{"id":2889,"date":"2026-10-18T12:03:50","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T07:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2889"},"modified":"2026-10-18T12:03:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T07:03:50","slug":"india-festival-stampede-kills-19-injures-25-in-kolkata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2889","title":{"rendered":"India festival stampede kills 19, injures 25 in Kolkata"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>At least 19 people, including a seven-year-old girl, were killed and 25 others injured in a stampede during the Hindu festival of Durga Puja in Kolkata, eastern India, officials said on Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred on Saturday night when heavy crowds gathered near a festival pavilion in West Bengal\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n<p>Police said worshippers rushed for cover as rain began, and some fell to the ground and were trampled.<\/p>\n<p>West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, who visited the injured at Kolkata Medical College and Hospital, announced an investigation by a special team headed by a judge of the state\u2019s high court.<\/p>\n<p>Police detained some pavilion organisers, private security personnel and on-duty staff as they investigated possible crowd-control and safety lapses.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities also advised several of Kolkata\u2019s busiest festival venues to temporarily close to visitors.<\/p>\n<p>Around 3,500 temporary pavilions, known as pandals, have been set up across the city for Durga Puja.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed condolences to the victims\u2019 families and wished the injured a speedy recovery.<\/p>\n<p>His office announced compensation of Rs200,000 ($2,106) for the families of those killed and Rs50,000 ($527) for each injured person.<\/p>\n<p>Deadly crowd crushes have occurred repeatedly at large gatherings in India.<\/p>\n<p>At least 30 people were killed in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh religious festival in January 2025, while 121 died at a Hindu religious gathering in Uttar Pradesh in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 19 people, including a seven-year-old girl, were killed and 25 others injured in a stampede during the Hindu festival of Durga Puja in Kolkata, eastern India, officials said on Sunday. The incident occurred on Saturday night when heavy crowds gathered near a festival pavilion in West Bengal\u2019s capital. Police said worshippers rushed for cover as rain began, and some fell to the ground and were trampled. West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, who visited the injured at Kolkata Medical College and Hospital, announced an investigation by a special&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2889\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}