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Ammonia gas leak at NoidaA case of ammonia gas leak was reported Sunday from a factory (A-20) in Sector 2, Noida. The employees of the facto...

Ammonia gas leak at Noida
A case of ammonia gas leak was reported Sunday from a factory (A-20) in Sector 2, Noida. The employees of the factory allegedly locked up the factory and fled. No casualty has been reported.

According to sources, the gas started leaking from a tanker at around 5 p.m.. Labourers at neighbouring factories started coughing. Someone reported the matter to the police control room at 5.50 p.m.

Firemen reached the spot and controlled the situation. A case of negligence is yet to be registered against the owners of the factory.

Woman charred to death
A 27-year-old woman was charred to death in the Anand Vihar area of Ghaziabad early on Sunday morning. Mamta went into her kitchen at 5 a.m. to prepare tea for her family when the incident took place. Her husband, Rajinder Singh, told the police that on hearing Mamta’s screams he rushed to the kitchen, but could not save his wife. Mamta died on the spot. “It seems that LPG leakage caused the fire”, said a police officer.

The RJD’s key face and Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Tejashwi Yadav, party supremo Lalu Yadav’s son, will again contest from his stronghold Raghopur.

Amid Mahagathbandhan crisis, RJD unveils list of 143, drops 36 MLAs, focuses on ‘M-Y’

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The RJD, lead player of the Mahagathbandhan, released its full list of 143 candidates for the November Bihar Assembly elections. Its key face Tejashwi Yadav will contest from Raghopur, and 41 sitting MLAs have been renominated. The party has dropped 36 sitting MLAs and fielded young leaders, signaling a bid to consolidate its core Muslim-Yadav vote base. The Congress has fielded 60 candidates.

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