"It's been close to 3 months since we last posted here. The Silence wasn't Absence. It was Grief," wrote RCB Royal Challengers Bengaluru's wait for an IPL title finally ended on June 3, when they defeated Punjab Kings by six runs and clinched their maiden title. To celebrate this joyous occasion with their fans, the franchise planned to organise an event at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, however, the celebrations met an unexpected tragedy. The likes of Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar and ot...Read More
New Delhi: The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki has announced the rollout of its first made-in-India electric vehicle - the e-Vitara SUV - in a major boost to the green segment from its upgraded Gujarat plant, which is now set to become one of the world's largest automotive manufacturing hubs with a projected annual capacity of one million units. Crucially, this facility will serve as Suzuki's global production base for electric vehicles (EVs), exporting to over 100 countries, including...Read More
Also Read - 'Bengaluru can be a global city if....': Kiran Mazumder-Shaw urges BBMP and DK Shivakumar Taking to social media platform X, the IPL franchise wrote: "The Silence wasn't Absence. It was Grief. This space was once filled with energy, memories and moments that you enjoyed the most. But June 4th changed everything. That day broke our hearts, and the silence since then has been our way of holding space. In that silence, we've been grieving, listening, learning." The note explained that...Read More
Bengaluru, Jul 19 (PTI) BJP leader R Ashoka on Saturday urged Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to hand over the investigation into the stampede outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium here during the RCB victory celebration to CBI so that the real culprits behind the incident are identified and justice is served for the innocent lives lost. The June 4 stampede outside the stadium led to the death of 11 people, while 56 were injured, as a large number of people thronged to participate in the Royal ...Read More
Srinagar: The Counter-Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) unit of Jammu and Kashmir Police is conducting searches at ten locations across four districts in the Valley. An official told news agency -- Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the raids are part of an ongoing investigation into a terror-crime case linked to a terrorist sleeper cell and recruitment module handled by Jaish commander Abdullah Ghazi from across the border. The searches are underway at one location in Pulwama, six in Ganderbal, one in...Read More
Medak: Telangana State BJP President N. Ramchander Rao on Friday appealed to the people to give the committed party an opportunity to meet the aspirations of the poor and downtrodden. Addressing a large gathering of party workers in Medak, the BJP chief remarked that citizens have experienced the rule of the BRS and the Congress party and have had bitter experiences with the deceitful practices of both. He urged people to support the BJP wholeheartedly in the upcoming local body elections as a ...Read More
BENGALURU: Taking an exception to the submission of the State Government's counsel that cops acted as if they were 'servants of RCB', the senior counsel for the suspended IPS officer Vikash Kumar Vikash on Friday argued before the Karnataka High Court that he didn't know that the said submission was of the counsel or the government. Senior advocate Dhyan Chinnappa made this submission before Justice S G Pandit and Justice T M Nadaf during the hearing of the petition filed by the state governmen...Read More
Bengaluru: The "who is responsible for the stadium stampede" debate took an interesting turn in the Karnataka high court Thursday with the state govt alleging the police officers handling the situation on the fateful day had acted like servants of RCB management. However, a suspended IPS officer countered it, saying he was made a scapegoat by the govt.Vikash Kumar Vikash, had challenged the govt's decision to suspend him in the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT-Bengaluru branch), which recent...Read More
Amaravathi (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 19 (ANI): A Telugu Desam Parliamentary Party meeting was held at the Chief Minister's Camp Office under the leadership of Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, in which it was emphasised that the party will focus on issues concerning Andhra Pradesh in the upcoming Parliament session. Andhra Minister Nara Lokesh and several MPs attended the meeting. Also Read | Ganeshotsav Declared 'Rajya Mahotsav': Maharashtra Government Elevates Century-Old Festival to St...Read More
Bengaluru: The suspension of IPS officer Vikash Kumar Vikash following the June 4 stampede outside Chinnaswamy Stadium came under fresh scrutiny Friday, with his counsel arguingthe state govt's position in court contradicts its own actions.Senior advocate Dhyan Chinnappa, appearing for Vikash, told a division bench that while the govt has maintained it implemented all necessary security measures, the suspension of police officers appears to be a "knee-jerk reaction." He questioned the govt's cla...Read More
