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Business Recorder
6 days ago
- General
- Business Recorder
At least 11 die in crowd chaos outside Indian cricket stadium
BENGALURU: At least 11 people died on Wednesday in a crowd surge outside a cricket stadium in the Indian city of Bengaluru where fans were celebrating Royal Challengers Bengaluru's first Indian Premier League title win, authorities said. Thousands of people, some waving the home team's red flag, lined streets around the Chinnaswamy Stadium as the team arrived in a bus in the evening, TV channels showed, with some climbing trees and the stadium wall for a better view. As the celebration proceeded, some people outside without passes tried to push through gates and there was further trouble between the perimeter and main arena, police said. Images from the scene showed people climbing over others. At least 11 people were killed and 47 were injured in the incident, Karnataka state chief minister Siddaramaiah, who uses only one name, told reporters. 'At a time of celebration, this unfortunate event should not have happened. We are saddened by this. The fans that showed up were beyond our expectations,' he said. Dozens killed in India's Kumbh festival stampede, police sources and witness say One policeman carried an injured spectator to an ambulance, while people gathered around another lying seemingly unconscious on the ground. Visuals also showed some people receiving CPR. Uncontrollable crowd Police started caning people at one gate, leading to more chaos, said Mithun Singh, a software engineer among the crowd. Naseer Ahmed, political secretary for the Karnataka chief minister, told broadcaster NDTV the crowd became uncontrollable and authorities were unable to make proper arrangements. The team had given away free passes for the event through its website but also warned that numbers would be limited. Bengaluru metro stopped services near the stadium, where the ceremony continued despite the turmoil outside. India is familiar with crowd accidents, mainly at religious events. At least 30 people died at the Maha Kumbh Hindu festival in January as tens of millions gathered to dip in sacred waters. Bengaluru were celebrating beating Punjab Kings in the T20 tournament's final match in the 18th edition of the IPL, the world's richest cricket league.
Business Recorder
6 days ago
- General
- Business Recorder
Seven dead in stampede outside India's Bengaluru cricket stadium
NEW DELHI: At least seven people were killed in a stampede outside a cricket stadium in India's Bengaluru, where an event was being held to celebrate Royal Challengers Bengaluru's first Indian Premier League title win, TV channels reported on Wednesday. Bengaluru beat Punjab Kings in the tournament's final match on Tuesday. Thousands of people, some of them waving the team's red flag, lined the streets leading up to the Chinnaswamy Stadium in the heart of the city as the cricket team arrived at the venue in a bus in the evening, television channels showed. Visuals after the stampede showed a policeman carrying an injured spectator to an ambulance, while people gathered around a second person who lay seemingly unconscious on the ground. Dozens killed in India's Kumbh festival stampede, police sources and witness say Stampedes and other accidents are not uncommon when large crowds gather in India, including during religious events. At least 30 people were killed in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Hindu festival in January, as tens of millions gathered to take a dip in sacred waters on its most auspicious day.
Yahoo
04-03-2025
- Yahoo
Old flash flood video falsely linked to Hindu festival Kumbh
"Kumbh mela," reads the Hindi-language caption of a Facebook post shared on February 11, 2025. The post also shares a video with text overlaid that reads, "Maha Kumbh Prayagraj." The clip has been viewed more than 6.3 million times. India's government said February 11 that more than 450 million pilgrims had attended the festival, a six-week-long celebration of prayer and ritual bathing in the northern city of Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh (archived link). The festival is held every 12 years at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers. It ended February 26. The video with similar claims was shared on Instagram and Facebook. However, the video is available online since November 2024. Google reverse image search using keyframes led to the original, longer version of the video, which was posted on Instagram on October 17, 2024 (archived link). The Kumbh festival began in Prayagraj on January 13, 2025, confirming that the video was available online months before the festival started. AFP reached out to the user Ranjit Paswan on March 3, 2025, who confirmed that the claim associated with the video is false. He stated that the video is from Kolkata, not Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. He added, "I shot this video in October during the Navratri festival on the banks of the Ganga river near Bhoothnath Temple in Kolkata, West Bengal." AFP confirmed the video was filmed near the Bhoothnath Temple in Kolkata by comparing it to images of the area on Google Maps (archived link). AFP has fact-checked more misinformation about Kumbh Mela here.
AFP
04-03-2025
- AFP
Old flash flood video falsely linked to Hindu festival Kumbh
"Kumbh mela," reads the caption of a Facebook post shared on February 11, 2025. The post also shares a video with text overlaid that reads, "Maha Kumbh Prayagraj." The clip has been viewed more than 6.3 million times. Image Screenshot of the false post taken on March 1, 2025 India's government said February 11 that more than 450 million pilgrims had attended the festival, a six-week-long celebration of prayer and ritual bathing in the northern city of Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh (archived link). The festival is held every 12 years at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers. It ended February 26. The video with similar claims was shared on Instagram and Facebook. However, the video is available online since November 2024. Kolkata, not Prayagraj Google reverse image search using keyframes led to the original, longer version of the video, which was posted on Instagram on October 17, 2024 (archived link). The Kumbh festival began in Prayagraj on January 13, 2025, confirming that the video was available online months before the festival started. Image Screenshot comparison of the false post (L) and the original video AFP reached out to the user Ranjit Paswan on March 3, 2025, who confirmed that the claim associated with the video is false. He stated that the video is from Kolkata, not Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. He added, "I shot this video in October during the Navratri festival on the banks of the Ganga river near Bhoothnath Temple in Kolkata, West Bengal." AFP confirmed the video was filmed near the Bhoothnath Temple in Kolkata by comparing it to images of the area on Google Maps (archived link). Image Places seen in the video shared online (L) and on Google Maps AFP has fact-checked more misinformation about Kumbh Mela here.
Khaleej Times
15-02-2025
- Khaleej Times
Over 10 people injured at New Delhi railway station: Police
More than 10 people were injured in a "stampede-like situation" at New Delhi railway station on Saturday, ANI news agency reported, citing police sources. Indian railways later dismissed talk of a stampede as "a rumour" but confirmed that an undisclosed number of people had been injured and taken to hospital. "Railway Police and Delhi Police have reached the station. The situation is under control, and the injured have been taken to the hospital," Indian railways told ANI. Dozens of people were killed in a pre-dawn stampede at the Kumbh festival in northern India late last month after tens of millions of Hindus gathered to take a dip in sacred river waters on the most auspicious day of a six-week festival. India
