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Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Sunday morning visited a hospital where 14 of those injured in the Kolkata Durga Puja pandal stampede were undergoing treatment, a senior official said. Shah, who was accompanied by West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, is expected to speak...

Kolkata: The police have detained 12 people, including organisers, volunteers and others, for questioning in connection with the stampede at the Chorebagan Sarbojanin Durga Puja Pandal in Kolkata, which claimed 19 lives. A forensic team arrived at the site of the stampede -- Muktarambabu Street...

Kolkata: At least 19 people died, and 25 others were injured in a stampede at the Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal in north Kolkata. West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, who rushed to the Kolkata Medical College and Hospital, where the victims were taken, also announced...

Kolkata: At least 17 people died and 25 others were injured in a stampede-like situation at a Durga Puja pandal in north Kolkata Saturday evening, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said. One of the injured was in a critical condition, he said. "Seventeen people were brought...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the stampede in Kolkata is extremely distressing and announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh to the next of kin of each deceased and Rs 50,000 for the injured. At least 10 people are feared...

Kolkata: At least 25 people were injured in a stampede-like situation arising out of a crowd surge at a community Durga Puja in north Kolkata Saturday evening, police said. As it started raining, the crowd waiting outside the Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal rushed forward, and...

New Delhi: Drug pricing regulator NPPA Saturday capped trade margins on 137 non-scheduled anti-cancer formulations at 30 per cent, according to an official statement. The move, effective November 9, is expected to slash retail prices of these critical life-saving medicines by up to 70 per...

New Delhi: Supreme Court-appointed High Powered Enquiry Committee has launched a portal to receive complaints and representations from people affected by violence at Jantar Mantar and other places outside Delhi in July 2026, the Union Home Ministry said Saturday. The portal, http://hpec.nic.in, has been launched...

Mumbai: Actor Imran Khan, a US citizen and an OCI cardholder, Saturday filed a petition in the Bombay High Court challenging a notice issued by the Mumbai Police directing him to leave India by October 28 for allegedly violating rules by participating in a political...

New Delhi: Supreme Court has declared the right to access and use the internet as a fundamental right of children and directed the Centre to create a national database for detection of sexually explicit visual content depicting minors on digital platforms and their removal. The...