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Because of the rain, rai said the rush intensified as people continued entering while visitors

Kolkata Police personnel examine scattered belongings inside a Durga Puja pandal. (PTI Photo)

Video captures misleading announcement that triggered Kolkata stampede — ‘Pandal will collapse

A stampede occurred at the Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal, leading to 19 fatalities and multiple [...]

A tragic stampede struck the Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata

A tragic stampede struck the Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata

Kolkata Police have registered a suo motu case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder

A tragic stampede occurred at the Chorbagan Sarbojanin Durga Puja pandal, resulting in 19 fatalities [...]

Prohibitory orders have been imposed in parts of Bowbazar for three days after the stampede

Prohibitory orders have been imposed in parts of Bowbazar for three days after the stampede [...]

Video shows crowd breaching barricades, tussling with cops at Chorbagan pandal day before tragedy —

A crowd surge at Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata led to a tragic stampede [...]

Residents question police deployment, allege VIP entrance got priority — Kolkata Durga Puja stampede

Shoes, bags, bottles and glasses lie scattered outside the Chorbagan puja, local residents criticized police [...]

How rain-hit Chorbagan puja pandal descended into chaos in Kolkata; 19 dead — ‘My mother died

Image Credit: TOI/ Bagha Kanjilal (Police are examining crowd-control measures, arrangements at the venue and [...]

As festival turns into tragedy, relatives struggle with loss

Desperate family members of stampede victims plead with police officers to let them enter the [...]

The earthmover that rolled in at Jadavpur to demolish a CPM stall

The earthmover that rolled in at Jadavpur to demolish a CPM stall