The hospital administration said the new deaths were not linked to the fire but the list includes the twin of the day-old infant that had succumbed to the blaze two days ago.
Four infants had died late Monday in the fire that broke out in the children’s ward of the Kamla Nehru Hospital, which is located within the premises of Bhopal’s state-run Hamidia Hospital.
After the protest on Tuesday, locals had blamed 'cane-charge' by police for the child's death.
Instead of looking for his nephew, Khan joined them. He thought: “If I can save the lives of these innocent babies, God will protect mine.” Khan says he saved eight infants but could not save his eight-day-old nephew, Rahil, who was “born after a wait of 12 years”.
NCPCR has taken suo moto cognisance of the incident and asked the Madhya Pradesh government to constitute an inquiry into the circumstances leading to the deaths.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the fire at the hospital in Bhopal on Monday was a result of "criminal negligence", and the guilty will not be spared.
Bypolls were held for three Assembly and one Lok Sabha seat of which BJP retained its Khandwa parlimentary seat. It also won two of the Assembly seats.
Officials said that 36 of the 40 infants in the ward were rescued while four, who were already in a critical condition, succumbed in the blaze.
Pushpendra Mishra, Town Inspector of Civil Lines police station, said, "We have registered a case and the accused will be arrested soon.”
On Thursday, the families had assembled at the panchayat to resolve a dispute over one kg of silver that the girl reportedly took with her while eloping, police said.
Nine people have been arrested based on two cross-FIRs for attempt to murder. Both sides attacked each other with sticks and axes, Alirajpur DSP Shraddha Sonkar said.
If the damages are not paid within 15 days of the Tribunal order, the tribunal will then be empowered to write to the district collector concerned to make recovery on the lines of the same done by the Revenue Department.
The BJP has been drawing public ire amid inflation, hike in fuel prices and a fertiliser crisis but managed to emerge victorious in Prithvipur and Jobat — both Congress strongholds.
The traditional BJP seat of Raigaon, however, went to the Congress this time, after 31 years.
Last week, Mishra had lashed out at Prakash Jha’s webseries Aashram-3 for “scenes that hurt our sentiments” and an “objectionable” Dabur ad that showed a lesbian couple celebrating Karwa Chauth.
“Fashion designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee's mangalsutra advertisement is highly objectionable and hurtful,” Mishra tweeted on Sunday. “ If the objectionable advertisement is not removed within 24 hours, legal action will be taken against him.”
According to Dhanpal's family in Piprol village in Naisaria tehsil, he had borrowed Rs 4,000 for buying fertiliser but failed to do so due to its shortage
Ahead of the sowing season of Rabi crops like mustard and wheat, farmers of several districts of MP are struggling with shortage of fertiliser at the distribution centres of co-operative societies.
On Sunday evening, around 50 men from the Bajrang Dal stormed the set of the web series Aashram-3, smeared ink on the face of director Prakash Jha, and smashed the windshields of at least three buses parked at the site of the shooting in Bhopal's old jail at Arera Hills.
Chouhan was visiting Choti Kole's house for dinner after an extensive day-long campaign at Raigaon in Satna district, one of three Assembly seats, along with a Lok Sabha constituency set for bypolls on October 30.
Chittuparambil said around 40 men from the VHP and Bajrang Dal approached the school on Monday while classes were on and handed over a “memorandum”, warning that the idol be put up within 15 days.
Rashid Ahmed, brother of accused Sageer Ahmed, denied the allegation and said walls are often covered with a dark cloth before putting up lights to enhance the effect.
As part of the campaign, the survivors will ask one question every day for the next 37 days over the aftermath of the Bhopal gas disaster, regarding the compensation, justice and rehabilitation of the lakhs of people affected.
Narottam Mishra also said he had asked the state police chief to review an advertisement for a fairness product that showed a lesbian couple celebrating Karwa Chauth, and ask the manufacturer to withdraw it.
The incident occurred when Jha was shooting scenes for the third season of the series, which stars Bobby Deol, in Bhopal’s old jail premises. In a video of the incident that emerged on social media, Bajrang Dal activists can be seen vandalising the set and assaulting a crew member.



