AT LEAST 17 PEOPLE KILLED IN STAMPEDE

KOLKATA, OCTOBER 17 /SRNA-Reuters/ - At least 17 people were killed and several others injured in a stampede during a religious festival in the northern part of the Indian city of Kolkata, local media reported today.

Police said the incident occurred at one of the exits from the old part of Kolkata, where numerous makeshift temples are located.

The annual Hindu festival of Durga Puja, the largest of its kind in the Indian state of West Bengal, attracts thousands of people each year.