“Deeply shocked to know that young girl students of medical college run by the Delhi government, were denied justice because the government was never informed by the Secretary (Health) about such ghastly incident,” the Delhi minister said in his letter

The financial capital has an islanding system which generally ensures continuity in power supply

Three people were killed as roof of the popular Sekhmet Bar collapsed in Chennai ‘s busy Chamiers Road in the Alwarpet area on Thursday. 

Investigators say the roof of the first floor collapsed. There are conflicting reports on what had led to the roof collapse. 

Some are pointing fingers at the metro rail work underway opposite the bar. Abash Kumar, the state fire services chief, told NDTV: “Two people have died. They have been identified as workers. Rescue teams are working to see if anyone else is trapped”. 

Officials added “the bar was functional”.

“We are checking if any major impactful operation was underway around that time in the metro rail work,” said Prem Anand Sinha, Joint Commissioner of Police.

Meanwhile, authorities have  launched an investigation into the cause of the roof collapse. The city police is yet to issue a statement.