Srinagar, June 5: Indian Railways will commence regular operations of two new Vande Bharat Express trains between Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra and Srinagar from June 7, following their official inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow, June 6. The trains will offer passengers a fast, reliable, and modern travel option, running six days a week in both directions, officials said on Thursday. Prime Minister Modi is expected to flag off the two specially designed Vande Bharat trains ru...Read More
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government's celebratory zeal turned into a tragic nightmare as a stampede during Royal Challengers Bengaluru's (RCB) IPL 2025 victory parade claimed 11 lives and injured 33 others near M Chinnaswamy Stadium. The Congress-led administration, under Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, is now under intense scrutiny for its alleged insensitivity and negligence, with netizens and opposition leaders alike slamming the government for prioritising political mileage over public safety. ...Read More
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 5 (ANI): A day after the tragic stampede during the IPL victory celebration event of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in Bengaluru that left 11 dead and dozens injured, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said that a one-member commission has been formed to probe the incident. CM Siddaramaiah also announced that the state government has decided to suspend top police department officials, including the Commissioner of Bengaluru City Police. ...Read More
Hyderabad: Contrary to widespread and distressing reports circulating on social media and some unofficial sources earlier today, Jubilee Hills MLA Maganti Gopinath of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has not passed away. He remains critically ill but is showing signs of recovery after being rushed to AIG Hospital in Gachibowli on Thursday with heart-related issues. BRS MLC Dasoju Shravan provided a crucial update, stating, "Maganti Gopinath is recovering." Shravan clarified that Gopinath is res...Read More
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 5 (ANI): Following the Bengaluru stampede that claimed 11 lives and left many injured, the Karnataka Government on Thursday suspended top police officials at the Cubbon Park Police Station and formed a one-man commission under a retired High Court Judge to probe the incident. Addressing a press conference, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said, "B Dayanand, Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru City; Vikas Kumar, Additional Commissioner of Police, West Division; Shekh...Read More
Bengaluru, June 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Karnataka Police in the FIR registered regarding the June 4 stampede incident near the Chinnaswamy Stadium here which resulted in the deaths of at least 11 people, claimed that the accused parties -- Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) franchise, DNA event management firm, and the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) Administrative Committee -- organised the victory celebration without the necessary permissions. The FIR filed by the Cubbon Park police ...Read More
Bengaluru stampede: Coming down heavily on lax policing in the aftermath of the stampede that took place during the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) victory parade, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah on Thursday suspended senior Bengaluru police officers including city Police Commissioner 'with immediate effect'. Informing of the steps taken after 11 people were killed in the stampede on Wednesday, the chief minister said, "Cubbon Park Police Station Police Inspector, Station House Master, Station Hous...Read More
Bengaluru Stampede: From FIR Against RCB To CID Probe Order, Major Developments In Tragedy That Killed 11 Cricket Fans | Five Points Bengaluru Stampede: A day after the deadly stampede in front of Chinnaswamy stadium, Bengaluru, which left 11 Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) fans dead and 56 injured, the shocking tragedy witnessed bitter political slugfest as well as legal actions. The IPL franchise, RCB, which won the trophy for the first time in 18 years of Indian Premier League history, brok...Read More
Mumbai, Jun 5 (PTI) India head coach Gautam Gambhir didn't specify which three of the five Tests will Jasprit Bumrah be available but insisted that the bowling unit has enough quality to handle the workload in absence of its the pace spearhead during the upcoming series against England. "We have not already taken that call that which three games we want (him) to play," Gambhir said, though it is not certain if Bumrah would play only three Tests. India's chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar had i...Read More
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 5 (ANI): Karnataka BJP State President BY Vijayendra on Thursday demanded an inquiry by sitting High Court judges and a minimum compensation of Rs 50 lakh for the families of the 11 people who died in the stampede during RCB's victory celebration. Speaking at a press conference at the BJP legislature party office in Vidhana Soudha, Vijayendra analysed the situation in the state, stating that the "Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister, and Home Minister should...Read More
Bengaluru, Jun 5 (UNI) A First Information Report (FIR) was registered against IPL champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), the event management firm DNA Entertainment, and the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) on Thursday in connection with the stampede that left 11 dead and over 30 injured outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium here. The incident occurred during RCB's victory parade and public felicitation ceremony on Wednesday following their maiden IPL title win. According to police,...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 5 (PTI) Under-fire IPL champion Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Thursday said it will co-operate with all the legal proceedings after an FIR was registered against it in connection with the stampede outside Chinnaswamy Stadium in which 11 people were killed. The FIR has been lodged against RCB, Karnataka State Cricket Association, and event management firm DNA Entertainment Networks. "We can't comment on legal proceedings at the moment. But we will co-operate with all the governm...Read More
Bengaluru, June 5 (PTI) The Karnataka government on Thursday informed the High Court that the investigation into the stampede in front of Chinnaswamy stadium here, which left 11 people dead, has been handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). A Special Investigation Team (SIT) within the CID will be formed to ensure a thorough and independent probe. The government submitted a status report to the court, confirming that an FIR (Crime No. 123/2025) has been filed at the Cubbon P...Read More
