Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday met the families of the victims of the NTPC explosion that left at least 26 people dead and over 100 injured. He also visited the site of the tragedy. The Gandhi scion took a break from election campaigning in poll bound Gujarat to visit Rae Bareli — the parliamentary …
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November 2, 2017Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will on Thursday take a break from his Gujarat visit to meet the families of the victims of the NTPC boiler explosion which left at least 22 people dead and over 100 injured. The Gandhi scion will resume his election campaigning in poll bound Gujarat on Thursday afternoon. “Due to …
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November 2, 2017At least 20 people were killed and more than 80 injured in a boiler explosion at a unit of the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) in Uttar Pradesh’s Rae Bareli district, officials said. Many of the injured are in critical condition with scalded body parts caused by hot ash and steam. They have been admitted …
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November 1, 2017At least sixteen people were killed and more than 100 others were injured after a boiler tube reportedly exploded at National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) unit in Unchahar in Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday. The death toll is likely to rise as many more are feared trapped inside the 500 MW boiler unit at the NTPC, …
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November 1, 2017The district administration has issued a notice to the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust for using 10,000 square feet land in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli that belongs to the state, an official said on Thursday. The Trust is giving vocational training to a group of local women on that land. The district officials said that the …
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May 11, 2017Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who has not campaigned for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls this time due to ill health, on Thursday in a video message appealed to the people of Amethi and Rae Bareli to vote for the party. In her message, which came a day after she sent out an appeal to voters …
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February 23, 2017Speculation is rife over Priyanka Vadra’s absence from the poll campaign in the family seats of Rae Bareli and Amethi. She has always been active in these two seats during elections, spending several weeks driving through dusty villages and addressing corner meetings. But this time, she has hardly been visible. She has kept a very …
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February 21, 2017Speculation is rife over Priyanka Vadra’s absence from the poll campaign in the family seats of Rae Bareli and Amethi. She has always been active in these two seats during elections, spending several weeks driving through dusty villages and addressing corner meetings. But this time, she has hardly been visible. She has kept a very …
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February 21, 2017Speculation is rife over Priyanka Vadra’s absence from the poll campaign in the family seats of Rae Bareli and Amethi. She has always been active in these two seats during elections, spending several weeks driving through dusty villages and addressing corner meetings. But this time, she has hardly been visible. She has kept a very …
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February 21, 2017The BJP on Friday targeted Priyanka Gandhi Vadra over her poll campaign in Rae Bareli for the Congress-SP alliance, saying it was unfortunate that she was seeking votes for those accused of "rape and murder". BJP national secretary Shrikant Sharma referred to the rape charge against Gayatri Prajapati, a minister in the Akhilesh Yadav-led SP …
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February 18, 2017The BJP on Friday targeted Priyanka Gandhi Vadra over her poll campaign in Rae Bareli for the Congress-SP alliance, saying it was unfortunate that she was seeking votes for those accused of "rape and murder". BJP national secretary Shrikant Sharma referred to the rape charge against Gayatri Prajapati, a minister in the Akhilesh Yadav-led SP …
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February 18, 2017The BJP on Saturday targeted Priyanka Gandhi Vadra over her poll campaign in Rae Bareli for the Congress-SP alliance, saying it was unfortunate that she was seeking votes for those accused of "rape and murder". BJP national secretary Shrikant Sharma referred to the rape charge against Gayatri Prajapati, a minister in the Akhilesh Yadav-led SP …
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February 18, 2017The BJP on Saturday targeted Priyanka Gandhi Vadra over her poll campaign in Rae Bareli for the Congress-SP alliance, saying it was unfortunate that she was seeking votes for those accused of "rape and murder". BJP national secretary Shrikant Sharma referred to the rape charge against Gayatri Prajapati, a minister in the Akhilesh Yadav-led SP …
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February 18, 2017Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, daughter of Congress President Sonia Gandhi will kick off her campaign in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi and Rae Bareli towns from February 13, a party leader said on Friday. She will be camping in the two family boroughs, represented by her brother and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and mother, for five days. …
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February 10, 2017Notwithstanding its alliance with Samajwadi Party, Congress will contest all the 10 Assembly seats of Amethi and Rae Bareli, the Lok Sabha constituencies represented by Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, respectively, in Uttar Pradesh, the party announced here on Saturday. "According to the party high command, Congress will contest all the 10 seats in Amethi …
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January 28, 2017Congress and Samajwadi Party are haggling over seats in Amethi and Rae Bareli,the parliamentary turf of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul. Congress, which managed to get 105 of the 403 seats under the seat-sharing deal with the SP after hard negotiations, is in no mood to give up its claim over all …
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January 27, 2017