23-year-old dies after falling from hotel balcony while chasing dog in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: A 23-year-old man, identified as Uday, tragically died after accidentally falling from the third floor of the VVPride Hotel in Chanda Nagar while chasing a dog. The incident occurred around 12:30 am on Monday, as Uday was visiting Hyderabad with his family, staying in Ashok Nagar, Ramachandrapuram.
According to police reports, Uday had booked a room at the hotel on Sunday to spend time with friends. While on the balcony of his third-floor room, he spotted a dog roaming the hotel’s corridors. In a bid to chase the animal, Uday slipped through an open window and fell to the ground below.
A video from the scene shows Uday's friends looking out of the window before rushing downstairs to seek help. Despite their efforts to get him to a nearby hospital, he was declared dead on arrival due to severe injuries sustained from the fall.
Authorities have moved Uday's body to Gandhi Hospital for a post-mortem examination. The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident, including how the dog accessed the third floor of the hotel, and are reviewing CCTV footage from the area.
A 23-year-old man died after accidentally falling from the third floor of a hotel while chasing a dog in #Hyderabad.
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The victim, identified as Uday, was staying at #VVPrideHotel, located within the #ChandaNagar Police Station limits, when the incident occurred.
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Rishabh Pant overtakes Kohli in Test rankings
Dubai, Oct 23: Rishabh Pant on Wednesday overtook his superstar India teammate Virat Kohli to reach the sixth spot in the ICC Test rankings for batters.
Fresh from a counter-attacking 99 in the second innings of the opening Test against New Zealand, Pant gained three spots in the rankings while Kohli, who made a fluent 70 in Bengaluru, dropped a place to be eighth.
Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal remains India's highest ranked batter at four. India captain Rohit Sharma dropped two places to be joint 15th alongside Sri Lanka's Dimuth Karunaratne.
England star Joe Root maintains a healthy lead at the top of the charts.
New Zealand duo of Rachin Ravindra (up 36 places to 18th) and Devon Conway (up 12 spots to 36th) also made good ground on the latest list for Test batters, while teammate Matt Henry (up two rungs to ninth with a new career-high rating) was the big winner in bowlers' category.
Henry picked up eight wickets during the Black Caps' drought-breaking eight-wicket victory over India in Bengaluru, while teammate Will O'Rourke (up two spots to 39th) was also rewarded for his seven scalps from the same match.
Pakistan spinner Noman Ali was re-instated at 17th on the rankings following his 11 wickets across two innings against England, while teammate Sajid Khan gained 22 places to move to 50th after he was adjudged Player of the Match in the same contest.
India's pace spearhead remains at the top of the bowlers' rankings followed by teammate R Ashwin. Retaining the seventh sport, Ravindra Jadeja is another Indian in the top-10.
