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Time of India
08-08-2025
- Climate
- Time of India
‘Men you see running in viral clip were us': Uttarkashi flash flood spares few; survivor's tale chills rescuers
DEHRADUN/UTTARKASHI: Sohan Singh Panwar, a 42-year-old hotel worker at flash flood-hit Dharali, still can't shake off the sound of people screaming "Bhago, bhago (run, run)!" as a wall of debris came crashing down the Kheer Gad stream, sweeping away parts of the village market in seconds. Sohan, who works at Shiv Kripa Hotel, had stopped for lunch at a nearby restaurant on Tuesday with seven friends. They were about to head to the local village festival when they saw something terrifying - the nearby Shiwalik Hotel collapsed like a pack of cards before their eyes. 'Still can't shake off sound of people shouting bhago, bhago!' A split second later, we heard frantic whistles and people screaming..." Sohan told TOI in a still-shaken voice. He recounted: "We were stunned for a moment. And then someone shouted at the top of his lungs, 'run for your lives', and everyone dashed out. A black car was speeding ahead.... That viral clip you see being circulated on social media. We're the ones in it. That's us. We were seconds away from being swallowed." Sohan and nearly 15-20 others bolted toward Harsil, including some who had been standing close to the black car that also took off moments before the flood arrived. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Secure Your Child's Future with Strong English Fluency Planet Spark Learn More Undo "It was terrifying, like the mountain was chasing us," he added. The men managed to run nearly 100m - far enough to escape the deadly current. But not all were as lucky. Sohan's friend, Munna Panwar, who owned a small hotel nearby, is among the missing. "He went to his room upstairs for an afternoon nap. That building collapsed. He never came out." Sohan also fears many workers inside Hotel Aanchal may have been buried, as that structure, too, was flattened. "I can't believe I'm alive," he said. "One moment we were talking about lunch. The next, we were running as if there was no tomorrow." Stay updated with the latest local news from your city on Times of India (TOI). Check upcoming bank holidays , public holidays , and current gold rates and s ilver prices in your area.
Time of India
07-08-2025
- Time of India
‘Seconds away from being swallowed, men you see running in viral clip were us'
Dehradun/Uttarkashi: Sohan Singh Panwar, a 42-year-old hotel worker at flash flood-hit Dharali, still can't shake off the sound of people screaming "Bhago, bhago (run, run)!" as a wall of debris came crashing down the Kheer Gad stream, sweeping away parts of the village market in seconds. Sohan, who works at Shiv Kripa Hotel, had stopped for lunch at a nearby restaurant on Tuesday with seven friends. They were about to head to the local village festival when they saw something terrifying — the nearby Shiwalik Hotel collapsed like a pack of cards before their eyes. "A split second later, we heard frantic whistles and people screaming..." Sohan told TOI in a still-shaken voice. He recounted: "We were stunned for a moment. And then someone shouted at the top of his lungs, 'run for your lives', and everyone ran dashed out. A black car was speeding ahead of us.... That viral clip you see being circulated. We're the ones in it. That's us. We were seconds away from being swallowed." Sohan and nearly 15-20 others bolted toward Harsil, including some who had been standing close to the black car that also took off moments before the flood arrived. "It was terrifying, like the mountain was chasing us," he added. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Play this game for 1 minute and see why everyone is addicted. Undo The men managed to run nearly 100m — far enough to escape the deadly current. But not all were as lucky. Sohan's friend, Munna Panwar, who owned a small hotel nearby, is among the missing. "He went to his room upstairs for an afternoon nap. That building collapsed. He never came out." Sohan also fears many workers inside Hotel Aanchal may have been buried, as that structure, too, was flattened. "I can't believe I'm alive," he said. "One moment we were talking about lunch. The next, we were running as if there was no tomorrow." Stay updated with the latest local news from your city on Times of India (TOI). Check upcoming bank holidays , public holidays , and current gold rates and s ilver prices in your area.