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has directed the state government to provide a copy of the status report on the June 4 stampede at Chinnaswamy Stadium, submitted by it in sealed cover, to the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), and DNA Entertainment Networks. The court rejected the state's justification for withholding the report, noting that the Supreme Court permits sealed cover confidentiality only in matters involving national security, public ...Read More
Bengaluru: The "who is responsible for the stadium stampede" debate took an interesting turn in the Karnataka high court Thursday with the state govt alleging the police officers handling the situation on the fateful day had acted like servants of RCB management. However, a suspended IPS officer countered it, saying he was made a scapegoat by the govt.Vikash Kumar Vikash, had challenged the govt's decision to suspend him in the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT-Bengaluru branch), which recent...Read More
BENGALURU: The Karnataka government on Thursday justified the suspension of IPS officer Vikash Kumar Vikash before the High Court, arguing that the police officer and his colleagues acted as though they were "servants of RCB" during preparations for the IPL victory celebration, leading to a stampede that claimed 11 lives and injured 33 others. Senior Counsel P S Rajagopal, appearing for the state, told the court that even before the final IPL match was played, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) ...Read More
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): The Indian government expressed regret on Tuesday over the reported demolition of the ancestral property of celebrated filmmaker and writer Satyajit Ray in Mymensingh, Bangladesh and expressed its willingness to extend cooperation in its restoration. "We note with profound regret that the ancestral property of noted filmmaker and litterateur Satyajit Ray in Mymensingh, Bangladesh, belonging to his grandfather and eminent litterateur, Upendra Kishor Ray Chowdhur...Read More
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 16 (ANI): The Karnataka High Court has ordered the state government to publicly disclose its status report on the stampede incident outside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium that occured during the celebrations of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) team's maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) title win. The unfortunate tragedy led to the death of 11 people and left over 50 injured. The state government had requested the High Court to keep the report confidential, but...Read More
Kolkata: A day after DGCA ordered checks on fuel control switches of Boeing aircraft based on a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) NM-18-33 issued by US regulator Federal Aviation Authority in Dec 17, 2018, an Airworthiness Directive (AD) issued by FAA on Sept 19, 2015, on fuel shutoff valves has come to light.This AD, which required mandatory compliance, was flagged again a month later by UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which issued a safety notice requiring airlines to check ...Read More
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 16 (ANI): The Karnataka High Court has ordered the state government to publicly disclose its status report on the stampede incident outside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium that occured during the celebrations of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) team's maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) title win. The unfortunate tragedy led to the death of 11 people and left over 50 injured. The state government had requested the High Court to keep the report confidential, but...Read More
Pune: The ongoing pre-non-interlocking and non-interlocking works to develop the Hadapsar railway station would affect trains' movement in the Daund-Pune section this week from Thursday till Sunday. A total of 17 trains, including DEMUs from Pune to Daund and Baramati to Pune, Pune-Harangul Express (01487), Harangul-Pune Express (01488), Solapur-Pune Intercity Superfast Express (12169) and Pune-Solapur Intercity Express (12170), would remain cancelled on Sunday (July 20), a railway official said...Read More
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 16 (ANI): The Karnataka High Court has ordered the state government to publicly disclose its status report on the stampede incident outside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium that occured during the celebrations of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) team maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) title win. The unfortunate tragedy led to the death of 11 people and left over 50 injured. The state government had requested the High Court to keep the report confidential, but a...Read More
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 11 (ANI): Retired Justice John Michael D'Cunha has submitted a report to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah related to the M Chinnaswamy stadium stampede in Bengaluru that claimed 11 lives and left over 50 people injured. Siddaramaiah said that the retired High Court judge D'Cunha submitted the report on the stampede in two volumes, whose recommendations would be discussed in the forthcoming cabinet meeting. 'The retired High Court Justice submitted the r...Read More
