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Footwear lies scattered outside a Durga Puja pandal after the exit gate collapsed due to heavy crowd pressure, leading to a stampede-like situation, in Kolkata, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026.

Kolkata Durga Puja stampede toll rises to 19; seven arrested, Amit Shah visits injured

Those arrested include puja committee secretary Raj Kumar Sewda, vice-president Santanu Dubey and bamboo structure contractor Biplab Mukherjee, police said.

Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi participates in the party's 'Goy Rakhonn Yatra' in Margao on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026.

Modi, Shah, CEC will pay price for 'vote chori': Rahul Gandhi at 'Goy Rakhonn' Yatra

Commuters wade through a waterlogged street following heavy rain, in Chennai, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026.

TN monsoon fury: Chennai braces for extremely heavy rain as red alert issued

Police gather at the site after thirteen persons were killed and nearly 40 others suffered injuries when a truck crashed into several devotees waiting near a temple, in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior city, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026.

15 killed, 28 injured as truck runs over devotees near temple in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior

Voters can use Form 6 to restore deleted names in electoral rolls, ECI tells Delhi HC

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Vice President JD Vance speaks at a midterm campaign rally at the LevelUp Training Complex in Monroe, Mich., Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026.

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Pope Leo tells faithful in St. Peter's Square he will gradually resume duties after cancer surgery

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Kolkata stampede: Chorbagan residents cite rain, overcrowding and inadequate police presence

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Pope Leo XIV appears at the window of his study in the Apostolic Palace overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for the traditional noon blessing after praying the Angelus, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026, a day after he returned from the hospital, where he had lung cancer removed on Tuesday.

Pope Leo tells faithful in St. Peter's Square he will gradually resume duties after cancer surgery

Ex-Bangladesh air force chief Sheikh Abdul Hannan arrested in Qatar over graft charges

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Business

International markets are also recording higher prices. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s Food Price Index averaged 136.0 points in September, up 1.5% from August and 5.8% from a year earlier.

Onion prices double as India’s food inflation climbs to 7.74 per cent

FMCG firms grapple with input cost inflation in Q2, brace for margin pressure in H2

FSSAI enforces cold chain rules for meat, dairy and fish

Tata Trusts disbursed Rs 1,556 crore in FY26, plans 40-50 not-for-profit hospitals

Sports

Para athletics head coach Satyanarayana.

India will be targeting 100 medals at Asian Para Games: Satyanarayana

Charles Matata wins Delhi Half Marathon men's race with course record, Alemu takes women's crown

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Kolkata Durga Puja stampede toll rises to 19; seven arrested, Amit Shah visits injured

Modi, Shah, CEC will pay price for 'vote chori': Rahul Gandhi at 'Goy Rakhonn' Yatra

TN monsoon fury: Chennai braces for extremely heavy rain as red alert issued

15 killed, 28 injured as truck runs over devotees near temple in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior

Voters can use Form 6 to restore deleted names in electoral rolls, ECI tells Delhi HC

Smriti Irani Exclusive: The Irony of the TV Bahu Now Splitting Political Families | Q & A

Vance defends 'indentured servants' remark on H-1B workers, admits his rhetoric was 'imperfect'

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Pope Leo tells faithful in St. Peter's Square he will gradually resume duties after cancer surgery

Over 1,800 arrested as France counts cost of violent protests, widespread damage

Temple tragedy: MP CM removes Gwalior City SP, suspends 8 cops, announces Rs 4 lakh ex gratia

Kolkata stampede: Chorbagan residents cite rain, overcrowding and inadequate police presence

Eviction drive in Assam’s Lutumari Reserved Forest, 500 families affected

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Elderly man injured as Kashmir-bound bus attacked with stones in Haryana

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Actor Imran Khan not Indian citizen, shouldn't have been at Mumbai protests: Chirag

'Nothing can save Gyanesh Kumar, CEC simply has to go; SIR must be suspended forthwith': Congress

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Pope Leo tells faithful in St. Peter's Square he will gradually resume duties after cancer surgery

Ex-Bangladesh air force chief Sheikh Abdul Hannan arrested in Qatar over graft charges

Israel-Lebanon agreement shines light on long-lost Jewish community

Over 1,800 arrested as France counts cost of violent protests, widespread damage

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Onion prices double as India’s food inflation climbs to 7.74 per cent

FMCG firms grapple with input cost inflation in Q2, brace for margin pressure in H2

FSSAI enforces cold chain rules for meat, dairy and fish

Tata Trusts disbursed Rs 1,556 crore in FY26, plans 40-50 not-for-profit hospitals

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India will be targeting 100 medals at Asian Para Games: Satyanarayana

Charles Matata wins Delhi Half Marathon men's race with course record, Alemu takes women's crown

Consistency overrated in T20s for top-order batters, Samson never out of form: Pujara

Daniel Dubois destroys Wardley to retain WBO heavyweight crown