{
  "id": 4245490,
  "title": "‘Trying to reach a safe location’: Missing UK couple's last message from flood-hit Nepal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/trying-to-reach-a-safe-location-missing-uk-couples-last-message-from",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-29T17:38:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/trying-to-reach-a-safe-location-missing-uk-couples-last-message-from-flood-hit-nepal-101788022561311.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A UK-based Indian-origin couple, Anal and Sanjukta Kar, have gone missing during a Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage in Nepal, according to their family. The couple, who lived in the United Kingdom since 2001 and have two children, were travelling to complete immigration formalities at the Nepal-Tibet border when they disappeared. They were last seen near Timure, close to the Nepal-Tibet border. Sanjukta, a teacher, had sent her last message via WhatsApp to her father on August 26, stating that a landslide alert had been issued and that they were attempting to reach a safe location on foot. The family has contacted the travel agency, police, and West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari for assistance in finding the couple.",
  "summary": "The UK-based couple with Kolkata roots were in Nepal for Kailash yatra when the floods struck, leaving them out of contact with their family.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "Nepal floods: MEA says 88 Indians rescued, 287 still missing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/nepal-floods-mea-says-88-indians-rescued-287-still-missing",
        "published": "2026-08-29T13:13:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Borneo Post Online",
        "title": "Nepal floods: Briefing for families of missing Malaysians to be held tomorrow, says Foreign Minister",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/nepal-floods-briefing-for-families-of-missing-malaysians-to-be-held",
        "published": "2026-08-29T15:13:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Peninsula Qatar",
        "title": "Minister of State at Ministry of Foreign Affairs receives phone call from Syrian FM",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/minister-of-state-at-ministry-of-foreign-affairs-receives-phone-call",
        "published": "2026-08-29T18:08:42.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}