At least 17 people were killed and several others injured in a stampede at the Chorbagan Sarbojanin Durga Puja pandal in north Kolkata on Saturday, October 17, after heavy rainfall and a surge of visitors led to overcrowding.
At least 17 people were killed and 15 injured in a stampede at the Chorbagan Sarbojanin Durga Puja pandal in north Kolkata on Saturday, October 17. The incident occurred amid heavy rain and a surge of people waiting to enter the pandal.
Several people were injured after a stampede-like situation broke out at the Chorbagan Sarbojonin Durga Puja pandal in North Kolkata on Saturday, October 17, following heavy crowding during the festive celebrations.
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke was released on conditions on Saturday, October 17, while party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka remained in judicial custody over a protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar.
A 27-year-old woman was allegedly strangled to death by her brother in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur district after he found a young man from their village in her room around 3.30 am, police said on October 17.
Kishanganj Police in Bihar have busted an alleged international human trafficking racket that targeted unemployed youths with promises of jobs abroad and reportedly sent them overseas through illegal routes.
A 30-year-old software engineer and his 28-year-old wife were found dead at their rented apartment in Gurugram's Sector 68 after the man reportedly emailed senior officials at his company, asking them to inform his father and landlord.
A suspected militant attack on a Kuki village in Manipur’s Kamjong district left one man dead and four others injured on Saturday, October 17, 2026, triggering an exchange of gunfire between the suspected attackers and a local armed group.
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke was granted conditional bail by a Delhi court on October 17, 2026, while the party’s legal affairs head, Ratna Singh, expressed hope that co-leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka would also be released the following day. S
Actor Imran Khan has received a show-cause notice from the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO), asking why his Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) registration should not be cancelled following his participation in a protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in Mumbai on October 10, 2026.
A man and his wife have been sentenced to 20 years in prison by a court in Uttar Pradesh for raping his 16-year-old stepdaughter, forcing her into immoral trafficking and assaulting her, a government lawyer said on Saturday.
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke shared a cheeky social media post featuring Shah Rukh Khan's elderly look from Veer-Zaara after being released on conditional bail on Saturday, October 17.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh has said that ending hostilities on all fronts is essential to achieving lasting peace in the Middle East, warning that continued fighting in any part of the region would undermine broader efforts to end the conflict.
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke has been granted bail by a court in Delhi, subject to certain conditions, Delhi Police said on Saturday, October 17. He will be released after signing a peace bond, according to the police.
An Emirates flight scheduled to depart from Delhi for Dubai was delayed on Saturday, October 17, following a bird strike, according to news agency ANI. Flight EK 517 was scheduled to take off from Delhi at 4:25 pm IST.
Air India and Air India Express have extended the cancellation of flights to Saudi Arabia until October 24, 2026, citing escalating geopolitical tensions in the region. The decision, announced on Saturday, October 17, is likely to affect passengers travelling between India and Saudi Arabia.
The Centre has directed state-owned oil marketing companies to stop procuring ethanol made from sugar and key sugarcane-based feedstocks for the 2026-27 supply year, starting November 1, as concerns over lower sugarcane output and rising sugar prices prompt the government to prioritise domestic sugar supplies.
Five women drowned in the Gollapalli reservoir near Penukonda in Andhra Pradesh’s Sri Sathya Sai district on Friday, October 16, police said. The women had reportedly gone to visit the reservoir during the Dasara holidays when they accidentally drowned.
Delhi Police detained Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke, All India Students’ Association (AISA) chief Neha Bora and around 150 protesters on Friday, October 16, during the party’s ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ march in New Delhi.
The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Friday reiterated its resolve to continue its protest after its founder, Abhijeet Dipke, was detained by Delhi Police amid the party's Tiranga rally in the national capital.
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