The Print
06-08-2025
- The Print
Chanakyapuri ka chor: How chain-snatcher's jail-bail-repeat career came to an end when he targeted an MP
But that was the end of his self admiration, because very soon, television channels were flashing the face of his victim, and he realised this time he had gone too far. Just out on bail a week ago for an earlier crime, he did not want to go back to prison after just a week of freedom. On the prowl in his usual haunt, Chanakyapuri's Diplomatic Enclave, the 24-year-old was cruising on his Scooty, looking for unsuspecting prey. He cruised by first-time MP representing Mayiladuthurai constituency, allegedly snatched the gold chain from her neck and rode off, patting himself on the back for his finesse. New Delhi: It was business as usual for Sohan Rawat on the morning of 4 August. The business of chain-snatching, that is. Only, the victim wasn't usual. It was Tamil Nadu Congress MP R. Sudha. But his victim, who was also injured slightly in the chain snatching, wasn't taking the incident lightly. She wrote to Home Minister Amit Shah, narrating her ordeal in the heavily guarded Chanakyapuri. Sure enough, with several Delhi Police teams on the hunt, Sohan was arrested from Harkesh Nagar in Delhi's Okhla Industrial Area on Wednesday. Also read: Crime stories dominated Indian TV news headlines—murder, suicide to execution How the case was cracked Sources say, the Delhi Police looked through footage from about a hundred CCTV cameras, and traced Sohan's blue Scooty from MotiBagh to the Chanakyapuri area. The police spoke to locals, showed them the footage, and identified Sohan. 'These efforts led to the identification and arrest of the accused, who was using a stolen Suzuki Access Scooty to commit the crime,' a senior police officer said. According to the police, Sohan is a habitual offender and has cases lodged against him across various police stations in Delhi. Previous cases against him include theft, snatching and motor vehicle theft. There are cases even under sections of the Arms Act across the jurisdictions of Amar Colony, Sunlight Colony, R.K. Puram, Lajpat Nagar, Inder Puri, Kalkaji, Hauz Khas, Mandawali, Fatehpur Beri, Defence Colony, Ambedkar Nagar, Naraina and Saket, among others. The MP's gold chain has been recovered from Sohan. Additionally, the stolen Scooty used in the crime has also been seized along with four mobile phones, suspected to have been snatched or stolen. 'The accused is currently under further interrogation for ascertaining his involvement in other recent incidents of snatching and vehicle theft,' the officer said. (Edited by Viny Mishra) Also read: Bihar ADG linking farmers to rising crime uncalled for. Data just doesn't support such claims
Time of India
07-07-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Libya's broken healthcare system drives locals to migrate
AP Image Libya's healthcare crisis has a sad, new face. It is that of a tired 7-year-old girl, Sohan Aboulsoud, who suffers from cystic fibrosis, an inherited genetic disorder. Her family couldn't get treatment for Sohan in Libya so they decided to dare the oft-deadly, illicit journey by boat to Italy in search of help on June 25. When Sohan's mother, Khawla Nail, shared the photo of her exhausted daughter on a smuggler's boat online, it went viral on social media and was picked up by a number of media outlets. A day later, dozens of families with children who also suffer from cystic fibrosis protested in the Libyan city of Tripoli. They demanded access to medication and the creation of diagnostic centers in Libya. The lack of such services threatens lives, they said. Since the overthrow of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, Libya has been stuck in political chaos. Since 2014, Libya has been split in two, with opposing governments located in the east and west of the country. A UN-backed administration known as the Government of National Unity, or GNU, is based in Tripoli in the west — where Sohan's family is from. Its rival, known as the House of Representatives, is based in the east, in Tobruk. At various times over the last decade, each government has tried — and failed — to wrest control from the other. The ensuing instability has impacted the country's healthcare system so that advanced hospitals are not being built and certain medicines are scarce or unavailable. In December 2021, a report by the World Health Organization found that in the southern and eastern regions of Libya, about a third of all facilities were "not functional," while 73 percent and 47 percent respectively were "partially functional." Libyan families desperate For the past seven years, Sohan's family has paid for private lab tests in neighboring Tunisia and ordered medication through private pharmacies. Without this medication, Sohan would not have been able to survive until today. "I submitted her file to the Libyan health authorities more than once but the response was always, there's no budget," Sohan's mother told DW. "Everything was expensive, complicated and beyond our reach. And I watched my daughter's condition deteriorate before my eyes. We exhausted every option for help in Libya." According to documents obtained by DW, more than 60 Libyan families have officially submitted requests to the Libyan Ministry of Health asking for cystic fibrosis treatment, a life-threatening illness that impacts the lungs, the digestive system and other organs. The documents include names and national ID numbers. Mahmoud Abu Dabbous, head of the National Organization for Organ Donation Support in Libya, said that Sohan's family was not the first that decided to risk the perilous journey, to Europe in search of healthcare. "It is a grave indicator of Libya's failure to meet basic health needs," Abu Dabbous said. Around 10 days ago, Sohan, her mother and her stepfather boarded an overcrowded boat filled with Libyan families. "We didn't leave because we wanted to migrate, it was because illness doesn't wait," Sohan's mother said. Many other irregular migrants are less successful on their journey from Libya or Tunisia toward Europe. According to the International Organization for Migration's Missing Migrants Project, more than 63,000 have died or have gone missing since 2014. The actual number is most likely significantly higher as reliable data is often unavailable. Libyan government offers words, no action Once the family had arrived on Italy's Lampedusa island, which is around 420 km (260 miles) by boat from Zuwara on Libya's western coast, a frequent launching point for smuggling operations, the family was housed in a shelter, one without air conditioning. "Sohan's disease, cystic fibrosis, does not tolerate heat or dehydration, even a slight drop in fluids could send her into intensive care," her mother explained. By then though Sohan's pictures had gone viral on social media, prompting Libya's GNU to issue a message saying it would cover the costs of the girl's treatment in Italy. "But they only contacted us once, then everything stopped. No official has called since and no concrete steps have been taken," Sohan's mother told DW. DW's attempts to contact the Libyan Ministry of Health for clarification were unsuccessful and at the time of publication, there had been no response. That comes as no surprise to Tarik Lamloum, head of the Libyan human rights organization Beladi. In his experience, Libyan government support often ends after one initial political comment. The GNU reaction didn't come" out of a sustained sense of responsibility," he told DW. It was due to the social media furore, he speculated. He's also worried that Sohan's story could provide a troublesome example for other families in similar stress. "One family already contacted me after the story went viral, asking about the journey's details and whether it could be repeated," he told DW. "Instead of glorifying a case in which a family had to cross the sea, the state should have provided care within the country," he concluded.
