Try GOLD - Free
Bengal guv calls for judicial probe into Messi event mess
The Morning Standard
|December 15, 2025
A day after chaos erupted during Argentine football icon Lionel Messi's event at Salt Lake stadium in Kolkata, West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Sunday visited the venue for a firsthand inspection and called for a judicial inquiry.
Members of an inquiry committee, set up by CM Mamata Banerjee, also visited the stadium during the same time. The panel is headed by retired Calcutta High Court judge Ashim Kumar Ray. Governor Bose urged the government to frame standard operating procedures (SOPs) for managing such events in future. He said all those responsible for the chaos must be arrested and the organiser must immediately refund ticket prices to spectators. Satadru Datta, the chief organiser of the Messi event, was on Saturday for 'mismanagement'.
This story is from the December 15, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
Subscribe to Magzter GOLD to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 10,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
MORE STORIES FROM The Morning Standard
The Morning Standard
NDA looks to boost leverage and reshape leadership dynamics
AS elections approach for 37 Rajya Sabha seats on March 16, the ruling National Democratic Alliance is positioned to expand its influence in the Upper House, cashing in on shifts in state-level politics over the past year.
1 mins
March 15, 2026
The Morning Standard
Bike taxi driver held for harassing woman passenger
A 34-year-old app-based bike taxi driver was arrested for allegedly sexually harassing and threatening a woman passenger during a ride in northwest Delhi’s Rohini, police said.
1 mins
March 15, 2026
The Morning Standard
AMID SLOWDOWN, ONLY ARMS EXPORT IS RISING
Revised charge will be applicable from today as airline claims ATF sees notable price rise
3 mins
March 15, 2026
The Morning Standard
Mayank, the first GM from North-East
TALENTED youngster Mayank Chakraborty crossed the final hurdle in his promising career by securing his third and final GM norm, becoming the 94th Grandmaster and the first from India’s North-East region to achieve the coveted title.
1 min
March 15, 2026
The Morning Standard
Cow politics: C’garh launches scheme for stray, Cong says its idea hijacked
Daily subsidy per animal to increase every year
1 min
March 15, 2026
The Morning Standard
Remain patient, extreme volatility is not new: Pandey
SECURITIES and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey on Saturday urged investors to remain patient and not to panic amid tension in West Asia.
1 min
March 15, 2026
The Morning Standard
70-year-old dies while standing in cylinder queue
A 70-year-old embroidery worker died of a suspected heart attack while waiting in a queue to collect an LPG cylinder at a gas agency godown in UP’s Farrukhabad district on Friday.
1 min
March 15, 2026
The Morning Standard
1, not 2, laddu: LPG crisis hits prasad distribution in Shirdi
THE LPG cylinder shortage has impacted devotees at the Shirdi Sai Baba Temple, with the temple trust deciding to distribute only one laddu instead of the usual two.
1 min
March 15, 2026
The Morning Standard
Strict law against forced conversions in Punjab: Shah
ENDING buzz over alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in the 2027 assembly elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that the BJP would contest the polls to form its own government and promised to introduce a stringent law against forced religious conversions.
1 mins
March 15, 2026
The Morning Standard
SAMSON STRIKES, SCRIPTS ALL-NEW KARALAM STORY
N the historic night of their T20 World Cup triumph the players were rejoicing in their own inimitable ways at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad last Sunday.
3 mins
March 15, 2026
Listen
Translate
Change font size