Engineering student injured in gorge fall during selfie at horsley hills
A third-year engineering student from Tirupati slipped into a 50-foot gorge while taking a selfie at Horsley Hills; rescued amid thick fog and now stable.
Amaravati, January 12, 2026: A third-year engineering student from Sri Venkateswara University in Tirupati suffered multiple facial injuries after slipping into a 50-foot-deep gorge at Galibanda point on Horsley Hills near Madanapalle in Annamayya district.
The incident happened Monday while he posed for a selfie with friends during a visit; thick fog delayed the rescue by about an hour before police located him in bushes below and rushed him to Government District Hospital in Madanapalle. His condition is now stable.
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Andhra Pradesh CID has rescued 22 young men lured abroad with fake IT jobs and forced into online fraud in Myawaddy, Myanmar. They are now safe at state police headquarters in Mangalagiri.
Farmers, workers and unions protested at Eluru Collectorate today against the use of preventive detention and false cases on activists. They demanded withdrawal of the PD Act on a key farmers' leader and an end to crackdowns on movements.
Parvatipuram MLA Bonela Vijaya Chandra says TDP government prioritises completing the Jhanjavati project by 2026 to deliver irrigation relief to farmers in Parvathipuram Manyam district.
