Overview
- A coaching‑centre fire in Lucknow on June 22 killed at least 15 students and prompted a state safety review that led police to form a special investigation team and file cases against building operators.
- Inspections triggered by the fire have reached prominent properties, with the Kanpur Development Authority sealing a building linked to assembly speaker Satish Mahana’s brother for running a coaching centre and restaurant in the basement.
- On June 25 Ayodhya police, acting on an SIT recommendation and a trust complaint, registered an FIR and arrested eight lower‑level workers accused of stealing temple donations, drawing sharp criticism from opposition leaders who say senior trust officials were excluded.
- Fact‑checkers have debunked viral images and video wrongly shared as footage of the Lucknow blaze, tracing the widely circulated clip to a 2010 Bronx fire in New York.
- Parallel law‑and‑order actions continue across the region, including the rescue of 12 bonded labourers in Muzaffarnagar, FIRs over a staged 'mock blast' in Ujjain, and intensified search operations for a missing trekker at Dayara Bugyal, while CM Yogi held talks with Google about IT and data‑centre investment.