Gurgaon: Haryana govt has blocked management information system (MIS) portal access for 1,107 private schools, preventing them from admitting students to the 2026-27 academic session. While 693 of these had issues related to compliance with the Right to Education admission process, 269 were rejected by district elementary education officers (DEEOs). Also on the list were…
All institutes have been directed to keep entry gates manual and ensure that students can be evacuated quickly during emergencies Noida: Coaching centres in Gautam Buddh Nagar will no longer be allowed to use biometric entry gates, as authorities tightened safety norms following the June 22 Lucknow coaching tragedy that killed 15 students. In a…
Lucknow: Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) on Thursday sealed 55 establishments and issued notices to 78 commercial building owners for violating building and fire safety norms, officials said. This was the second day of the enforcement drive launched after the Aliganj fire incident.Fire and LDA teams, which found lapses in fire safety systems and emergency evacuation…
Noida: Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad has withdrawn recognition of seven self-financed schools in Ghaziabad and Noida for remaining non-functional, as part of a statewide crackdown that has seen 465 schools derecognised.Officials said these schools —five in Ghaziabad and two in Noida — neither conducted classes nor sent any students for board examinations during the…
Prayagraj: A joint team of Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA), and fire department had to face a piquant situation after the authorities of a computer training centre and para medical institute on Stanley road locked the gates to evade action on the second day of the ongoing fire safety crackdown on Wednesday.The PDA and fire officials…
Several centres had single staircases and were operating without dedicated fire exits and inadequate fire-fighting arrangements Ghaziabad: Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) has sealed 56 establishments, including coaching centres and private dispensaries, for operating without mandatory fire no-objection certificates (NOCs).After Monday’s fire at a commercial complex housing a coaching centre in Lucknow that left 15 dead,…
An SFES team checking the premises of an educational institution Surat: In the wake of the Lucknow fire incident, the Surat Fire and Emergency Services (SFES) has launched a citywide awareness and inspection drive across educational institutes to strengthen fire safety preparedness. So far, SFES teams have conducted checking of 52 educational institutes, including schools,…
Bokaro: Out of the around 30 private students’ hostels, coaching centres, and libraries operating in the city, none has obtained the mandatory fire safety No Objection Certificates (NOC), data available with the Jharkhand fire services reveal.Three eminent coaching centres inspected on Wednesday did not possess the fire safety NOC, fire department officials said.DSP (City) Rajeev…
Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Services (AFES) on Tuesday began fire safety inspections across tuition classes, coaching institutes, and computer education centres in the city. Fire teams also checked units not legally mandated to acquire a fire safety certificate.During the checking in the North-West Zone, officials inspected fire extinguishers, emergency exits, escape routes, and…
The Uttar Pradesh government has announced a strict ban on coaching centres and all commercial activities operating from basements, in the wake of the Aliganj fire tragedy in Lucknow that killed at least 15 people and triggered widespread scrutiny of building safety violations. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has issued clear directions saying that basements must…
