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Complaint against Virat Kohli over Bengaluru stadium stampede

Bengaluru stampede: RCB batter Virat Kohli, whose franchise won their first IPL title in 18 years, faces a complaint filed by a Karnataka-based activist over Wednesday's stampede, which claimed 11 lives.

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  • Police in Bengaluru's Cubbon Park to verify activist's complaint against Virat Kohli
  • Stampede during RCB's IPL win celebration killed 11, injured over 50
  • Bengaluru Police filed case against RCB, Karnataka cricket body, event organiser
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Bangladesh election: Is Yunus just buying time amid political pressure? 

Muhammad Yunus, head of the Bangladesh interim government, has announced elections in the first half of April 2026. This improves the situation of prevailing uncertainty even if just marginally. Parties are pitted in a reform-vs-election fight, and the announcement seems to be an attempt by Yunus to buy time amid pressure from parties and the Army.

Muhammad Yunus, interim head of Bangladesh
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News Menu, June 7: Bengaluru stampede fallout; Bangladesh's poll meltdown

In today's sizzling News Menu, fallout from the Bengaluru stampede intensifies with arrests and FIRs targeting RCB and event organisers. Meanwhile, Bangladesh announces April 2026 elections, raising doubts about the sincerity of its democratic roadmap. Plus, Eid celebrations and Kashmir's Vande Bharat launch round off the day.

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Novak Djokovic hints at French Open farewell, unsure of future beyond 2025

Novak Djokovic hinted that this year's French Open may have been his last after losing the men's singles semi-final to Jannik Sinner on Friday. The 24-time Grand Slam champion remains uncertain about his future beyond the 2025 season, with Wimbledon and the US Open still in his plans.

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History Of It

When Red Road, in heart of Kolkata, turned into an airstrip during World War II

While the landing of fighter jets on highways might seem like a recent phenomenon, planes of the Royal Air Force (RAF) landed and took off from the Red Road in Calcutta almost 80 years ago, during the peak of World War II. This is the same road in Kolkata next to the Army's Eastern Command HQ that was in the news over Eid namaaz.

Flanked by the sprawling Maidan and the iconic Victoria Memorial, Red Road, at the heart of Calcutta's colonial core, saw RAF fighters using it as an airstrip. (Image: Generative AI by Vani Gupta)
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