The state government’s decision to suspend Bengaluru City Police Commissioner B Dayananda following the stampede at M Chinnaswamy Stadium has drawn widespread anger on social media. Netizens criticised the move as unjust and politically motivated, sparking debates over accountability and fairness.

In the wake of a tragic stampede outside Bengaluru’s M. Chinnaswamy Stadium that claimed eleven lives and left at least 64 injured, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday announced the suspension of Bengaluru Police Commissioner B. Dayananda and few other senior officers for alleged dereliction of duty.

A tragic accident occurred during stone quarrying in Doomagere village of Hassan taluk on Thursday, resulting in the death of one worker and serious injuries to four others.

Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) President Raghu Ram Bhat and a few other office bearers moved the Karnataka High Court on Friday seeking to quash the FIR filed against them in the Chinnaswamy stadium stampede case.

The body of a newborn baby girl was found near the Kattehadi community hall in Nanjanayapatna panchayat limits of Kushalnagar taluk.

Security forces arrested eight militants belonging to various proscribed outfits from Manipur’s Imphal West and Bishnupur districts, police said on Friday.

Preventive measures in Bengaluru seem to be yielding positive results, with the city reporting less than half the dengue cases so far this year compared to the same period in 2024.

Officials of RCB and event management firm DNA entertainment private limited were taken into custody on Friday in connection with the stampede outside Chinnaswamy stadium that claimed lives of 11 people and injured over 50, police sources said on Friday.