Here are the big stories from Karnataka today

1. Bengaluru Stadium Stampede: Prime Minister’s Police, ‘Mass Hysteri’; Refuses to apologize

Prime Minister Siddaramaiah took responsibility for the confluence near M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on 22 August 2025 on August 4, 2025, and said that the police were largely responsible for the incident during the celebration of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).

As an answer to the discussion of the confluence in the Legislative Assembly, Siddaramaiah said that the confluence was due to the “mass hysteria ve and the inability of the police to address the situation. When the Prime Minister refused to apologize for the incident, the entire opposition held a strike from the house.

Previously, Mr. Siddaramaiah listed more than a dozen stamps in the states managed by BJP from 2008 to 2025, and in January 2025, 39 people died during the Kumbh Mela stamp in Preğra in Uttar Pradesh (Up). he asked.

2. Move against collectors, but do not harass individual bicycle taxi holders or drivers: Karnataka HC, General Manager

On August 22, 2025, the Supreme Court of Karnataka clarified the authorities that the court only operated their vehicles on August 20, so that they wanted them not to ask them not to take any precipitating action against individual bicycle taxi holders or drivers.

When a chapter complained that collectors such as AG, Uber, Olala and Rapido complained that they started to offer bicycle taxis on their platforms, even if the court did not give them such freedom. “You can do any action according to the laws against them [aggregators]”The bench told AG to AG, reiterating the authorities that he wanted individual bicycle taxi holders or drivers to“ not harass ”.

3. Police book Girish Mattannavar and others for preventing the arrest of Mash Setty Thimarody

The Belthangady police reserved the illegal parliamentary crimes, criminal intimidation against police officers and activists who prevented the police from fulfilling their legal duties on August 22, 2025.

Brahmavara Psi Ashok Malabagi, on August 21, complained to the Belthangady police, Mr. Mattannavar and others, police activist Mahesh Setty Thimarodi’yi in connection with a BJP leader in connection with humiliating comments, he said.

The defendant said that Mr. Thimarody collects more people on his residence in Ujire and used the force to determine the official duties of the police. In addition, the defendants threatened to send messages of insults against them on social media.

4. Mount Carmel College students resist arbitrary dress rules and against the rules, allegedly

Mount Carmel College (MCC) claimed that Bengaluru’s graduate and post -graduate students “harassed them ğı under the pretext of the college management’s clothing code. However, university officials rejected the allegations and said there was nothing disturbing in the rules.

“Since the beginning of this academic year, it has brought repressive and anti -student policies to a group of students from Collective Bangalore by treating adults such as management and school children and implementing new clothing rules in a serious sexist and humiliating way,” he said.

5. KSRTC will operate 1,500 private buses for Gowri-Galasha Festival in Karnataka Rush

Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation has announced the activity of 1,500 additional buses from Bengaluru and other regions of the province to provide trouble -free travel during Gowri and Ganesha festivals. Special services will last between 25 and 26 August for passengers who go with the return services planned on 27 August and 31 August.

The pre -reservation is activated via KSRTC website. To encourage group and return reservations, KSRTC offers a 5% discount on fees for four or more traveling groups under a single ticket. In addition, a 10% concession, reservation and return travel tickets will be extended together.