friend at Pashupatinath Temple at Kathmandu An area covered in mud and silt washed along the flash flood, near Trishuli Dam in Nepal on Thursday | PTI Toll up, 290 Indians uncontactable so far E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ New Delhi At least 290 Indian nationals remain uncontactable in Nepal’s flood-hit Rasuwa district even as rescue teams have brought more people to safety and authorities race to establish the whereabouts of those stranded in the disaster zone. The External Affairs Ministry (MEA) said on Thursday that 54 Indians had been rescued so far. The number of workers rescued from the Trishuli-1 hydropower project has also risen sharply, with 63 workers now safe, compared with 33 reported earlier. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said Indian authorities were coordinating with Nepalese officials, state governments, tour operators and project authorities to trace those out of contact. Among those still uncontactable are two large Tamil Nadu groups of 37 and 49 people, who were travelling for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra through separate travel opera- NLSIU calls off 2026 batch’s convocation E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ Bengaluru The National Law School of India University (NLSIU) on Thursday cancelled its 34th annual convocation, initially scheduled to be held on September 12. The development comes amidst pushback from the students against the attendance of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, who was slated to attend the convocation meant for the 2026 graduating batch. The NLSIU administration on Thursday issued a circular to the graduating students, attributing the cancellation to ‘unavoidable circumstances’. “Despite our collective best efforts, due to unavoidable circumstances, we are unable to hold the 34th annual convocation,” the circular read. This is the first time after the Covid-19 pandemic that the university has cancelled a convocation. The graduates will be conferred their degrees “in absentia” after due approvals Pilgrimage activity With Raksha Bandhan and Shravan Purnima approaching, pilgrimage activity in highaltitude areas is particularly heavy. The absence of a comprehensive record of travellers moving through the remote region is making it harder for authorities to determine the full number of people affected tors, Samrat Travels and Fly Everest Travels. Another group of 32 Indians from West Bengal, travelling through Samrat Travels, was reportedly in Timure, one of the areas affected by the disaster. Authorities are also trying to contact 61 Indians travelling through Richa Tours and 33 people from Kerala whose whereabouts remain unconfirmed. The government has stressed that “uncontactable” does not mean that a person is necessarily missing, injured or dead. It indicates that officials have so far been unable to establish communication. The scale of the disaster is growing. The official death toll rose to 362, including three in Tibet, while Nepal authorities reported 910 people missing. A newly formed lake at the flood site is also reportedly rising after a river blockage, prompting Nepal’s disaster authorities to warn residents and rescuers to stay away from riverbanks amid fears of a possible outburst.  more on: P9, 10 Manipur violence Four Nagas killed in alleged Kuki ambush P r a s an ta M a z u mda r @ Guwahati by NLSIU’s governing bodies. The students can opt to receive their certificates via courier or collect them at the campus. On August 15, 165 students from the graduating class of 2026, 409 current students and 128 alumni had signed an open letter to the university administration, expressing ‘unconditional solidarity’ with National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR, Hyderabad) students, who had invited Bar Council of India (BCI) chair man Manan Kumar Mishra’s procedural and shortlived wrath when they opposed the attendance of CJI Kant at the latter university’s convocation ceremony . Amid signs of normalcy returning to Manipur following the resumption of inter-state bus services, alleged Kuki rebels carried out an ambush on Thursday, killing four Naga civilians. One other Naga individual was injured in the ambush while a student leader was reported missing. The incident occurred at around 8.30 am at a place between Makui Ashang and Thanamba Naga villages on the IT Road in Kuki-majority Kangpokpi district. The victims were travelling from Makui village to Senapati which is a Naga-majority district bordering Nagaland when they were attacked. Manipur’s apex Naga organisation, ‘United Naga Council’ (UNC), condemned the “barbaric and calculated” attack on the Liangmai Naga civilians. “It was reported that armed Kuki militants under Suspension of Operation…ambushed and attacked innocent Naga civilians in an area that serves as an important lifeline for Nagas living along the IT Road,” the UNC said in a statement. Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh chaired a high-level security meeting, where the government condemned the ambush. He instructed security officials to nab the culprits. 101 taluks in K’taka declared drought-hit E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ Bengaluru The state government has declared 101 taluks as drought-affected for Kharif 2026, following an assessment based on parameters prescribed under the Manual for Drought Management, 2020. The declaration remain in force for six months. Deputy Chief Minister G Big haircut, but Chandra says it’s against `3.9k cr Parameshwara said the government will submit a memorandum to the Centre seeking drought relief assistance by the end of August, based on the estimated losses. He said the state will continue to review the evolving situation. He said of the 101 taluks, 89 have been categorised as severely affected, while 12 have been classified as moderately affected. Once droughtaffected taluks are officially notified, SDRF funds can immediately be used for drinking water needs G Parameshwara The order issued on Thursday by Manoj Kumar Meena, Relief Commissioner and Secretary to Government, Revenue Department (Disaster Management), said Deputy Commissioners and District Disaster Management Authorities have been authorised to undertake necessary drought relief and response measures in accordance with SDRF norms.  P4 AFTER a major controversy erupted over the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) Essel Group chairman Subhash Chandra’s `6.5-crore repayment plan against admitted creditor claims of `22,006 crore, the media baron on Thursday said that the claims against him as a personal guarantor were just `3,992 crore. In a statement, Chandra said he had not personally borrowed money from any lender and was only a personal guarantor for the loans raised by Vivek Infracon, Spirit Textiles and Churu Enterprises. Chandra further said that `620 crore of these claims had already been settled, while the borrowing entities had offered to pay `1,113 crore to multiple lenders. Discussions are continuing, he said. On Tuesday, the NCLT’s Delhi Bench had approved the repayment plan despite objections from Subhash Chandra financial creditors over the size of the proposed recovery the conduct , of the resolution professional and the participation of entities alleged to be associated with Chandra. The repayment plan was approved by 80.814% of the creditors. However, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, Canara Bank, LIC Housing Finance and some other lenders voted against it. Creditors opposing the plan argued that the proposed recovery amounted to over 99% haircut. While approving the plan, the tribunal held that its role was to examine whether the plan complied with the law and whether there was any statutory infirmity warranting its rejection. express read DKS talks to Rahul on Nagendra’s future Bengaluru: Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday spoke to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi over the future of Planning and Statistics Minister B Nagendra, who is facing corruption charges. After the meeting, the CM said that Nagendra is ready to make any sacrifice in the interest of the party but ruled out his resignation. | P4 26 injured as buses collide near Yellapur Yellapur: Two buses plying between Mundgod and Yellapur collided head-on late Wednesday night, leaving 26 people injured. Six of the injured are said to be in serious condition. One bus was moving from Bengaluru via Mundgod to Yellapur, while another was heading towards Mundgod. According to police, both buses were overspeeding. | P6