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Kolkata Durga Puja Stampede: 19 Dead, 25 Injured; Amit Shah to Visit Victims on Sunday

October 18, 2026

Kolkata, Oct 18: At least 19 people died and 25 others were injured in a stampede at the Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal in north Kolkata on Saturday evening. West Bengal

Children Have Right to Internet, Can’t Impose Blanket Ban, Says SC

October 17, 2026

CJP Founder Abhijeet Dipke Gets Conditional Bail in Delhi

October 17, 2026

India Rejects UN Human Rights Report on Youth Retaliation, Calls Claims ‘Hearsay’

October 17, 2026

RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat to Interact with Gen-Z Swayamsevaks During 3-Day Jabalpur Visit

October 17, 2026

YS Jagan Condemns Attack on MP Mithun Reddy During AP Municipal Nominations

October 16, 2026

Special Story

Telecom ‘Star’ War: Musk Must Understand India’s Security Concerns Before Starlink Gets the Green Light

By Gopavajhala Diwakar The global corporate rivalry between Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani and Elon Musk, the chief of SpaceX and Tesla, has escalated into a war of words in India, with the proposed entry of Starlink satellite internet acquiring political and national security overtones. While Musk has taken a sarcastic swipe at Ambani by referring to him as the

International News

Foreign news schedule for Oct 18, Sunday

October 18, 2026

**** Many don’t know what my decision is: Trump on sanctions waiver to Russia. 60-day pause on Russia sanctions to

60-day pause on Russia sanctions to analyse global impact: Rubio

October 18, 2026

Washington, Oct 18 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said the waiver from sanctions on Russia and tariffs on

Many don’t know what my decision is: Trump on sanctions waiver to Russia

October 18, 2026

Washington, Oct 18 Facing intense criticism, US President Donald Trump said he had taken a “good decision” to exempt Russia

Fire at military base in Alberta: Canadian defence minister says fatalities, injuries reported

October 18, 2026

Edmonton, Oct 18 (AP) Canada’s defence minister said that people were killed and injured in an incident at a military

National News

Seven, including Chorbagan Durga Puja organisers, arrested for pandal stampede in Kolkata: Police

October 18, 2026

Kolkata, Oct 18 Kolkata Police have arrested seven people, including organisers of Chorbagan Durga Puja, for the pandal stampede that

Chorbagan stampede: 14 of 25 injured under treatment at pvt hospital, 3 in ICU

October 18, 2026

Kolkata, Oct 18 Fourteen of the 25 people injured in the stampede at the Chorbagan Puja pandal are undergoing treatment

Shah visits hospital to meet those injured in Kolkata Durga Puja pandal stampede

October 18, 2026

Kolkata, Oct 18 Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday morning visited a hospital where 14 of those injured in

Keralam Devaswom Minister dissatisfied with TDB preparations for Sabarimala pilgrimage

October 18, 2026

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 18 Keralam Devaswom Minister K Muraleedharan on Sunday expressed dissatisfaction with the Devaswom Board’s preparations for the upcoming