Following Royal Challengers Bangalore's (RCB) exhilarating IPL 2025 victory, Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma returned to Mumbai, making their way through the city's airport in style on Thursday.
While expressing grief over the stampede, Shivakumar added, "I don't want to play dirty politics. BJP and JDS always play politics on dead bodies, that is their political agenda. But they should see what they have done, we are deeply hurt, the image of Karnataka, Bangalore, we take it, we
Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara visited the stampede site at M Chinnaswamy Stadium and said that a new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) will be formulated for large-scale meetings, ceremonies and victory ceremonies.
The Delhi High Court recently quashed an FIR against a man who was accused of staring at a woman on an Indore to Delhi flight in 2024. The High Court quashed the FIR in view of the settlement reached between the accused and the complainant woman. The FIR was registered in May 2024.
Karnataka BJP President BY Vijayendra on Thursday, strongly criticised the state government over the stampede near M Chinnaswamy Stadium that resulted in multiple casualties, calling the incident avoidable and holding the government accountable for mismanagement.
Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara, taking the blame off the government, said that the state government did not ask the Royal Challengers Bangalore or the Karnataka Cricket Association to organise the victory celebrations at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Questioning the coordination between the police and the organisers of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) event for winning the IPL final at M Chinnaswamy stadium, Patra said, "This happened because of the issues between the CM and the DCM... The DCM said that the capacity of the Chinna
Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Thursday admitted that the stampede near M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, which caused the death of 11 people, could have been prevented with better planning and coordination.
AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday expressed deep shock and sorrow over the tragic stampede near the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru during RCB's IPL victory celebrations, which claimed the lives of 11 people, including five from Tamil Nadu.
While speaking to ANI, Reddy said, "This is due to the complete failure of the Karnataka Government. Everyone knew that there would be a huge crowd today (after RCB's win in the final), but no proper security arrangement or traffic management was done..."
Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Wednesday accused Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar of being responsible for the stampede near the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru that claimed the lives of 11 and injured 30 others.