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Topic: Jhansi

What made Jhansi hospital blaze worse? Higher oxygen levels, overcapacity & ‘ignored’ advisory

Fire at SNCU at state-run Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College in UP’s Jhansi claimed lives of 10 newborns on 15 Nov. 4-member panel probing incident has submitted report to UP govt.

Jhansi hospital where blaze killed 10 newborns was denied fire NOC in February

After denial of fire No Objection Certificate (NOC), Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College in Jhansi sought funds from UP govt to buy firefighting equipment and carry out repairs.

Father who saved babies in Jhansi hospital fire lost his own twins. ‘Couldn’t see them in thick smoke’

Yakoob Mansuri was among the men hailed as heroes for rescuing many babies, but he lost his own twin daughters in the fire. The babies rescued are now struggling to breathe, drink milk.

Kin of rescued babies flag lax fire safety at Jhansi hospital. ‘Extinguishers didn’t work, only 1 exit’

Principal has denied that fire extinguishers failed to work. Father of rescued newborn also says special neonatal care unit was over capacity & most staff 'fled' through back door.

Shattered parents seek answers as 10 newborns killed in Jhansi NICU fire. Yogi sets up probe panel

UP CM says fire at state-run Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College caused by short circuit. Oppn tears into Yogi govt, Akhilesh alleges negligence, says 'Gorakhpur should not be repeated'.

Agra is No. 3 Smart City. Funds spent on potholes, parks, paintings, traffic jams, zardozi

Modi govt envisioned Smart Cities as grand urban digital utopias, but 10 yrs on, they are mostly doing what UPA-era Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission left unfinished.

PM Modi hands over indigenously produced light combat helicopters to IAF in UP’s Jhansi

Modi also launched several development projects worth over Rs 3,425 crore to expedite the growth of the economically backward Bundelkhand region of UP.

In UP’s Jhansi, rising Covid cases have created ‘ICU fear psychosis’ among hospitalised patients

Doctors say Covid patients are developing fear psychosis, witnessing all the death & gloom around them. One patient died by suicide in the district's biggest hospital after developing this condition.

2 arrested in Jhansi for breach of peace, misbehaviour in Kerala nuns harassment case

Two nuns were taken off a train and detained in Jhansi on 19 March after Bajrang Dal activists complained that two women were allegedly being taken forcibly for religious conversion.

Attack on Kerala nuns in Jhansi ‘reeks of politics’, says minorities commission member

Atif Rasheed, vice-chairman of the National Commission for Minorities, says the panel has taken suo moto cognisance of the incident and has directed authorities to file report.

On Camera

With nuke lunacy, Asim Munir joins Pakistan’s Hall of Generals who swapped brains for bluster

Munir indicates that he’s willing to go for broke, even if it risks taking his country “and half the world” down with him. It’s important to understand where he is coming from.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

‘Next war may come sooner than expected, will require whole-of-nation approach’—Army chief

Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.