Morning Digest: 11 die in stampede as RCB victory celebrations turn tragic at Bengaluru; MHA says next census to be completed by March 1, 2027, and more

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) fans who gathered extracurricular the Chinnaswamy Stadium celebrating arsenic the IPL 2025 winning RCB Team arrive, successful Bengaluru connected June 04, 2025. | Photo Credit: Murali Kumar K

11 dice successful stampede arsenic RCB triumph celebrations crook tragic astatine Bengaluru

What began arsenic a time of rapturous solemnisation implicit the IPL triumph of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) turned into one of crushing calamity successful Bengaluru connected Wednesday evening erstwhile 11 people -- each aged beneath 40 -- died and 33 were injured erstwhile a monolithic physique up of fans astatine the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium led to chaos and stampede.

Next census to beryllium completed by March 1, 2027: Centre

India volition number its colonisation by March 1, 2027, successful a census to beryllium held aft an unprecedented 16-year gap, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs announced connected Wednesday (June 4, 2025). This volition beryllium the country’s archetypal integer census, and the archetypal successful autarkic India to see an enumeration of castes arsenic well.

Donald Trump says Putin told him connected telephone that Russia volition respond to Ukrainian onslaught connected airfields

U.S. President Donald Trump said that Russian President Vladimir Putin told him “very strongly” successful a telephone telephone Wednesday that helium volition respond to Ukraine’s play drone onslaught connected Russian airfields as the deadlock implicit the warfare drags connected and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismisses Russia’s ceasefire proposal.

Centre asks States to guarantee proviso of aesculapian oxygen, isolation beds, ventilators

Seven much COVID-19 deaths had been reported successful the country successful the erstwhile 24 hours, arsenic of 8 a.m. connected Wednesday (June 4, 2025) morning. Maharashtra reported the highest fig of deaths (four). One decease each has been reported from Delhi, Gujarat, and Tamil Nadu. The full decease toll stands astatine 44, according to information from the Union Health Ministry.

Delimitation hold ploy to trim Tamil Nadu’s dependable successful Parliament: CM Stalin

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin connected Wednesday (June 4, 2025) said that portion the Constitution mandates delimitation based connected the archetypal Census conducted aft 2026, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Union Government had present postponed the Census to 2027, signalling an alleged effort to curtail Tamil Nadu’s Parliamentary representation.

Assam floods assertion 2 much lives, Mizoram clocks 675 landslides

Large swathes of low-lying areas crossed the north-eastern region, chiefly Assam and Manipur’s Imphal Valley, continued to reel nether floods, portion the hills of Mizoram witnessed much landslides and mudslides during the past 24 hours.

Bengaluru stampede: How what was to beryllium a triumph solemnisation ended successful a tragedy

After a nighttime of celebrating the triumph of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) successful the 18th variation of the Indian Premier League (IPL), thousands of fans started gathering adjacent the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium and Vidhana Soudha, betwixt which a ‘victory parade’ was planned, by Wednesday afternoon. Clad successful the jerseys of their favourite team, determination were radical from each property groups, including parents with children and the elderly. The banners, music, and dancing successful the assemblage reflected the fervour of the fans ... all until things started to instrumentality a precise tragic turn.

‘Small Matters’: Shashi Tharoor connected Kerfuffle Over Trump’s Claims On Brokering India-Pakistan Ceasefire

India did not privation to jeopardize its narration with the U.S. implicit details astir the level of US President Donald Trump’s engagement successful brokering the May 10 cease occurrence betwixt India and Pakistan, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has said. Mr Tharoor besides pushed backmost against repeated claims by Mr Trump that helium had resolved the latest circular of warring and utilized commercialized leverage successful the process.

Gukesh, Erigaisi successful rubric contention arsenic Norway Chess enters important phase

World champion D Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi have caught the imaginativeness of chess aficionados by queering the transportation for the likes of Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura, arsenic the Indian duo makes Norway Chess rubric bid erstwhile the tourney recommences Thursday aft a remainder day.

Published - June 05, 2025 06:12 americium IST