India news Live Updates, 4 September 2026: Fire at hospital in Maharastra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, several infants evacuated

A fire broke out at Asian Hospital near Akashwani Chowk in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar around 2:45 am on Friday, triggering an urgent rescue operation. All 58 patients, including nine newborns in the NICU, were safely evacuated, with the infants shifted to three nearby hospitals.

The blaze was brought under control, and no casualties were reported. A short circuit in an air-conditioning unit is suspected to have caused the fire. The Cockroach Janta Party has planned a visit to Parliament Street Police Station in Delhi at 10 am on Friday to seek action against Swatantra Bhardwaj, a self-proclaimed Hindutva influencer who claimed to have assaulted Sanjay Kumar — father of student protester Nishu — during a protest at Jantar Mantar in June.

CJP spokesperson Saurav Das said he and other party members would reach the police station, with CJP co-convener Ashutosh Ranka urging people to join the demonstration in support of Sanjay. An Indian Express exclusive reveals that Delhi Police's facial recognition technology flagged murder and rape accused at the Jantar Mantar protest — but at least 25 of the people identified by the system were in jail at the time of the demonstration, raising serious questions about the accuracy and reliability of facial recognition as a policing tool.

An explainer examines why the technology is both a hit and a miss when deployed at scale in real-world crowd scenarios. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is visiting Ukraine, even as Prime Minister Modi is set to meet President Putin on the sidelines of the SCO leaders' summit in Bishkek on August 31, and again at the BRICS summit on September 12-13.

Jaishankar made clear India's position on Russian oil: "Not buying Russia oil will not stop the war." A group of women journalists has alleged they were beaten by Delhi Police and specifically targeted because of their surnames — allegations the police have denied, but which have added a new and serious dimension to the debate over policing conduct during and after the protest period.

Former civil servant Ashish Joshi, who was questioned by Delhi Police for nine hours over his social media posts, has revealed that 60-70 per cent of the questions were specifically about a post he wrote on the Home Minister and Home Secretary — adding clarity to what had appeared to be a wide-ranging interrogation but was apparently far more targeted.

India's first imaging satellite designed for geosynchronous orbit has lifted off successfully — a milestone for the country's space programme that will significantly enhance its persistent surveillance and earth observation capabilities at a strategic distance from which it can monitor a much larger footprint continuously.

OpenAI has launched GPT-6 Astra, its most capable model yet, designed to move beyond answering questions to actively using computers, completing multi-step tasks and operating closer to what the company describes as artificial general intelligence — a release that is expected to sharply accelerate the competitive AI landscape globally.

A fire broke out at a hospital in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, prompting the evacuation of dozens of patients, including infants. CCTV footage shows hospital staff moving newborn babies to safety moments before the fire engulfed the ward.

VIDEO | Maharashtra: Fire broke out at a hospital in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. Infants among dozens of patients evacuated. CCTV visuals show hospital staff shifting newly born babies to safety moments before the fire engulfs the ward.#hospitalfire #maharashtranews(Source:… pic.twitter.com/wN1akf7uX4 The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has said the pilot in command of the Air India Phuket-Delhi flight that was involved in an incident on August 4 tested “non-negative” for a psychoactive substance.

The AAIB has termed the confirmation a “serious concern” and asked the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to take appropriate action. It said a detailed investigation into the technical and other aspects of the incident is still underway.

Srinagar, J&K | According to Srinagar airport authorities, an IndiGo flight 6E 225 (VT-NOG) operating from Navi Mumbai to Srinagar came into contact with the VDGS pole during the parking process at Srinagar Airport at approximately 0902 hours today.

All passengers and crew… pic.twitter.com/jdusSr6el5 DNA samples of family members of Vidisha engineer Swati Bagrecha and two workers from Raisen, who have been missing since the Nepal flash floods, will be collected as Nepal begins using DNA tests to identify victims, officials said on Friday.

Bagrecha, 50, had travelled to the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra with a 77-member group and was at the Nepal-Tibet border on August 26 when the disaster struck. Her family has had no contact with her since then. The families of the missing workers will also undergo the DNA sampling process.

Officials said the samples will be collected by the health department after the necessary permissions and formalities are completed. Bagrecha's family had approached the Indian and Canadian embassies for help in tracing her.

Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has also spoken to the family and initiated efforts to expedite the search. CJP spokesperson Saurav Das, co-convenor Ashutosh Ranka and other members on Friday proceeded to the Parliament Street Police Station from Patel Chowk over a case concerning injuries sustained by one of their supporters during the Jantar Mantar protests.