Bengaluru Stampede: RCB lifted the IPL 2025 trophy on 4th June, a historic win in 18 years since the inception of the game format. The celebration that followed was indeed magnificent, but was dulled by the death of 11 people in the stampede. Many are trying to pinpoint the causes of the crowd mismanagement but the time line suggests it was the mere excitement of the fans and confusions and misinformation about the victory celebration that broke into a chaos. The Bengaluru traffic police annou...Read More
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 5 (ANI): The Karnataka Police has filed an FIR against the Karnataka Cricket Board Administrative Committee, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), among others, in the Bengaluru stampede incident that claimed the lives of 11 people. According to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Central Bengaluru, Shekar H Tekkannanavar, an FIR has been filed against RCB, DNA (event manager), Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) Administrative Committee and others at Cubb...Read More
BENGALURU, India (AP) -- A sea of cricket crazy fans were packed inside the Indian stadium, celebrating a long-awaited victory of their favorite team. Outside, more crowds were pushing at the gates, hoping to catch a glimpse of their cherished cricket stars. The turnout of the crowd was far more than expected. Tens of thousands tried to force their way inside. Then tragedy struck. Panic and a chaotic run toward the stadium gates turned into a deadly crowd crush in India's southern Bengaluru c...Read More
BENGALURU, India (AP) -- A sea of cricket crazy fans were packed inside the Indian stadium, celebrating a long-awaited victory of their favorite team. Outside, more crowds were pushing at the gates, hoping to catch a glimpse of their cherished cricket stars. The turnout of the crowd was far more than expected. Tens of thousands tried to force their way inside. Then tragedy struck. Panic and a chaotic run toward the stadium gates turned into a deadly crowd crush in India's southern Bengaluru c...Read More
NEW DELHI: India's government said on Friday that more than 420 million pilgrims have ritually bathed at the world's largest religious festival, estimates organising authorities say are calculated using artificial intelligence and surveillance cameras. It is not possible to independently verify the mind-boggling figure -- more than the population of the United States and Canada combined -- which is a staggering statistic even for the world's most populous nation of 1.4 billion people. "More th...Read More
NEW DELHI, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- A massive fire broke out Friday at India's ongoing mega Hindu festival Maha Kumbh Mela in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh destroying over 20 makeshift tents, officials said. No loss of life or injuries have been reported in the blaze. The fire broke out at the Sector 18 campsite area in Prayagraj, about 196 km south of Lucknow, the capital city of Uttar Pradesh. "The fire has been brought under control," a senior fire service official Pramod Sharma told media...Read More
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 4 (ANI): Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA Ravidas Mehrotra on Tuesday took a jibe at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Hema Malini for her statement on the Mahakumbh stampede and said that BJP was responsible for the death of the people in the stampede. Mehrotra further stated that the loss of the lives in the stampede did not hold any importance for BJP and they considered it a very small incident. "A lot of people lost their lives during the Mahakumbh stam...Read More
Kolkata: A 794-km road trip from Kolkata to Prayagraj, covered in 16 hours by a luxury sleeper or seater AC bus, is the newest choice for the city's devotees heading for a holy dip at Maha Kumbh, even though a seat costs significantly more than that for a train ride. Following the sudden cancellation of all Kumbh special trains after the Mauni Amavasya stampede and the long waiting list on other trains on the route, as well as the soaring flight fares, many have now turned to these buses on whic...Read More
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 4 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath came down heavily on Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday accusing them of "taking payoffs" to speak against sSanatan Dharm as the opposition disputed the number of casualties in the Mahakumbh stampede. Earlier on Monday, the Congress President had raised the issue of the Mahakumbh stampede in Rajya Sabha, where he claimed that 1000 people died i...Read More
Belagavi: It was a heart-rending scene at the Shahapur crematorium here on Friday morning with a pet dog shedding quiet tears as the last rites of Jyothi Hattarwath and her daughter Megha were performed by Jyothi's husband Deepak. The mother-daughter duo was among the four from Belagavi killed in the stampede at the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj on Wednesday. Sony, the canine, was too attached to Megha and hadn't eaten a morsel for the last two days, Deepak said. Jyothi and Megha's bodies reached Be...Read More
HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad police on Wednesday issued a warning against social media accounts posting false or misleading videos and photos contradicting official statements about the Sandhya Theatre stampede. On December 22, the police released a 9-minute, 57-second video outlining the timeline of events at Sandhya Theatre before actor Allu Arjun arrived and left the premises. However, certain social media posts alleged that 39-year-old M Revathi had died before the actor arrived at the venue. ...Read More
Telugu actor Allu Arjun was taken to Chanchalguda Central Prison in Telangana on Friday after a stampede occurred during the premiere of his film Pushpa 2. According to a senior Telangana prisons department official, the actor had a modest dinner of rice and vegetable curry, making no special requests to the authorities.Telugu actor Allu Arjun was sent to Chanchalguda Central Prison in Telangana on Friday following a stampede incident during the premiere of his latest film, Pushpa 2. For dinner,...Read More
The premiere of Pushpa 2 in Hyderabad was a special affair as Allu Arjun visited the theatre to interact with the audience. It, however, took a tragic turn when a woman died following a stampede in the theatre. Allu Arjun attended the premiere of Pushpa 2, the biggest film of his career, in Hyderabad on Wednesday (December 4) and interacted with fans. This created a great deal of buzz among those in attendance and they tried to get a glimpse of their favourite star. Unfortunately, the special s...Read More
Hyderabad, Dec 5 (UNI) A 35-year-old woman died, and her nine-year-old son was critically injured in a stampede that occurred outside a theatre at RTC 'X' Roads during the premiere show of the Allu Arjun-starrer "Pushpa-2: The Rule" in the city on Wednesday night. The incident took place between 10:30 PM and 11:00 PM at the Sandhya 70 mm theatre when Allu Arjun, along with his film crew, arrived in the theatre to watch the show, police said here on Thursday. Directed by Sukumar and produced by...Read More