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 11 (ANI): Retired Justice John Michael D'Cunha has submitted a report to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah related to the M Chinnaswamy stadium stampede in Bengaluru that claimed 11 lives and left over 50 people injured. Siddaramaiah said that the retired High Court judge D'Cunha submitted the report on the stampede in two volumes, whose recommendations would be discussed in the forthcoming cabinet meeting. Also Read | Karnataka Horror: Man Bites Off Wif...Read More
Puri, Jul 10 (PTI) As many as 48 people, including servitors of the Shree Jagannath Temple, on Thursday recorded their statements at a public hearing into the June 29 stampede in Puri that left three dead and over 50 injured, officials said. The hearing was part of the ongoing administrative inquiry being conducted by Development Commissioner and Additional Chief Secretary Anu Garg. Also Read | Bengaluru Peeping Tom Case: CM Siddaramaiah Condemns Man Filming Women in Public, Says 'This Is Not ...Read More
Puri: As many as 48 people, including servitors of the Jagannath Temple, Thursday recorded their statements at a public hearing into the June 29 stampede in Puri that left three dead and over 50 injured, officials said. The hearing was part of the ongoing administrative inquiry being conducted by Development Commissioner and Additional Chief Secretary Anu Garg. This was the second public hearing, following the first held in Bhubaneswar Wednesday. In total, 65 people and organisations have rec...Read More
Bengaluru, July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) has approached the Karnataka High Court, challenging the remarks made by the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) that held the cricket franchise responsible for drawing large crowds, which allegedly led to the June 4 stampede in which 11 people lost their lives here. The Royal Challengers Sports Private Limited (RCSPL), the owners of the RCB, has filed the petition in this regard on Wednesday. The CAT had made the obser...Read More
Bengaluru: The Karnataka high court on Wednesday issued a notice to the state government on a petition filed by Indian Premier League franchise Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), challenging "prejudicial observations" made against it by the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) in connection with the June 4 Bengaluru stampede. The bench of justices SG Pandit and TM Nadaf said it will next hear the matter on July 17. RCB's petition asked the high court to set aside portions of CAT's July 1 orde...Read More
Lucknow: What began as a festive tribute to India's favourite summer fruit ended in utter chaos at the Lucknow Aam Mahotsav, where the final day of the event witnessed scenes of confusion as visitors stormed display areas to grab mangoes meant solely for exhibition. The three-day mango festival, held from July 4 to 6, was organised to celebrate the region's diverse mango varieties and was attended by dignitaries including Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath. The event featured separate sect...Read More
PURI: In the eye of a storm over loss of three lives in a stampede near the Gundicha temple, the Puri administration is leaving no stone unturned to ensure an incident-free Bahuda Yatra of the Trinity on Saturday. Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan on Friday held discussions with Daita and other servitors at Gundicha temple to ensure timely conduct of all rituals and to make the return car festival an incident-free event. The minister visited the integrated command and control centre and said...Read More
Bengaluru: The Karnataka high court on Thursday sought an explanation from the state government over the suspension of five police officers in connection with the June 4 stampede outside Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium, which left 11 people dead, questioning whether a milder action -- such as transferring them to other posts -- might have been more appropriate. A bench of Justices SG Pandit and TM Nadaf said the state will have to "justify whether it was proper to keep the officers under susp...Read More
Bengaluru: In a significant setback to the Karnataka state government, the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) on Tuesday revoked the suspension of IPS officer Vikas Kumar Vikash, who was among the six police officials suspended in connection with the stampede near M. Chinnaswamy Stadium during RCB's IPL victory celebration last month. The stampede, which occurred on June 4, led to the tragic death of 11 individuals and left over 60 injured. Following public outrage and criticism over the fai...Read More
Bhubaneswar, Jul 3 (PTI) The Odisha government on Thursday sought information from public regarding the stampede that took place near Shree Gundicha Temple in Puri during a ceremony related to ongoing Rath Yatra festivities in which three persons were killed and 50 others injured. The state government through a public notice urged the people to share information, video footage or any other materials related to the stampede which took place early on Sunday for a proper and transparent inquiry in...Read More