Archive November 1, 2025

Temple stampede in India’s Andhra Pradesh kills at least 9

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At least nine people have been killed and others have been hurt in a stampede at a temple in the state of Andhra Pradesh in southern India, according to officials.

On Saturday, worshippers gathered inside the Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple in Kasibuga to watch a Hindu religious ceremony.

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The deputy chief minister of the state, Pawan Kalyan, declared that the tragic incident would be the subject of an investigation and that nine people would perish.

Eight women and a young boy are among the deceased. At least one more person suffered serious injuries.

Nearly 25, 000 people gathered at the venue, which the temple was unable to handle, according to local officials and the media.

No separate entry and exit points were established, and a reportedly chaotic situation occurred when a railing collapsed as devotees attempted to climb the atop the first-floor temple building.

According to local authorities, the temple is run by individuals rather than the endowments department. They claimed it was unable to obtain the required official approvals because it had not applied for or secured them, and that the authorities had not been made aware of the situation.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office claimed that the stampede had caused him to be “pained.”

The deceased’s families will receive 200, 000 Indian rupees (roughly $2, 260), while the injured will receive 50, 000 rupees ($565) each.

Andhra Pradesh’s chief minister Chandrababu Naidu made a strict promise to punish those responsible for the stampede at a local political gathering.

The stampede on Saturday is not a one-time incident; many incidents, including those at temples, have already occurred in 2025.

At least 39 people were killed in a crowd-crushing incident at a rally for an influential Indian actor-turned-politician in Tamil Nadu in late September, but these tragedies don’t stop at religious gatherings.

Media, Money & Zohran Mamdani

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We examine the rise of Zohran Mamdani, a candidate for mayor of New York City, in this special episode of The Listening Post. Mamdani, a democratic socialist and outspoken critic of the Israeli genocide in Gaza, has received hostility from both the political donor class and the democratic establishment in the US. Particularly relentlessly has the press been questioning Mamdani’s progressive policies as well as his nationality and immigrant identity.

Mamdani has a global following, leads in the polls, and is a digital native. His victory would have a significant impact on the Democratic Party all over New York City.

In this episode, Mamdani is shown how the media and the wealthy political elite attempted to discredit him and how, despite all odds, he built a movement off of their criticism.

Contributors:

Third Way senior director of communications, Kate de Gruyter

Citations Needed co-host Adam Johnson on the podcast.

Bad Faith host, Briahna Joy Gray, on the podcast

Consultant, Vocable Communications, Jon Paul Lupo

Presenter: Richard Gizbert

Published On 1 Nov 2025

Kebbi ADC Faction Cautions Suspended Members Against Parading As Exco

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A branch of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Kebbi State has warned individuals or organizations against acting as party leaders in the state.

Abdulrazak Abubakar, the chairman of the faction, issued the warning at a press conference on Saturday in Birnin Kebbi.

Abubakar claimed that Sufiyanu Bala and others, who were previously suspended by the party, have continued to act as ADC executives. Alhaji Sule Iko was also suspended for Sufiyanu’s parading as the party chairman, he continued.

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Sufiyanu Bala and Sule Iko are no longer members of the ADC, according to Abdulrazak, citing a court order that prevents Sufiyanu Bala from posing as a party leader.

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) official said, “A High Court sitting in Kebbi State has issued an interim injunction restraining three of its state executive committee members from posing as members.”

Serbian students lead powerful memorial for railway disaster anniversary

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In Novi Sad, Serbia, tens of thousands of people have gathered to commemorate the first anniversary of a railroad station disaster.

On Saturday, where 16 people died when the canopy collapsed on November 1, 2024, mourners placed flowers and candles next to the damaged station entrance.

Svetlana, a 45-year-old woman, told the AFP news agency, “I feel a lot of pain and sadness,” describing the depressing atmosphere at the memorial gathering.

The gathering of tens of thousands of people was scheduled to attend the memorial gathering at 11:52 am (10:52 GMT), which was the time the tragedy happened a year ago.

Over the past year, Serbia has experienced regular student-led protests as a result of the disaster, which has become a symbol of deepening corruption.

What started out as demands for a fair investigation quickly grew into more in-depth demands for early elections.

Supporters who had been arriving in Novi Sad on Friday joined the students who had organized Saturday’s “largest commemorative gathering” with various means of transportation.

Disgraced Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs ‘working in laundry room’ US in prison

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, a star in the new prison where he was relocated to, has accepted a job as the director of laundry in the new facility in New Jersey. He is in charge of washing and drying the clothes of inmates.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs appears to be settling into prison life with apparent ease as he has now landed himself a job working in the laundry room. The shamed rapper, 55, who was sentenced to more than four years for transportation to engage in prostitution, is now responsible for washing and drying of dirty clothes from his fellow inmates.

