‘Profit-driven organisers RCB, KSCA played with the lives of innocent fans’ Bengaluru: A group of retired Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) Officers have urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to take disciplinary action against Police officials only after judicial inquiry into the June 4 stampede at Chinnaswamy Stadium is completed. In an open letter, the former Officers…
‘Weddings and thread ceremony events are Siddaramaiah’s priority’
June 10, 2025Mysuru: Former MP Prathap Simha has strongly criticised Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for failing to meet and console the families of those who lost their lives in the recent stampede, even as he continued to attend weddings and Munji (thread ceremony) functions. “Instead of shedding tears for 11 youths who died in the tragedy and offering…
Aftermath of Bengaluru Stadium Stampede | Government may relocate Chinnaswamy Stadium: CM
June 9, 2025CID intensifies probe; Bengaluru Urban District Magistrate to record statements of injured Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that the Government is seriously considering relocating Bengaluru’s M. Chinnaswamy Stadium to a new site to prevent tragedies like the recent stampedes in the future. The move comes in the wake of the stampede that occurred during…
Stampede saddening, was informed late: CM
June 9, 2025Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah distanced himself from the stampede incident that occurred outside M. Chinnaswamy Stadium during Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) IPL victory celebrations on June 4. He held senior Police officials responsible for the failed security arrangements and claimed he was informed about the tragedy much later. Speaking to reporters at Mysore Airport last…
Chief Minister sacks Govindaraju as Political Secretary
June 7, 2025Hemanth Nimbalkar removed as ADGP (Intelligence) Bengaluru: With the Congress-led State Government facing severe public outrage and criticism from the opposition parties over the stampede incident in front of Chinnaswamy Stadium, that caused 11 deaths and left several injured, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday sacked MLC K. Govindaraju as his Political Secretary. According to sources,…
CM fetes RCB team at Vidhana Soudha
June 5, 2025Bengaluru: The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) cricket team led by Captain Rajat Patidar, that won the finals of Indian Premier League (IPL)-18 season, was felicitated with Mysore Peta, Memento and Sandalwood garland, at the grand steps of Vidhana Soudha here yesterday. Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot took part in the felicitation ceremony, as Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy…
CM Siddaramaiah announces Rs. 10 lakh compensation
June 5, 2025Magistrate-level probe ordered Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced Rs. 10 lakh compensation for the families of the deceased, who were killed in the tragic stampede incident that occurred in front of M. Chinnaswamy stadium, here yesterday, along with ordering a magistrate-level inquiry into the incident. Speaking to media persons, after visiting the Bowring Hospital and…
CM watches intense match on tablet device
June 4, 2025Bengaluru: Despite his busy schedule, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah watched the high voltage finals of IPL T-20 cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) on a tab. Siddaramaiah, who flew back from Gadag district tour to HAL Airport in the city last night, watched the match on tab, as he drove towards…
MDA: The Omen Musings on ‘Heart Lamp’
June 2, 2025The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986 fortuitously raised the crucial question about the maintenance of Muslim personal law, as it has led to a clash between Personal Law and a Uniform Civil Code, enunciated in our Secular Constitution. Time, Narendra Modi’s BJP Government brought in the Uniform Civil Code before its…
Felling of trees: Samiti writes to CM demanding judicial probe
May 30, 2025Mysuru: Taking forward its campaign against tree felling, city-based ‘Parisara Ulivigaagi Kriya Samiti’ has urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to order a judicial probe into the felling of over 40 trees on Hyder Ali road recently and to penalise and punish the guilty officials. In a five-page letter addressed to CM Siddaramaiah, the Samiti urged the…














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