Police stand in front of crowds as fans gather outside the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium to celebrate Royal Challengers Bengaluru winning the Indian Premier League (IPL), in Bengaluru on June 4, 2025. Packed crowds in India celebrating their cricket team’s victory ended in a deadly stampede on Wednesday with 11, mainly young, fans crushed to death.
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Bengaluru stampede: City police chief suspended, RCB booked

A day after a stampede claimed the lives of 11 and left 56 injured at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here during revelry to celebrate Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) victory in IPL-2025, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced that Bengaluru Police Commissioner B. Dayananda and all police officials responsible for the jurisdiction where the stadium is, have been suspended, pending inquiry.

Two mobile apps, portal to aid in speedy processing of Census 2027 data

Enumerators for the 2027 Census will make data entries into apps on their smartphones for the first time, meaning that the data can be processed in real time, officials said on Thursday (June 5, 2025). This could mean the faster publication of datasets, rather than having them spread out over the decade following a population count, as has been seen in the case of past Censuses.

Elon Musk slams ‘ingratitude’ after Trump’s ‘very disappointed’ remark

Tensions between Donald Trump and Elon Musk exploded into public view Thursday, as the US president said he was “very disappointed” by his billionaire former aide’s criticisms and Musk hit back in real time on social media.

Pakistan likes to dangle nuclear bogey to get the world excited, Tharoor says in Washington

There was no significant risk that the recent fighting between India and Pakistan, following the April 22 terrorist attack in Pahalgam, was approaching a nuclear threshold, according to Congress MP Shashi Tharoor.

Railways to undertake random verification of Aadhaar to check for illegal immigrants

The Indian Railways has issued an alert on illegal immigrants using fake or forged Aadhaar cards as proof of identity while travelling and directed Travelling Ticket Examiners to check at random the veracity of the document.

Delimitation will address concerns of southern States: Home Ministry

The delimitation exercise will take care of the concerns expressed by southern States, and discussions will be held with all stakeholders at the appropriate time, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Thursday (June 5, 2025).

PM Modi to inaugurate Kashmir’s first all-weather rail link with Delhi via Katra

Kashmir is set to finally have a rail link with the rest of the country, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Srinagar–Jammu–Delhi rail link on June 6 at the Katra end in Jammu’s Udhampur district. The Vande Bharat Express between Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra and Srinagar will begin regular operations from June 7, officials said.

Security forces launch operation along India-Myanmar border in Arunachal Pradesh

Security forces launched a patrol to dominate the border areas on Thursday (June 5, 2025), following specific information about the movement of unknown armed individuals in Pongchau Circle of Longding district in Arunachal Pradesh.

Aryna Sabalenka ends Iga Swiatek’s 26-match French Open winning streak, reaches the final

No. 1-ranked Aryna Sabalenka ended Iga Swiatek’s 26-match French Open unbeaten streak and reached the final in Paris for the first time by using her pure power to dominate down the stretch and win their semifinal 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-0 on Thursday.