This is a far cry from the former multi-millionaire who commanded the respect from the world over due to his global music empire.

Sean is scheduled to spend the rest of his 50-month jail sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Fort Dix, New Jersey, earlier this week.

His new job, according to US media outlet TMZ, will surprise you in the least because he claimed he was so used to having employees do his daily basic tasks, such as charging his phone.

FCI Fort Dix is a low security facility and said to have better conditions than MDC Brooklyn, where Sean had been behind bars since his arrest on various sex crime charges in September last year.

Due to the facility’s access to drug rehab programs, his legal team had requested that he be relocated to the facility in New Jersey.

In a court filing from the time, his attorney Teny Geragos wrote in response that “we strongly advise the Bureau of Prisons that Mr. Combs be placed at FCI Fort Dix in order to address drug abuse issues and maximize family visitation and rehabilitative efforts.”

Early this month, the Bad Boy Records founder complained about the conditions at MDC.

The former star allegedly woke up with a knife to his throat when he had a terrifying incident at the prison, according to close friend Charlucci Finney.

He reportedly had a knife in his throat when he woke up in an interview with the Daily Mail. I’m not sure if he confronted him or the guards arrived, but it did happen.

He thinks the alleged attack was intended to intimidate him rather than physically harm him, though. Sean would have suffered if this guy had intended to harm him, he added. His throat would only be cut off with a weapon, which would then be used to kill him. It was probably meant to say, “Next time you ain’t going to be so lucky. ” Fear is everywhere. However, Sean won’t work with him. Sean is a Harlem native.

As a music producer, Charlucci worries about his close friend because he worries that his reputation will make him a target for his fellow prisoners. Charlucci acknowledged in the same interview that Sean has kept quiet about his daily struggles because he doesn’t worry about his family.

But due to his convictions, according to the pal, anything related to sex crimes is a worry. He claimed that prisoners take that sort of crime “personal” as they see it as it could have been a member of their family that was coerced into doing crimes.

It is referred to as “prison justice” in the prison system. We are not talking about a regular person, he said. We’re referring to Diddy.

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Rivers Flood Committee Seeks FG’s Intervention

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The Federal Government’s dredge of the heavily silted Orashi River, which has been identified as a major cause of repeated floods in at least four local government areas, is a need for the state’s Rivers State Flood Prevention and Management Committee.

Prof. Ngozi Odu, the committee’s chairman and Deputy Governor of Rivers State, made the appeal during a press briefing at the Government House in Port Harcourt, where she also disclosed that the committee’s full operations were resumed following the opening of its intervention fund account.

She explained that during the transition from emergency to democratic governance, the account had been temporarily frozen.

The committee, which was established during the time of crisis and was previously led by the then-Secretary to the State Government (SSG), is now led by Prof. Odu, who is currently the SSG’s vice chairman.

One of its three operational stages, which includes advocacy/prevention, mitigation, and post-flood intervention, is now in its mitigation phase, according to Prof. Odu, who reactivated the committee about five weeks ago.

She disclosed that meetings have already been held with leaders of the region’s most prone to flooding, including Ahoada West, Ahoada East, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni (ONELGA), and parts of Abua/Odual.

Prof. Odu announced the committee’s next steps, stating that members would travel to flood-affected communities to meet with victims and begin distributing aid to residents both in their homes and internally displaced.

She added that the previous committee already used about 80% of the intervention funds for important projects like the removal of IDP camps, the installation of boreholes, and the purchase of non-perishable relief supplies that are currently housed in the Pathfinder barracks of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS).

The committee would work with local government chairmen to ensure an equitable distribution of relief items, particularly to those who choose to stay in their communities rather than relocate to IDP camps, according to the Deputy Governor.

In terms of urban flooding, Prof. Odu noted that the majority of flash floods in Port Harcourt and other cities were brought on by refuse dumps and building construction along water channels.

She emphasized that residents as well as the Federal, State, and Local Governments must be held accountable for their actions.

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She claimed that all LGAs have been mandated to establish 13-man flood control committees to oversee tasks like clogged drains, repairs to culverts, and community sanitation in order to promote local response.

Additionally, Prof. Odu made it known that the Head of Service and the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), who serves as the committee’s vice chairman, will send a delegation to visit the family that recently lost two children in a flood-related incident, to offer condolences and offer support.

The Deputy Governor led the committee’s and journalists through an inspection of the relief materials in preparation for immediate distribution to the affected communities following the briefing.