DW
06-07-2025
- Health
- DW
Libya's broken healthcare system drives locals to migrate – DW – 07/06/2025
A 7-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis recently became a symbol of Libya's healthcare crisis. Her family undertook an illicit journey to Italy to get her the care their own country didn't provide. Libya's healthcare crisis has a sad, new face. It is that of a tired 7-year-old girl, Sohan Aboulsoud, who suffers from cystic fibrosis, an inherited genetic disorder. Her family couldn't get treatment for Sohan in Libya so they decided to dare the oft-deadly, illicit journey by boat to Italy in search of help on June 25. When Sohan's mother, Khawla Nail, shared the photo of her exhausted daughter on a smuggler's boat online, it went viral on social media and was picked up by a number of media outlets. A day later, dozens of families with children who also suffer from cystic fibrosis protested in the Libyan city of Tripoli. They demanded access to medication and the creation of diagnostic centers in Libya. The lack of such services threatens lives, they said. Since the overthrow of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, Libya has been stuck in political chaos. Since 2014, Libya has been split in two, with opposing governments located in the east and west of the country. A UN-backed administration known as the Government of National Unity, or GNU, is based in Tripoli in the west — where Sohan's family is from. Its rival, known as the House of Representatives, is based in the east, in Tobruk. At various times over the last decade, each government has tried — and failed — to wrest control from the other. The ensuing instability has impacted the country's healthcare system so that advanced hospitals are not being built and certain medicines are scarce or unavailable. In December 2021, a report by the World Health Organization found that in the southern and eastern regions of Libya, about a third of all facilities were "not functional," while 73% and 47% respectively were "partially functional." For the past seven years, Sohan's family has paid for private lab tests in neighboring Tunisia and ordered medication through private pharmacies. Without this medication, Sohan would not have been able to survive until today. "I submitted her file to the Libyan health authorities more than once but the response was always, there's no budget," Sohan's mother told DW. "Everything was expensive, complicated and beyond our reach. And I watched my daughter's condition deteriorate before my eyes. We exhausted every option for help in Libya." According to documents obtained by DW, more than 60 Libyan families have officially submitted requests to the Libyan Ministry of Health asking for cystic fibrosis treatment, a life-threatening illness that impacts the lungs, the digestive system and other organs. The documents include names and national ID numbers. Mahmoud Abu Dabbous, head of the National Organization for Organ Donation Support in Libya, said that Sohan's family was not the first that decided to risk the perilous journey, to Europe in search of healthcare. "It is a grave indicator of Libya's failure to meet basic health needs," Abu Dabbous 10 days ago, Sohan, her mother and her stepfather boarded an overcrowded boat filled with Libyan families. "We didn't leave because we wanted to migrate, it was because illness doesn't wait," Sohan's mother said. Many other irregular migrants are less successful on their journey from Libya or Tunisia toward Europe. According to the International Organization for Migration's Missing Migrants Project, more than 63,000 have died or have gone missing since 2014. The actual number is most likely significantly higher as reliable data is often unavailable. Once the family had arrived on Italy's Lampedusa island, which is around 420 km (260 miles) by boat from Zuwara on Libya's western coast, a frequent launching point for smuggling operations, the family was housed in a shelter, one without air conditioning. "Sohan's disease, cystic fibrosis, does not tolerate heat or dehydration, even a slight drop in fluids could send her into intensive care," her mother explained. By then though Sohan's pictures had gone viral on social media, prompting Libya's GNU to issue a message saying it would cover the costs of the girl's treatment in Italy. "But they only contacted us once, then everything stopped. No official has called since and no concrete steps have been taken," Sohan's mother told DW. DW's attempts to contact the Libyan Ministry of Health for clarification were unsuccessful and at the time of publication, there had been no response. That comes as no surprise to Tarik Lamloum, head of the Libyan human rights organization Beladi. In his experience, Libyan government support often ends after one initial political comment. The GNU reaction didn't come"out of a sustained sense of responsibility," he told DW. It was due to the social media furore, he speculated. He's also worried that Sohan's story could provide a troublesome example for other families in similar stress. "One family already contacted me after the story went viral, asking about the journey's details and whether it could be repeated," he told DW. "Instead of glorifying a case in which a family had to cross the sea, the state should have provided care within the country," he concluded.
