{
  "id": 15267815,
  "title": "Kolkata Durga Puja Stampede: President Droupadi Murmu, PM Narendra Modi, & Other Top Leaders Express Grief Over 17 Deaths",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/kolkata-durga-puja-stampede-president-droupadi-murmu-pm-narendra-modi",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-17T18:52:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/kolkata-durga-puja-stampede-president-droupadi-murmu-pm-narendra-modi-other-top-leaders-express-grief-over-17-deaths"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Prime Minister Narendra Modi has offered condolences over the deaths of 17 people and injuries sustained by 25 others in a tragic stampede at the Chorbagan Sarbojonin Durga Puja pandal in North Kolkata. The President of India, Droupadi Murmu, also expressed her grief, along with other top leaders including Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and West Bengal Governor R.N. Ravi. The ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh from PMNRF is to be given to the families of those who lost their lives, while the injured will receive Rs. 50,000.",
  "summary": "Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Rs 2 lakh to the next of kin of each of those who lost their lives in a stampede at the Chorbagan Sarbojonin community Durga Puja pandal on Muktarambabu Street in North Kolkata on Saturday, in which 17 people were killed, and 25 people were seriously injured. PM Narendra Modi's Message PM Modi on X said that the stampede in Kolkata is saddening, and…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "Kolkata Durga Puja Stampede Updates: At Least 35 Injured, Chief Minister Reaches Hospital",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/kolkata-durga-puja-stampede-updates-at-least-35-injured-chief",
        "published": "2026-10-17T16:29:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Kolkata Durga Puja Stampede Live Updates: Loudspeaker announcement triggered stampede; organisers detained, says CM Adhikari",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/kolkata-durga-puja-stampede-live-updates-loudspeaker-announcement",
        "published": "2026-10-17T16:52:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "17 dead, 25 hurt in stampede at Durga Puja gathering in Kolkata",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/17-dead-25-hurt-in-stampede-at-durga-puja-gathering-in-kolkata",
        "published": "2026-10-17T19:36:57.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}