{
  "id": 15369339,
  "title": "Kolkata Durga Puja Stampede Kills 19, Union HM Amit Shah Visits Hospital To Meet Injured, Cancels Pandal Visits",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/kolkata-durga-puja-stampede-kills-19-union-hm-amit-shah-visits",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T06:33:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/kolkata-durga-puja-stampede-kills-19-union-hm-amit-shah-visits-hospital-to-meet-injured-cancels-pandal-visits"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Kolkata, October 18 - Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited a hospital on Sunday morning where 14 of the injured in the Kolkata Durga Puja pandal stampede were being treated, according to a senior official. Shah, accompanied by West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, is set to converse with medical professionals and assess the situation of the injured, the state government official disclosed to PTI. It is also possible that the Union home minister will engage with the patients, he added. Shah and Adhikari visited the hospital to meet those injured in the stampede at the Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata, West Bengal.\n\nEarlier in the day, Shah paid a visit to Kalighat Temple before proceeding to the hospital. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has canceled his scheduled visits to Durga Puja pandals in Kolkata following the tragic stampede that claimed 19 lives and left 25 injured. The stampede occurred on Saturday evening at the Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal in north Kolkata during heavy rain, resulting in a crowd surge.",
  "summary": "Kolkata, Oct 18: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on 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 to the doctors and review the treatment of the injured, the state government official told PTI. The…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Balrampur Accident Leaves 3 Dead, 4 Injured As Car Hits Devotees Watching Video Outside Durga Puja Pandal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/balrampur-accident-leaves-3-dead-4-injured-as-car-hits-devotees",
        "published": "2026-10-18T06:46:12.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}