{
  "id": 15349104,
  "title": "Union HM Amit Shah Cancels Kolkata Durga Puja Tour After Chorbagan Stampede Claims 19 Lives, To Visit Injured",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/union-hm-amit-shah-cancels-kolkata-durga-puja-tour-after-chorbagan",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T03:35:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/union-hm-amit-shah-cancels-kolkata-durga-puja-tour-after-chorbagan-stampede-claims-19-lives-to-visit-injured"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Union Home Minister Amit Shah has canceled his planned Durga Puja tour in Kolkata following a tragic stampede that claimed at least 19 lives and injured 25 others. The stampede occurred on Saturday evening at the Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal due to a crowd surge during rainy weather. Union Minister Amit Shah had arrived in Kolkata on Saturday evening for a two-day West Bengal tour, but his scheduled Puja visits have been postponed indefinitely. The injured are being treated at Kolkata Medical College and Hospital and SSKM Hospital. Home Minister Amit Shah is expected to visit the injured at these hospitals on Sunday.",
  "summary": "Kolkata, Oct 18: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit those injured in the stampede at the Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal here on Sunday, a day after postponing his scheduled Puja programmes in the wake of the tragedy. At least 19 people died, and 25 were injured in the stampede at the Durga Puja pandal in north Kolkata following a crowd surge amid rain on Saturday evening. Kolkata, West Bengal:…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "19 Killed In Kolkata Durga Puja Stampede: Bengal Announces Compensation, Govt Jobs & Probe Into Lapses",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/19-killed-in-kolkata-durga-puja-stampede-bengal-announces",
        "published": "2026-10-18T05:19:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "Kolkata stampede: Mamata faction alleges Durga Puja pandal panel has ‘links’ to CM's nephew, BJP hits back",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/kolkata-stampede-mamata-faction-alleges-durga-puja-pandal-panel-has",
        "published": "2026-10-18T06:10:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}