At least 17 killed in stampede at religious gathering in India

Incident took place at festival in north Kolkata in India’s West Bengal state amid big crowds and rainfall, police said.Published On 17 Oct 202617 Oct 2026A “stampede” during a Hindu religious festival in eastern India has killed at least 17 people and injured 25, officials said.A seven-year-old girl was among the fatalities in Saturday’s disaster in north Kolkata in West Bengal, the state’s Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari told reporters.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Temple stampede in India’s Andhra Pradesh kills at least 9list 2 of 3‘Limited damage’: Upcoming Bollywood film angers Kashmir pellet gun victimslist 3 of 3At least seven dead in ‘stampede-like’ incident at India templeend of list“Six bodies have so far been identified,” Adhikari said.Police said the injured were taken to hospital from a Durga Puja pandal, a temporary pavilion housing idols of the goddess Durga at a festival which attracts thousands of ⁠⁠⁠⁠devotees.A police statement said the stampede happened in the evening due to “heavy crowds of pandal hoppers amid rainfall”.A senior police official at the scene told the AFP news agency that an announcement caused “commotion” after it started raining ...