The death toll in the Lucknow coaching centre fire rose to 14 on Monday. UP CM Yogi Adityanath announced an ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh for the families of the victims and Rs 50,000 for the injured, while PM Modi also announced compensation from PMNRF and expressed condolences to the bereaved families

The explosion occurred at the Barzan local gas supply facility on Sunday evening during the start-up of operations, according to QatarEnergy. Addressing a press conference on Monday, Al-Kaabi, who is also the CEO of QatarEnergy, said 13 people of Indian and Pakistani origin died in the incident