Four dead, hundreds injured in boiler blast at Rae Bareli

November 01, 2017 17:46

Four dead, hundreds affected in a boiler explosion at NTPC's Unchahar plant at Rae Bareli, says Superintendent of police Shivhari Meena. News agency ANI quoting the district magistrate reports that ash-pipe exploded due to pressure at the NTPC plant. The UP CM Yogi Adityanath has taken cognizance of the explosion and has directed the Principal Home Secretary to ensure all steps for rescue and relief. Rae Bareli is Congress president Sonia Gandhi's constituency. Details awaited.

Image of the NTPC plant at Rae Bareli. Courtesy: ANI

« Back to LIVE

TOP STORIES

LIVE! Kohlis restaurant gets notice over fire safety lapses

Govt tweaks poll rule to curb public inspection of...

Based on the recommendation of the Election Commission (EC), the Union law ministry on Friday amended Rule 93(2)(a) of the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961, to restrict the type of "papers" or documents open to public inspection.

'Pushpa 2' stampede: CM lambast 'inhuman' Allu Arjun

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has criticized Telugu actor Allu Arjun for attending the screening of 'Pushpa-2' despite police permission being denied. Reddy alleges that the actor continued to be present at the cinema hall...

TN temple refuses to return iPhone dropped in 'hundi'

As per the practises and tradition at the temples, any offerings made into the hundial directly goes into the account of the deity of that temple. Rules do not permit the administration to return the offerings back to the devotees, Babu...

Amid Ambedkar row, AAP declares scholarship for Dalits

In the run-up to the assembly elections in Delhi, AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal announced an Ambedkar scholarship for free foreign education of the city's Dalit students. The scholarship is a response to the BJP's "insult" of Ambedkar,...