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  "id": 15335430,
  "title": "Kolkata Durga Puja stampede toll rises to 19; sitting HC judge to probe incident",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/kolkata-durga-puja-stampede-toll-rises-to-19-sitting-hc-judge-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T02:28:37.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kolkata/kolkata-durga-puja-stampede-toll-rises-to-19-sitting-hc-judge-to-probe-incident/article71598984.ece"
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  "summary": "Announcement was made over microphone asking people leave the pandal premises saying that the structure could collapse at any moment. Large number of people had taken shelter in the Durga Puja Pandal as it had started to rain.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Kolkata pandal stampede: 19 dead, 25 hurt in stampede at India religious gathering",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/kolkata-pandal-stampede-19-dead-25-hurt-in-stampede-at-india",
        "published": "2026-10-18T01:59:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "12 detained, SIT formed to probe Kolkata Durga Puja stampede that killed 18",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/12-detained-sit-formed-to-probe-kolkata-durga-puja-stampede-that",
        "published": "2026-10-18T02:13:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Stampede at a popular Hindu festival in eastern India kills 19",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/stampede-at-a-popular-hindu-festival-in-eastern-india-kills-19",
        "published": "2026-10-18T03:10:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "12 dead, 30 injured as speeding truck hits templegoers in central India",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/12-dead-30-injured-as-speeding-truck-hits-templegoers-in-central-india",
        "published": "2026-10-18T04:06:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "India news: Kolkata stampede dampens Durga Puja festivities",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/india-news-kolkata-stampede-dampens-durga-puja-festivities",
        "published": "2026-10-18T04:45:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "19 dead, 25 hurt in stampede at religious gathering in India",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/19-dead-25-hurt-in-stampede-at-religious-gathering-in-india",
        "published": "2026-10-18T04:48:11.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
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